Test Bank for America A Narrative History 9e

Test Bank for America A Narrative History 9e Brown Tindall Emory Shi

CHAPTER 1: The Collision of Cultures ( All Answers at the end of chapters)

TRUE/FALSE

• Early Indian civilizations considered land and people sacred and did not make war or exploit the

environment.

ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 6 OBJ: 1

TOP: Native Americans in 1500 (I.D)

• The Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest were largely agricultural.

ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 11 OBJ: 1

TOP: Expansion of Europe (III)

• Ferdinand and Isabella forced Muslims and Jews to either become Christians or leave Spain.

ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 19 OBJ: 2

TOP: Rise of the nation-states (III.A.5)

• Many of the New World's early explorers were looking for a shorter and safer route around Africa to

India.

ANS: T DIF: Moderate REF: Page 20 OBJ: 3

TOP: Explorations of the Portuguese (IV.A)

• Christopher Columbus had to convince his sponsors that the best route to Asia was by sailing west.

ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 20 OBJ: 2

TOP: First voyage (IV.B)

• The New World was named for the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 22 OBJ: 2

TOP: America named for Amerigo Vespucci (IV.D)

• Before the arrival of the Europeans, the horse was an important part of every New World culture.

ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 23 OBJ: 2

TOP: Plants and animals (V.A)

• The introduction of Indian foods such as corn and potatoes spurred a dramatic increase in Europe's

population.

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ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Pages 23–24 OBJ: 3

TOP: Worldwide population boom (V.B)

• Ferdinand Magellan's ship was the first to sail around the world.

ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 26 OBJ: 2

TOP: Ferdinand Magellan (VI.B)

• The presence of horses greatly disrupted the ecology of the Great Plains.

ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 38 OBJ: 3

TOP: Early Spanish settlements (VII.H)

• Calvinism stressed tolerance and liberal theology rather than a strict moral code.

ANS: F DIF: Easy REF: Page 42 OBJ: 6

TOP: Impact of Calvin (VIII.C)

• The Church of England was established by gradually integrating Calvinism with English Catholicism.

ANS: T DIF: Moderate REF: Page 42 OBJ: 6

TOP: Reformation in England (VIII.D)

• Those who wanted to purify the Church of England were called "Puritans."

ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 43 OBJ: 6

TOP: Reformation in England (VIII.D)

• Francis Drake was one of the most famous English pirates.

ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 46 OBJ: 2

TOP: British effort (IX.C)

• Virginia Dare, of Roanoke Island, was the first British child born in the New World.

ANS: T DIF: Easy REF: Page 48 OBJ: 5

TOP: British effort (IX.C)

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• Traditionally, scholars have believed that Paleo-Indians migrated from Asia into North America:
• in response to global warming
• in pursuit of large game animals
• beginning about a thousand years ago
• to escape tribal warfare in Asia
• in search of a disease-free environment

ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: Page 5 OBJ: 1 TOP: Siberia (I.A.1) MSC: Factual

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• The newest theories of early native migration from Asia to the Americas include:
• This migration came much earlier than previously thought.
• The Bering Land Bridge was the only avenue of migration.
• Changes in Asia's climate drove natives to the Americas.
• The natives built advanced sailing vessels for long seagoing voyages.
• Early Asian societies drove these natives out and ultimately they settled in the Americas.

ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Page 6 OBJ: 1 TOP: Early stages (I.B.1) MSC: Factual

• From AD 300 to 900, which group in Middle America (Mesoamerica) developed large cities,

including gigantic pyramids?

• Aztecs
• Incas
• Mayas
• Pueblos
• Caribs

ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Page 8 OBJ: 1 TOP: Mayan farming (I.B.3) MSC: Factual

4. The city of Tenochtitlán was founded in 1325 by the:

• Mayas
• Chibchas
• Incas
• Aztecs
• Anasazi

ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Page 9 OBJ: 1 TOP: Aztec adaptation of Spanish culture (I.B.4) MSC: Factual

5. The Aztecs:

• were the most advanced example of the Adena-Hopewell culture
• had an empire of perhaps 5 million people in Mexico
• absorbed the Mayas around 1425
• succumbed to the Toltecs around AD 900
• were a peaceful, nomadic people

ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: Page 9 OBJ: 1 TOP: Aztec adaptation of Spanish culture (I.B.4) MSC: Factual

6. At the time Europeans arrived in North America, Indians:

• had largely died off from contagious diseases
• all spoke dialects of the same language
• were producing tools and weapons of iron
• fed themselves exclusively through farming
• tended to worship spirits in their natural surroundings

ANS: E DIF: Moderate REF: Page 11 OBJ: 1 TOP: Shared attributes and assumptions (I.D.1) MSC: Factual

• Which of the following would NOT characterize the Mississippi Indian culture?
• towns built around plazas and temples 3 / 4

• cliff dwellings and widespread use of irrigation
• cultivation of corn, beans, and squashes
• ceremonial human torture and sacrifice
• extensive trading activities

ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: Page 12 OBJ: 1 TOP: Mississippian culture (I.C.2) MSC: Factual

8. All of the following are true of the Anasazis EXCEPT that they:

• lacked a rigid class structure
• engaged in warfare only for self-defense
• lived in the Southwest
• were transformed by the arrival of horses
• were threatened by a prolonged drought

ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: Page 13 OBJ: 1 TOP: Pueblo-Hohokam-Anasazi (I.C.3) MSC: Factual

9. The arrival of Europeans in the Americas was driven by:

• a need to escape their home countries
• an adventurous curiosity
• a powerful greed to conquer and hold land
• competition between nations for the India trade
• the struggle for gold and slaves

ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Page 15 OBJ: 2 TOP: Brief settlement of Newfoundland (II.B) MSC: Factual

10. European exploration of the Americas was greatly assisted by:

• increased literacy
• the Reformation
• new sailing technologies
• decentralized European nation states
• the decline of European monarchies

ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Page 16 OBJ: 2 TOP: Improved navigational aids (III.A.2) MSC: Factual

11. Ancient Greeks:

• knew of the existence of the New World
• measured longitude at sea
• used printing presses
• knew of the riches of China and Japan
• knew that the world was round

ANS: E DIF: Easy REF: Page 17 OBJ: 1 TOP: Knowledge that the earth was round (III.A.1) MSC: Factual

12. The extensive lands controlled by Muslims:

• hindered European trade routes to Asia
• were forfeited with the success of the Crusades
• lessened European interest in spices from Asia
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