Mindtap Us History 1st Edition Requires Test Bank
Mindtap Us History 1st Edition Requires Test Bank
2. The Spanish conquest of the New World was aided by which of the following?
a. Superior Spanish weaponry
b. The conquest of Mexico by Hernán Cortés
c. Impact of European diseases on the native population
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
ANSWER: d
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.6 - Given a reading, students will identify the reasons for Spanish
colonization and the methods by which they gained and maintained control of the indigenous
populations they encountered in the New World.
3. Which of the following transpired after Narváez’s expedition got lost at sea?
a. The Spaniards were captured by the Karankawa Indians.
b. Narváez led a successful military offensive against the Karankawa Indians.
c. One of them, Cabeza de Vaca, lived among the Native Americans and later issued a report about his journey to
his fellow Spaniards.
d. Both A and C
e. Both B and C
ANSWER: d
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.5 - Given a reading and a video, students will examine some of the
motivational forces behind European exploration and several of the earliest effects of
colonization in the New World.
4. When Native Americans accepted the Christian God as one of their many deities, they were practicing which of the
following?
a. Submission
b. Syncretism
c. Paganism
d. Pancretism
e. Assimilation
ANSWER: b
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.9 - Students will identify the reasons for Spanish colonization and the
methods by which they gained and maintained control of the indigenous populations they
encountered in the New World.
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5. Spanish colonial administration was hierarchical, with all but which of the following retaining some political power?
a. Spanish Colonial Council
b. Audiencias
c. Governors
d. Viceroys
e. Caciques
ANSWER: a
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.6 - Given a reading, students will identify the reasons for Spanish
colonization and the methods by which they gained and maintained control of the indigenous
populations they encountered in the New World.
6. Which of the following statements is false about the Spanish system of forced labor?
a. By the time the king outlawed most Native American slavery, the Arawaks of the West Indies had been
destroyed.
b. The encomienda system evolved from a labor system to one that gave Indian property to colonists.
c. The Spanish turned to Africans to replace the rapidly decreasing supply of Native American labor.
d. While large numbers of Native Americans had died due to harsh working conditions and diseases, the African
slaves proved immune to those factors.
ANSWER: d
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.6 - Given a reading, students will identify the reasons for Spanish
colonization and the methods by which they gained and maintained control of the indigenous
populations they encountered in the New World.
7. Followers of which of the following religious/political leaders became known variously as Huguenots, Puritans,
Presbyterians, and Reformed?
a. Martin Luther
b. Jonathan Edwards
c. John Calvin
d. Henry VIII
e. Ulrich Zwingli
ANSWER: c
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.5 - Given a reading and a video, students will examine some of the
motivational forces behind European exploration and several of the earliest effects of
colonization in the New World.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.5 - Given a reading and a video, students will examine some of the
motivational forces behind European exploration and several of the earliest effects of
colonization in the New World.
11. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the settlement of New Mexico?
a. Authorized by the viceroy to attempt a settlement, Juan de Oñate claimed Pueblo lands for Spain.
b. Oñate established a well-received settlement at Acoma Pueblo.
c. Oñate was noted for his decent treatment of the Native Americans.
d. By 1670, about 28,000 Spanish colonists had settled in the Rio Grande Valley.
e. Franciscan priests converted a majority of Native Americans to Christianity and they also adopted European
cultural practices completely.
ANSWER: a
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.6 - Given a reading, students will identify the reasons for Spanish
colonization and the methods by which they gained and maintained control of the indigenous
populations they encountered in the New World.
12. Franciscan missionaries expected their native converts to do which of the following?
a. Learn the catechism.
b. Adopt European dress.
c. Use European farming methods.
d. Learn conversational Castilian (Spanish).
e. All of the above
ANSWER: e
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.6 - Given a reading, students will identify the reasons for Spanish
colonization and the methods by which they gained and maintained control of the indigenous
populations they encountered in the New World.
