1.1-1.5 Objectives Quiz

(Engraving of sugar production on a plantation in the Spanish Caribbean, 1595, Theodor de Bry:) Which of the following most directly contributed to the development depicted in the image?

the search for new sources of wealth in the Caribbean

(Thomas Bender, historian, A Nation Among Nations: America's Place in World History, 2006) Which of the following claims does the excerpt make about changes that occurred as a result of new interactions in the Atlantic region?

Europeans developed new methods of conducting trade and making profits.

Before 1800, which of the following European imports had the greatest impact on the lives of the Plains Indians?

Horses

Daniel K. Richter, historian, Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America, 2001 Which of the following most supported the development of the commerce described in the third paragraph?

Maize cultivation spread northward from Mexico.

Daniel K. Richter, historian, Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America, 2001 Which of the following best characterizes the process described in the first paragraph of the excerpt?

Native American agriculture encouraged the growth of socially diversified urban areas.

Daniel K. Richter, historian, Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America, 2001 Which of the following best describes the economic system that supported the Native American villages discussed in the second paragraph of the excerpt?

Settled subsistence farming

(Engraving of sugar production on a plantation in the Spanish Caribbean, 1595, Theodor de Bry:) Historical developments such as that depicted in the image helped advance which of the following?

The spread of Spanish influence in the Western Hemisphere

Which of the following was an outcome of the Columbian Exchange?

The diets of Europeans improved.

(Engraving of sugar production on a plantation in the Spanish Caribbean, 1595, Theodor de Bry:) Developments such as that depicted in the image most directly led to which of the following?

The importation of enslaved Africans to the Caribbean

Which of the following statements about the population of North America at the time of Christopher Columbus' voyages is supported by the map above?

The most densely populated regions of North America would eventually become part of New Spain.

Which of the following was true of the Northeast American Indian tribes at the time Europeans first began colonization?

Their political and linguistic differences hindered their united opposition to the Europeans

(Thomas Bender, historian, A Nation Among Nations: America's Place in World History, 2006) The second paragraph of the excerpt makes which of the following claims about the introduction to Europe of new crops from the Americas?

They stimulated economies across Europe.

(Thomas Bender, historian, A Nation Among Nations: America's Place in World History, 2006) The excerpt makes the overall argument that the Atlantic economy

drove long-lasting economic shifts across Europe, Africa, and the Americas

The most important factor that enabled the Spanish to conquer native peoples in Mexico and New Spain in the sixteenth century was the

introduction of European diseases to which native peoples were not resistant

A direct result of European exploration of North America during the 1500s and early 1600s was the

introduction of new animals and crops to North America

Before 1492, many American Indian cultures were strongly influenced by the

spread of corn cultivation