US COMP. Ch. 1
The mound-building people who lived in the Ohio River valley were the
Adena
A European named David Ingram encountered the elaborate trading networks in the Americas and claimed to have traveled all the way by foot from Mexico to the
Atlantic Coast
Why did the Europeans start bringing slaves to the Americas from Africa?
Diseases had killed many of the native peoples in the Americas.
All of these kingdoms controlled West Africa in the 1400s and 1500s EXCEPT.....
Ghana
What happened in the Columbian Exchange?
Goods were exchanged between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
Why did Montezuma give the Spanish gold?
He believed Cortés to be a god.
Why did Christopher Columbus feel that he had failed to accomplish his goals by the time he died?
He wished that he had reached China.
The people who built an empire along the west coast of South America, beginning in the 1400s were the...
Inca
Which group lived along the west coast of South America?
Inca
Which group lived mostly around present day New York state?
Iroquois
This is the religion founded by Muhammad in the 600s.
Islam
What effect did an elaborate transcontinental trading network have on the ancient Native Americans?
It allowed them to have both direct and indirect contact with each other.
Native Americans tended to believe in all of the following regarding land use EXCEPT....
It could be bought and sold between tribes.
The Native American group who lived on the Northwest Coast were the
Kwakiutl
The people who created a civilization in Guatemala and the Yucatán Peninsula, about AD 250 to 900 were the
Maya
All of the following are true of Columbus's voyages affect on Native American lives EXCEPT
Native Americans soon became Christians and supported Spain and Christianity.
What did Juan Ponce de León and Francisco Vásquez de Coronado have in common?
Neither found gold in the areas where they searched.
Spanish colonies in North America were located in....
New Mexico
All of the following are negative effects of European exploration and colonization EXCEPT
New markets were established and trade became a global enterprise
The people who created a civilization along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, beginning around 1200 BC were the
Olmec
This is a huge farm on which slaves or other workers grow a single crop
Plantation
All of the following are kinds of jobs people did in West African kingdoms did, EXCEPT
Shipping
How did the Adena people differ from the Anasazi people?
The Adena built gigantic mounds filled with special objects
What deal did Christopher Columbus strike with the Spanish monarchs?
The Spanish monarchs would give him money and support and Columbus would claim lands for Spain.
What caused Popé's Rebellion?Required to answer.
The Spanish refused to allow the Puebloans to practice their own religion.
Why did Europeans suddenly have more interest in the East in the 1400s?
The first edition of Marco Polo's book was printed.
If the European social order were organized in a pyramid-style chart, why would the peasants be located at the bottom of the chart?Required to answer.
The people in this class had less wealth than the other classes.
Why did African cities grow wealthy and powerful?
The slave trade with European countries helped increase wealth and status
How were the Spanish conquistadors similar to Christopher Columbus?
They both wanted to colonize new lands and never return to Spain.
What was the main reason that the ancient peoples in the Americas had so many different cultural traditions?
They lived in different climates and landscapes.
What is one of the main reasons why thousands of Europeans began crossing the Atlantic after Columbus's voyages?
They wanted to live in a place without economic constraints.
Besides having access to goods from other regions, how else were West Africans affected by trade across the Sahara highway?
They were introduced to the ideas of Islam.
Which of the following events happened prior to an epidemic of plagues that killed over 25 million Europeans
Thousands of peasants died from heavy rains and disease.
All of the following is true about how slavery was different in Africa versus America EXCEPT...
You could marry out of slavery by marrying into the family you served.
How did people first come to the Americas (Native Americans)?
across a land bridge from Asia to Alaska
The Native American view of land was that it.
belonged to everyone in a communal sense
What prevented the kings of Songhai from gaining control of Benin and Kongo?.
dense rainforests
What was the major cause of the native people's population decline after Columbus arrived in the Americas?
disease
All of the following are positive effects of European exploration and colonization EXCEPT...
knowledge of lands previously unknown and unexplored
All of the following motivated Spain's conquest of Central and South America EXCEPT
new food and clothing
Native American people did all of the following in different environments to get their food EXCEPT
raised cattle or sheep
All of the following are true about West African Kingdom family life, EXCEPT
sons were expected to become warriors
In Native American culture, women were often...
spiritual leaders.
What was a similarity among most West African cultures?
strong family ties
All of the following are true about religion in the West African Kingdoms, EXCEPT
the Bible was often quoted in religious services
What revolution took place in central Mexico between 10,000 and 5,000 years ago?
the development of agriculture
All of the following are true about the Benin Kingdom EXCEPT
they are considered one of the tribes of Israel
All of the following was true about the Songhai Kingdom EXCEPT....
they controlled the salt and spice trade to Europe
Portuguese explorers influenced West Africa in all of the following ways EXCEPT
they converted many Africans to Christianity
What was the primary purpose of the Christian missionary effort during the 1400s?
to defend the faith
What was the duty of the Spanish priests in New Mexico?
to establish trade and military support
What was the main purpose of Christopher Columbus's first journey across the Atlantic in 1492?
to find gold for the Spanish crown
When Europeans arrived to North American, Native Americans had no....
written languages.
