______________________         ___________________    ________     _____________      ___________        ___________________

Last Name                                    First Name                      Total Points     Class Days              Class Hour         Date of Quiz A1  1301

Mark the correct answer with a line to the left of the letter.

1.

This society of Central America began as nomadic warrior tribes but built elaborate administrative and medical systems comparable to the most advanced in Europe at that time. They had a religion that required human sacrifice. They encountered Hernando Cortés.

a. the Anasazi

b. the Aztecs

*c. the Mayans

d. Initially the kingdom of Ghana and later the states of Mali and Songhay

 

2.

The single greatest factor that caused the destruction of Native Americans after contact with Europeans was:

a. warfare

b. planned genocide

*c. disease

d. forced conversions to Christianity

 

3.

In this region, some Native American societies engaged in sedentary farming and lived in large, permanent settlements. This region also included small, nomadic tribes, with some subsisting by hunting buffalo. This area will be relatively untouched by Westerners until after the American Civil War.

a. Southwest region

*b. Great Plains region

c. Eastern Woodlands region

d. Cahokia

 

4.

The first European nation to establish contact with sub-Saharan Africa and among the first to be involved in the slave trade was:

a. France

b. Italy

c. The Netherlands

*d. Portugal

 

5.

Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated ideas of religious reform of the Roman Catholic Church and influenced many groups including the Puritans. They are both associated with this movement in the 1500s.

a. feudalism

b. mercantilism

c. Renaissance

*d. Protestant Reformation

e. Catholic or Counter Reformation

 

6.

This political and economic system in the Middle Ages (A.D. 500 – A.D. 1500) relied on vassalage, with serfs being bound to the land. The gradual rise of a new merchant class in the towns was among the factors ending this system and was also among the factors supporting the development of nation states.

*a. feudalism

b. mercantilism

c. Renaissance

d. Protestant Reformation

e. Catholic or Counter Reformation

 

7.

This explorer was born in Italy but sailed under the flag of Spain and did not realize a significant land mass lay to the west of Europe between Europe and Asia. In his first voyage, he encountered Cuba and established a colony on Hispaniola.

*a. Christopher Columbus

b. Vasco de Balboa

c. Ferdinand Magellan

d. Amerigo Vespucci

 

8.

What western European country acquired colonies in the new world primarily because it concentrated on finding a route to the Orient by sailing west across the Atlantic?

*a. Spain    b. Portugal    c. France    d. the Netherlands    e. England

 

9.

The Treaty of Tordesillas

*a. divided the world between the Spanish and the Portuguese on either side of a demarcation line.

b. was signed by Diaz after he rounded the Cape of Good Hope.

c. outlawed Spanish participation in the African slave trade.

d. replaced King John of Portugal with Isabella and Ferdinand.

e. both a and d

 

10.

The English Calvinists settled in:

a. Massachusetts Bay

b. Plymouth Colony

c. Virginia

*d. Both a and b

 

 


 

______________________         ___________________    ________     _____________      ___________        ___________________

Last Name                                    First Name                      Total Points     Class Days              Class Hour         Date of Quiz A2-1301

Mark the correct answer with a line to the left of the letter.

1.

This portion of west Africa was highly civilized with well-developed economies and political systems and diverse cultures and languages. It had substantial commercial contact with the Mediterranean world.

a. the Anasazi

b. the Aztecs

c. the Mayans

*d. Initially the kingdom of Ghana and later the states of Mali and Songhay

 

2.

The single greatest factor that caused the destruction of Native Americans after contact with Europeans was:

a. warfare

b. planned genocide

*c. disease

d. forced conversions to Christianity

 

3.

The Algonquians and the Iroquois (two tribes most involved in subsequent events with the English and French) resided in the:

a. Southwest region

b. Great Plains region

*c. Eastern Woodlands regions

d. Cahokia

 

4.

The first European nation to establish contact with sub-Saharan Africa and among the first to be involved in the slave trade was:

a. France

b. Italy

c. The Netherlands

*d. Portugal

 

5.

Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated ideas of religious reform of the Roman Catholic Church and influenced many groups including the Puritans. They are both associated with this movement in the 1500s.

a. feudalism

b. mercantilism

c. Renaissance

*d. Protestant Reformation

e. Catholic or Counter Reformation

 

6.

The Treaty of Tordesillas

*a. divided the world between the Spanish and the Portuguese on either side of a demarcation line.

b. was signed by Diaz after he rounded the Cape of Good Hope.

c. outlawed Spanish participation in the African slave trade.

d. replaced King John of Portugal with Isabella and Ferdinand.

e. both a and d

 

7.

The men, such as Hernando Cortés and Francisco Pizzaro, largely responsible for Spain’s conquest of the New World were known as:

*a. conquistadors

b. coureurs de bois

c. “sea dogs”

 

8.

