chapter 1 Qs (history)

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Columbus makes his first voyage of discovery.

1492

Martin Luther begins the Protestant Reformation, spurring religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants.

1517

Hernán Cortés begins the Spanish conquest of the Mexica (the Aztec Empire).

1519

Pizarro defeats the Inca Empire.

1531

St. Augustine is founded in present-day Florida.

1565

The Spanish Armada is defeated by the English navy.

1588

The Pueblos revolt against the Spanish.

1680

Most of Portugal's early colonies were in which region?

Africa

Tenochtitlán was

Capital of the Aztec Empire

What is the name given to the first people to settle North America?

Clovis people

Hernán Cortés toppled the vast Inca Empire.

False

Technological developments were more important than environmental factors in creating the varied cultures of the pre-contact Native Americans.

False

The European Renaissance stifled interest in international exploration.

False

The Pope granted the Portuguese a monopoly on colonizing the New World throughout the 1500s

False

The Protestant Reformation was sparked by the abuse of New World Natives by Catholic missionaries.

False

The first Spanish colonies in what is now the United States were populous and prosperous trading centers.

False

Which Central American civilization collapsed mysteriously in A.D. 900?

Mayan

Which Eastern Woodlands group lived along the Gulf coast and spoke the Muskogean language?

Seminole

One of the first English explorers of America was

Sir Walter Raleigh.

Where were most of the early Spanish settlements in North America?

Southwest

Which is true of the Pueblo Indians?

They were led by a charismatic leader named Pope.

Approximately 20 percent of the Native Americans would be killed by European diseases.

True

Cahokia was a mighty metropolis in the center of North America built by the Mississippian peoples.

True

Saint Augustine is the oldest European city in what is now the United States.

True

Spanish Catholic priests established missions to convert the "heathen" Indians to Catholicism in the Spanish colonies.

True

The Europeans brought pigs, cattle, and sheep to the New World.

True

The Mexica (or Aztecs) centered their religious beliefs on the cosmic forces of nature and sacrificed human captives.

True

The New World crops of corn and potatoes revolutionized the European diet.

True

The Spanish conquistadores had a significant technological advantage over the Native Americans they attempted to conquer.

True

When Columbus reached land while on his 1492 voyage, he believed that he had landed in Asia.

True

What event spurred English colonization of the New World?

defeat of the Spanish Armada

In matriarchal societies, such as that of the Iroquois, women

did most of the agricultural labor

The Treaty of Tordesillas

divided the new territories discovered by Europeans between Spain and Portugal.

Which of the following motivated the first European journeys toward the New World?

finding a shorter route to Asia

Which aspect of the Columbian Exchange was most harmful to Native Americans?

introduction of infectious diseases to those who lacked immunity

The "lost colony" of the 1580s was

the site of the first English child born in the New World.


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