History Midterm
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and his entourage travelled from
Mexico City to Zuni Pueblo to Kansas.
What group dominated the government and economy of the Netherlands after 1648?
Prosperous merchants
A spirit of tolerance enabled the Dutch to
Put aside religious conflict and concentrate on trade.
La Malinche was
A woman who used her linguistic and cultural knowledge to help Cortés.
Christopher Columbus's theories of exploration were based on
All of the above
Following the arrival of Cortés, the Spanish and Aztecs
All of the above
Archaeological evidence suggests that the earliest Americans arrived on the continent
By 12,000bce
Which of the following appears to have been the most important reason for the extinction of the woolly mammoth?
Climate shifts
Which statement about Tenochtitlan is not correct?
Compared to Paris or Venice, Tenochtitlan was a small, rural village
What crop was cultivated by nearly all native farming cultures?
Corn
Why did the European monarchs refuse to finance Columbus' venture?
Each monarch assumed Columbus had miscalculated the earth's circumference.
Hernando de Soto led the expedition that
Explored the southeastern part of the United States, including the Mississippi River.
After threats by the Orista people in Florida and by England's Sir Francis Drake, the Spanish abandoned eastern Louisiana except for St. Augustín because
Spain regarded the area as peripheral to its primary interests.
Totem poles were central to Native American communities in what region?
The Pacific Northwest
Why did Henry VIII make Protestantism the official religion of England?
The Pope would not dissolve his marriage with Catherine of Aragon.
Why did the combination of corn and beans prove so crucial to the diet of early Americans?
The beans added amino acid to the corn, making the combination as nutritious as meat.
The huge European demand for beaver pelts
led Native people to kill more beaver than could be replaced by natural reproduction.
The French agreed with the Huron and Algonquian people that
mixed marriages provided a foundation for trading and military alliances.
A major result of the Beaver Wars was that
native people were never able to replace population loss resulting from warfare.
Most colonies established by European nations in the first half of the seventeenth century were
outposts in the global economy.
Sir Francis Drake is best known as a
privateer who helped defeat the Spanish Armada.
In 1513 the Spanish Crown issued the Requerimiento, which
promised native people who accepted Christianity and the authority of Spain that they would be left in peace.
In the mercantile system, colonies were useful to European countries because they
provided raw materials and markets for manufactured goods.
The French population in North America
showed a significant increase between 1650 and 1714.
The English experiences in Ireland
were a model of how the English would treat many Native Americans.
For the native people, the encomienda resulted in
Forced labor
What influenced European countries other than Portugal and Spain to become active in the New World?
Hope for wealth, glory, and power
outposts in the global economy.
Land must be purchased from native people before it could be settled.
Why did corn cultivation move so far northward from Mesoamerica?
Like other goods and practices, corn cultivation travelled north on the Mississippi River.
Which of the following statements about Moctezuma II is correct?
Moctezuma II was also known as Montezuma
How did La Malinche contribute to Hernando Cortés's conquest of the Aztec empire?
She interpreted Spanish and Nathuatl languages so he could speak with native people.
Why have scholars called Mesoamerica the "Cradle of the Americas"?
The region hosted the first technologically advanced civilizations
How did the French learn to survive in New France?
They adapted to native customs and assisted native friends against their enemies.
Why did most Anasazi return to hunting and gathering practices at times?
They faced challenges from the climate and from their nomadic enemies.
The term "middle ground" refers to
an area where European and Native cultures and people coexisted in relative peace.
While the Spanish were occupied expelling Muslims, Portugal was
developing ship technology that enabled her sailors to explore the coast of Africa.
When an Iroquois warrior was lost in battle, his
fellow members of the tribe killed or seized a warrior of the offending party.
Iroquoian political decisions were
influenced by women because their work in agriculture was highly valued.
The Spanish soldiers who fought in the Reconquista were
influenced in part by their Christian faith and promises of wealth and glory.
Hernán Cortés was aided greatly in his conquest of the Aztecs by
initial reluctance by the Aztecs to fight.
The British model for controlling its North American colonies grew out of its experiences in
ireland
The _______ was a business form in England that encouraged the English to invest in founding colonies.
joint-stock company
Because the French and English found no gold or silver in areas they claimed in the New World, they
stole from the Spanish, who did find gold and silver.
The Beaver Wars erupted when
the Hurons cut off trade between the Iroquois and the French
What about don Luis's behavior shocked and scandalized the Spanish Jesuits in 1570?
He took several wives
The most profitable commodity produced on North American Spanish plantations in the 1500s was
Sugar
The first English colony at Roanoke was
abandoned by the British because it served no useful economic or military purpose.
Portugal, Spain, France, and England
believed that they conquered for God and country.
Among other things, the Mississippian people were known for
building mounds, some for ceremonial purposes and some as burial sites.
The Hakluyt cousins argued that developing North American colonies would enable England to
free itself of economic dependency on other nations.
