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Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of the American Republic, 3/e

James West Davidson, Historian
William E. Gienapp, Harvard University
Christine Leigh Heyrman, University of Delaware
Mark H. Lytle, Bard College
Michael B. Stoff, University of Texas, Austin

Old World, New Worlds (Prehistory-1600)

Multiple Choice


1	By the 1550s, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish fishermen could be found fishing, trading, and relating sailing stories annually in:
		A)	New York City.
		B)	Roanoke Island.
		C)	Newfoundland.
		D)	San Francisco Bay.


2	In the 1400s, Prince Henry the Navigator sponsored voyages and trained shipmasters, hoping to bring new wealth and glory for:
		A)	England.
		B)	Portugal.
		C)	Spain.
		D)	Holland.


3	Which of the following is TRUE about Christopher Columbus?
		A)	Unlike most educated Europeans of his day, he believed the earth was round.
		B)	Monarchs of several countries made competitive bids to win the right to sponsor his first voyage.
		C)	He named the "New World" after his brother-in-law, Amerigo Vespucci.
		D)	Despite four voyages across the Atlantic, he failed to achieve his original objective.


4	Although misnamed "Indians" by Columbus, the Native Americans in the Western Hemisphere were the descendants of Asians who came to the "New World" thousands of years before the Europeans by:
		A)	crossing a temporary land bridge across the Bering Strait from Siberia to Alaska.
		B)	sailing large ships from islands in the central Pacific.
		C)	sailing small, simple boats from what is now China and Indonesia.
		D)	migrating across Antarctica, then moving further north.


5	One major difference between Aztec civilization and that of the Spanish was that the Aztecs:
		A)	did not practice slavery.
		B)	did not possess a written language.
		C)	had no urban centers of great size.
		D)	did not expand their territory by sailing across oceans.


6	Aztecs were known for all of the following EXCEPT:
		A)	participating in a lively trade in various goods.
		B)	engaging in mass human sacrifice to the Sun God.
		C)	having friendly alliances with neighboring tribes.
		D)	a high susceptibility to smallpox and other diseases brought by the Spanish.


7	Bartolome de las Casas was best known for:
		A)	speaking out against the Spanish exploitation of the natives.
		B)	leading the Spanish conquest of the Incas in present-day Peru.
		C)	devising the encomienda system.
		D)	initiating the Protestant Reformation in heavily Catholic Spain.


8	Martin Luther believed that:
		A)	indulgences provided a democratic way to open salvation to all.
		B)	only the so-called "elect" were predestined to go to heaven.
		C)	the pope should have granted Henry VIII a marriage annulment.
		D)	every Christian had the power claimed by Catholic priests.


9	As something of a model for later colonization across the Atlantic, Queen Elizabeth sponsored efforts by English Protestants to settle and subdue predominantly Catholic:
		A)	Holland.
		B)	Ireland.
		C)	Scotland.
		D)	Sweden.


10	Sir Humphrey Gilbert:
		A)	succeeded in establishing the first permanent English settlement in North America.
		B)	failed in his attempt to establish the first permanent English settlement in North America.
		C)	was jailed by King James I.
		D)	led the Puritan movement in England.


11	The "Lost Colony" of Roanoke Island was located off the coast of:
		A)	Newfoundland.
		B)	Cape Cod.
		C)	present-day North Carolina.
		D)	present-day Florida.


12	King James I wanted to:
		A)	put an end to English efforts to settle North America.
		B)	increase England's power and wealth by imitating in North America what the Spanish had done in Mexico and much of South America.
		C)	promote his ideals of democracy, free enterprise, and Catholicism throughout the world, and especially in the "New World."
		D)	treat the native peoples living in North America with more respect and compassion than the Spanish had done in South America.

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