13. Over the course of four centuries, Africa lost more than 100 million people to the Atlantic slave trade.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.3 - Given a reading and two videos, students will identify the factors that
led to the rise of New World slavery, the institution’s effects on West African peoples, and
the development of plantation slavery in the New World.
14. The European disease that ravaged the Aztec population in the early 1500s was chicken pox.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.2 - Given a reading and interactive map, students will analyze the
Columbian Exchange that took place between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
15. In 1540, Vasquez de Coronado led an expedition into the American Southwest, where they located the famed Seven
Cities of Cibola, known for their vast wealth in gold.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.5 - Given a reading and a video, students will examine some of the
motivational forces behind European exploration and several of the earliest effects of
colonization in the New World.
16. The highest Spanish governing officials who actually resided in America were the viceroys.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.6 - Given a reading, students will identify the reasons for Spanish
colonization and the methods by which they gained and maintained control of the indigenous
populations they encountered in the New World.
17. The mines at Potosi and Zacatecas were noted for their rich yield of gold.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.6 - Given a reading, students will identify the reasons for Spanish
colonization and the methods by which they gained and maintained control of the indigenous
populations they encountered in the New World.
18. The repartimiento system was a method of forcing native Indians to labor for the Spanish.
a. True
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b. False
ANSWER: True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.6 - Given a reading, students will identify the reasons for Spanish
colonization and the methods by which they gained and maintained control of the indigenous
populations they encountered in the New World.
19. Sir Francis Drake attacked the port of St. Augustine in Florida.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.5 - Given a reading and a video, students will examine some of the
motivational forces behind European exploration and several of the earliest effects of
colonization in the New World.
21. Which of these strategies became the most important vehicle for maintaining a European nation’s power?
a. Involvement in slavery and the slave trade
b. Exploration of new territories and lands
c. Colonization of new territories
d. Trade with peoples in newly discovered regions
ANSWER: c
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.3 - Given a reading and two videos, students will identify the factors that
led to the rise of New World slavery, the institution’s effects on West African peoples, and
the development of plantation slavery in the New World.
22. When Columbus returned to Spain after his initial exploration _____.
a. he was considered a hero
b. he brought with him slaves captured in the Caribbean
c. Ferdinand and Isabella extended his commission for a second voyage
d. All of these choices.
ANSWER: d
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.2 - Given a reading and interactive map, students will analyze the
Columbian Exchange that took place between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
24. European travelers introduced which of the following to the New World?
a. Pigs and sheep
b. Tobacco
c. Potatoes
d. Coffee
ANSWER: a
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.2 - Given a reading and interactive map, students will analyze the
Columbian Exchange that took place between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
26. Native people in the Americans introduced Europeans to all of the following except _____.
a. avocadoes
b. rice
c. potatoes
d. beans and nuts
ANSWER: b
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.2 - Given a reading and interactive map, students will analyze the
Columbian Exchange that took place between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
ANSWER: d
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.5 - Given a reading and a video, students will examine some of the
motivational forces behind European exploration and several of the earliest effects of
colonization in the New World.
28. What percent of slaves do historians believe died on the Middle Passage?
a. 56 percent
b. 30 percent
c. 20 percent
d. 14 percent
ANSWER: c
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.3 - Given a reading and two videos, students will identify the factors that
led to the rise of New World slavery, the institution’s effects on West African peoples, and
the development of plantation slavery in the New World.
30. The goal of mercantilism was to ensure a favorable balance of trade for a nation-state.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.5 - Given a reading and a video, students will examine some of the
motivational forces behind European exploration and several of the earliest effects of
colonization in the New World.
31. Native peoples rejected all aspects of Catholicism that Spanish missionaries offered.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.6 - Given a reading, students will identify the reasons for Spanish
colonization and the methods by which they gained and maintained control of the indigenous
populations they encountered in the New World.
