chapter 1 Qs (history)
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.
