US COMP. Ch. 1

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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.


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