WorksheetsUS 1 Ch.1 Test
Total questions: 81
Worksheet time: 41mins
How did the first people reach the Americas?
They took ships from Europe across the Atlantic
They sailed in small canoes from the southern tip of Africa
They walked from Asia across a land bridge into Alaska
They walked across the Australian outback
Which body of water did the first people cross to get to the Americas?
Bering Strait
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi River
Manhattan Bay
Which term means to relocate or travel?
Hunter-Gatherer
Sedentary
Migrate
Irrigate
Which one of these was a factor in increasing early Native Americans population?
The ability to farm
Access to good medicine
A comfortable, stress free lifestyle
The absence of predators
What factor grouped Native American Nations together?
Hair Color
Food
Language
Love of Astrology
Which one of these was NOT a main crop grown in Mexico by early Native Americans?
Wheat
Maize (Corn)
Beans
Squash
Which one of these was NOT a major early civilization in the Americas?
Aztec
Mayan
Mali
Olmec
What animal did the Indians of the Great Plains rely on for food?
Caribou
Mammoths
Pigs
Buffalo
The Native Americans of the Southeast region were known for being...
expert farmers
reliant on the buffalo
builders of large temples
able to maneuver around snowy terrain
What were the names of homes built by the Native Americans in the heavily forested Northeast?
Pueblos
Teepees
Igloos
Wigwams & Longhouses
What does irrigate mean?
Change animals or plants to make them useful to people
To bring water from one location to where it is needed
Enslave entire villages
Trade goods with people from other locations
What were the mud bricks used to make homes in the Southwest called?
Stucco
Timber
Adobe
Bark
Why were the Native Americans of the Great Plains nomadic?
They were always running away from other tribes
They did not know how to build shelters
They firmly believed that "a rolling stone gathers no moss."
They needed to follow the buffalo around wherever it went
What was the name of the confederacy of Native American nations that joined together to settle disputes and unite against outsiders?
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Apache Gang
The Iroquois League
The Fighting Sioux
What feature dominates Northern Africa?
The Sahara Desert
Mount Everast
The Outback
The Amazon Rainforest
What was the name of the vast grassland that was to the south of the Sahara desert?
The Great Plains
The Savanna
The Bering Strait
Timbuktu
What was the name of the zone between the desert and the savanna?
No Man's Land
The Great Beyond
The Sudetenland
The Sahel
Which one of these was NOT a natural resource Africa was rich with?
Gold
Silk
Salt
Ivory
What affect did trade routes have on African cities?
The cities along the trade routes became powerful empires
It opened Africa up to be raided by Mongol invaders
It created widespread unemployment
It made them intolerant to new religions
Which one of these was not a kingdom in Western Africa?
Mali
Songhai
Congo
Ghana
What were caravans?
The most elite soldiers in Africa at the time
An instrument that made sea travel easier
A group of people who traveled together along the trade routes
A native tribe in Africa
Which animals were best equipped to cross the Sahara?
Horses
Elephants
Camels
Bears
Which religion was spread across North Africa along the trade routes?
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
Judaism
Who was the famous Malian king that was known for his vast wealth and extravagant pilgrimage to Mecca?
Haile Salassie
Mansa Musa
Popé
Ooga Booga
Where was the great university of the Mali empire located?
Constantinople
Tenochtitlan
Santa Fe
Timbuktu
Which one of these was NOT traded in North Africa?
Gold
Salt
Slaves
Tomatoes
How was African slavery different from the slavery that developed in the Americas?
Slaves had more power than their masters
Slaves did not have to work if they did not feel like it
Slaves were not taken away from their homes and transported to new locations
It was not based on racial superiority or inferiority
Which European nation was the first to get heavily involved in West African trade?
England
Spain
Portugal
Netherlands
This period in Europe was dominated by the Catholic Church, science and learning stalled, and many people died of disease.
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
The Stone Age
The Antebellum Age
Which disease killed about one-third of Europeans during the Dark Ages?
Smallpox
Mononucleosis
The Bubonic Plague
The Common Cold
Which best describes Europeans society/economy in the 1300s?
Diverse
Agricultural
Equality for All
Advanced
Aristocrats were
cats that learned to play jazz music with alley cats
the poorest people in 1300s Europe
the privileged class in Europe that owned most of the land and wealth
slaves exported from Africa to Europe
Which one of these people is a monarch?
Slave
Priest
Merchant
Queen
Which one of these was NOT one of the four most powerful kingdoms in Europe?
Castile
France
England
Germany
Heresy is the crime of...
going against the Church's teachings
freeing a slave
stealing from the trade routes
killing a king or queen
What were the Crusades?
The fight for control of the Spanish throne.
A series of wars fought between Christians and Muslims over the control of Holy Cities.
The name given to the major civilizations in the Americas pre-Europeans.
A series of sermons given by the Pope all across Europe.
Which one of these was NOT something brought back to Europe by Crusaders?
Arab numbers
Cotton cloth
Turkeys
Algebra
What was the Renaissance?
A period of religious domination in Europe
A period of renewed interest in learning and the advancement of the arts and sciences in 1400s Europe
A series of holy wars between Christians and Muslims
A religious temple in the Americas
Which invention made it easier for people to own books and learn to read?
printing press
compass
astrolabe
computer
Which people controlled the area and trade routes between Europe and Asia?