32. Queen Isabella decreed that the people of Spain’s new territories should be treated humanely.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.6 - Given a reading, students will identify the reasons for Spanish
colonization and the methods by which they gained and maintained control of the indigenous
populations they encountered in the New World.
33. One consequence of the slave trade for Africa was the rise in demand for guns and gun violence.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.3 - Given a reading and two videos, students will identify the factors that
led to the rise of New World slavery, the institution’s effects on West African peoples, and
the development of plantation slavery in the New World.
34. The first African slaves were sold in the Caribbean in 1552.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.3 - Given a reading and two videos, students will identify the factors that
led to the rise of New World slavery, the institution’s effects on West African peoples, and
the development of plantation slavery in the New World.
35. The destruction of “La Navidad” and the killing of the men left there planted seeds of mistrust between
Europeans and the native peoples.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.2 - Given a reading and interactive map, students will analyze the
Columbian Exchange that took place between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
36. Some experts estimate that Old World diseases reduced the size of Native American populations in half.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.2 - Given a reading and interactive map, students will analyze the
Columbian Exchange that took place between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
37. The first people to serve as slaves in the Americas were Africans, imported by the Portuguese.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.3 - Given a reading and two videos, students will identify the factors that
led to the rise of New World slavery, the institution’s effects on West African peoples, and
the development of plantation slavery in the New World.
38. The cultivation of sugar cane in the Americas led to the first large-scale use of slave labor there.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.3 - Given a reading and two videos, students will identify the factors that
led to the rise of New World slavery, the institution’s effects on West African peoples, and
the development of plantation slavery in the New World.
39. Found in Brazil, manioc was used by the Portuguese in sea rations on slave ships because dried manioc
bread lasted for up to three years.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.2 - Given a reading and interactive map, students will analyze the
Columbian Exchange that took place between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
40. The Columbian Exchange transformed Native American and European life profoundly.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.2 - Given a reading and interactive map, students will analyze the
Columbian Exchange that took place between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
41. Columbus brought horses to the Americas for the first time as part of the Columbian Exchange.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.2 - Given a reading and interactive map, students will analyze the
Columbian Exchange that took place between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
42. Which crop dominated the economies of Brazil and the Caribbean in the early sixteenth century?
a. Potatoes
b. Corn
c. Tobacco
d. Sugar cane
ANSWER: d
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.2 - Given a reading and interactive map, students will analyze the
Columbian Exchange that took place between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
43. The European disease that had the greatest impact on Native American peoples was _____.
a. measles
b. cholera
c. smallpox
d. syphilis
ANSWER: c
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.2 - Given a reading and interactive map, students will analyze the
Columbian Exchange that took place between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
44. Which of the following made it far easier for Europeans to take land from native peoples?
a. Native people’s strong desire for horses, which made them willing to yield land in exchange
b. The impact of European diseases on native populations
c. The ability to enslave native peoples
d. The Europeans’ possession and use of guns
ANSWER: b
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.2 - Given a reading and interactive map, students will analyze the
Columbian Exchange that took place between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
47. Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the transatlantic slave trade?
a. Portugal practically had a monopoly on slave trade during the sixteenth century.
b. The growth of the slave trade was propelled by sugar cultivation.
c. African slaves were first transported to Portugal’s South American colonies and plantations.
d. The journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas is referred to as the Middle Passage.
ANSWER: c
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.3 - Given a reading and two videos, students will identify the factors that
led to the rise of New World slavery, the institution’s effects on West African peoples, and
the development of plantation slavery in the New World.
48. In what ways did the slave trade affect the demographics of the West Indies and the Americas?
a. African slaves came to outnumber native populations.
b. Brazilian diseases decimated European settlers and inhibited the growth of African populations.
c. African slaves abandoned their religion and culture and adopted that of the native populations.
d. All of these choices.
ANSWER: a
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: USHI.MTX.15.2.3 - Given a reading and two videos, students will identify the factors that
led to the rise of New World slavery, the institution’s effects on West African peoples, and
the development of plantation slavery in the New World.