Gauls
French
Aztec
Ottoman Turks
Why did Europeans start exploring the seas?
Muslims controlled the land between trade routes so they had to find alternate routes.
Climate change forced them off of land and into the seas.
They had become too overcrowded and left their homelands.
They preferred seafood to normal European cuisine.
What was the period where the Spanish drove the Muslims out of Spain?
Renaissance
Reconquista
Middle Ages
Golden Age
Which one of these was NOT a reason Europeans paid for explorers?
Spread Religion
Find Gold and Other Riches
Bring Glory to their Nations
Help out less fortunate peoples
Which one of these was not an invention that helped make sailing easier?
compass
astolabe
crossbow
caravel
Which man started a Sailing School in Portugal and sponsored sailors?
Prince Henry the Navigator
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
King Ferdinand
What did Vasco da Gama do for Portugal?
Opened a sailing school
Successfully sailed to Indian
Kicked all of the Muslims out of Spain
Found America
What was the name of the Italian explorer hired by Spain to sail west to find a new way to China?
Ferdinand Magellan
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Who were the first people to cross the Atlantic Ocean and step foot in North America?
French
English
Portugese
Vikings
What was the name of the island, that now holds Haiti and the Dominican Republic, that Columbus landed on and tried to start a colony?
Bermuda
Hispaniola
San Salvador
Hawaii
What treaty created by the Pope, drew a line on the map that gave Spain all lands west of it and Portugal all lands east of it?
Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Gent
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Tordesillas
Who was the Italian explorer who sailed to Newfoundland for England?
Giovanni Verrazano
John Cabot
Hernan Cortes
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci...
discovered America
was the king of Portugal who funded exploration
explored South America and mapmakers named the continents after him
was the first European born in the New World
Who led the first expedition around the world?
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortes
John Cabot
Ferdinand Magellan
Who was the Spanish conquistador who took down the Aztec empire?
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizzaro
Hernando de Soto
Moctezuma
Moctezuma was...
an Native American translator who helped the Spanish upon arrival to the Americas
the name of the Native Americans' god
the ruler of the Aztecs
a European fur trader
What was the name of the Aztec's largest city?
Tenochtitlan
Santa Fe
St. Augustine
Tijuana
Francisco Pizarro
conquered the Incas
came up with the Line of Demarcation
drove the Muslims out of Spain
sailed around the world in one trip
Which one of these was NOT a reason the Europeans were able to defeat the Native Americans so easily?
They had better weapons
The Native Americans got sick and died easily
The Europeans were more devout in their faith
Former rivalries made some Native Americans fight alongside the Europeans against their rivals
What was the top killer of Native Americans once Europeans arrived?
Famine
Steel Swords
Jaguars
Disease
Which one of these things was not native to the Americas, pre-Europeans.
Turkeys
Tomatoes
Wheat
Potatoes
Which one of these things was not native to Europe pre-Columbian exchange?
Cattle
Peanuts
Coffee Beans
Sugar Cane
Which one of these was true about the Columbian Exchange?
It did not have much of an affect on Europe
The Americas took advantage of the Europeans in trade
Nothing new was exchanged
The introduction of new foods helped boost Europe's population
What events had Europeans leaving the Catholic Church?
The Protestant Reformation
The Treaty of Tordesillas
The Crusades
The Big Boom
Which man started the Protestant Reformation by nailing his theses to the door of the church?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther
Moctezuma
Francisco Pizarro
Which one of these is NOT Protestant?
Lutherins
Quakers
Catholics
Anglicans
Which one of these countries did not remain mostly Catholic?
Spain
Portugal
Italy
England
What were encomiendas?
the economy in Spain
Spanish plantations
churches where people would convert to Christianity
Portuguese ships
Which Spanish priest petitioned the king and queen to get better treatment for the Native Americans?
Hernan Cortes
Popé
Bartolome de Las Casas
St. Augustine
What was the name of the people who went on trips to try to convert people to their religion?
Conquistadors
Missionaries
Peninsulares
Quakers
What were the names of the forts the Spanish built near missionaries?
presidios
encomiendas
castas
pueblos
What was the name of the Spanish vice-royalties in the Americas
Azteca
New Spain
Peru
Tenochtitlan
What was the name of the racial hierarchy that developed by the SPanish?
encomienda
presidios
Jesuits
castas
Who was at the top of the castas system?
Peninsulares
Indios
Mestizos
African Slaves
Who was at the bottom of the castas?
Peninsulares
Mestizos
Criollos
African Slaves
What was the first permanent European city in the United States?
Jamestown
New York City
Boston
St. Augustine
Which best describes what the French were after in the Americas?
trade
land
power
revenge
What were the French looking for in the Americas?
El Dorado
Spanish Missionaries
Atlantis
The Northwest Passage
The Northwest Passage was...
an all water route to Asia
a famous city of gold
another name for the fountain of youth
a whole to the middle of the Earth
What was the first French city set up in the Americas?
Toronto
Quebec
Vancouver
Portland
Which would best describes the French relationship with the Native Americans?
Friendly
Brutal
Cruel
Non-Existent
What city did the French set up at the mouth of the Mississippi River?
Jackson
St. Louis
Quebec
New Orleans