The nation is associated with colonies in Canada and along the interior river system. It exercised influence greater than its population in the colonies because its citizens traded directly with the Indians, moved inland to work with the native population, and accepted Indian religious practices.

a. Spain    b. Portugal    *c. France    d. the Netherlands    e. England

 

9.

The English Separatists, a Calvinist group, migrated first to Holland, but later settled in:

a. Massachusetts Bay

*b. Plymouth Colony

c. Virginia

d. Both a and b

 

10.

This explorer was born in Italy but sailed under the flag of Spain and did not realize a significant land mass lay to the west of Europe between Europe and Asia. In his first voyage, he encountered Cuba and established a colony on Hispaniola.

*a. Christopher Columbus

b. Vasco de Balboa

c. Ferdinand Magellan

d. Amerigo Vespucci

 


 

______________________         ___________________    ________     _____________      ___________        ___________________

Last Name                                    First Name                      Total Points     Class Days              Class Hour         Date of Quiz A1  1301

Mark the correct answer with a line to the left of the letter.

1.

This society of Central America began as nomadic warrior tribes but built elaborate administrative and medical systems comparable to the most advanced in Europe at that time. They had a religion that required human sacrifice. They encountered Hernando Cortés.

a. the Anasazi

b. the Aztecs

c. the Mayans

d. Initially the kingdom of Ghana and later the states of Mali and Songhay

 

2.

The single greatest factor that caused the destruction of Native Americans after contact with Europeans was:

a. warfare

b. planned genocide

c. disease

d. forced conversions to Christianity

 

3.

In this region, some Native American societies engaged in sedentary farming and lived in large, permanent settlements. This region also included small, nomadic tribes, with some subsisting by hunting buffalo. This area will be relatively untouched by Westerners until after the American Civil War.

a. Southwest region

b. Great Plains region

c. Eastern Woodlands region

d. Cahokia

 

4.

The first European nation to establish contact with sub-Saharan Africa and among the first to be involved in the slave trade was:

a. France

b. Italy

c. The Netherlands

d. Portugal

 

5.

Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated ideas of religious reform of the Roman Catholic Church and influenced many groups including the Puritans. They are both associated with this movement in the 1500s.

a. feudalism

b. mercantilism

c. Renaissance

d. Protestant Reformation

e. Catholic or Counter Reformation

 

6.

This political and economic system in the Middle Ages (A.D. 500 – A.D. 1500) relied on vassalage, with serfs being bound to the land. The gradual rise of a new merchant class in the towns was among the factors ending this system and was also among the factors supporting the development of nation states.

a. feudalism

b. mercantilism

c. Renaissance

d. Protestant Reformation

e. Catholic or Counter Reformation

 

7.

This explorer was born in Italy but sailed under the flag of Spain and did not realize a significant land mass lay to the west of Europe between Europe and Asia. In his first voyage, he encountered Cuba and established a colony on Hispaniola.

a. Christopher Columbus

b. Vasco de Balboa

c. Ferdinand Magellan

d. Amerigo Vespucci

 

8.

What western European country acquired colonies in the new world primarily because it concentrated on finding a route to the Orient by sailing west across the Atlantic?

a. Spain    b. Portugal    c. France    d. the Netherlands    e. England

 

9.

The Treaty of Tordesillas

a. divided the world between the Spanish and the Portuguese on either side of a demarcation line.

b. was signed by Diaz after he rounded the Cape of Good Hope.

c. outlawed Spanish participation in the African slave trade.

d. replaced King John of Portugal with Isabella and Ferdinand.

e. both a and d

 

10.

The English Calvinists settled in:

a. Massachusetts Bay

b. Plymouth Colony

c. Virginia

d. Both a and b

 

 


 

______________________         ___________________    ________     _____________      ___________        ___________________

Last Name                                    First Name                      Total Points     Class Days              Class Hour         Date of Quiz A2-1301

Mark the correct answer with a line to the left of the letter.

1.

This portion of west Africa was highly civilized with well-developed economies and political systems and diverse cultures and languages. It had substantial commercial contact with the Mediterranean world.

a. the Anasazi

b. the Aztecs

c. the Mayans

d. Initially the kingdom of Ghana and later the states of Mali and Songhay

 

2.

The single greatest factor that caused the destruction of Native Americans after contact with Europeans was:

a. warfare

b. planned genocide

c. disease

d. forced conversions to Christianity

 

3.

The Algonquians and the Iroquois (two tribes most involved in subsequent events with the English and French) resided in the:

a. Southwest region

b. Great Plains region

c. Eastern Woodlands regions

d. Cahokia

 

4.

The first European nation to establish contact with sub-Saharan Africa and among the first to be involved in the slave trade was:

a. France

b. Italy

c. The Netherlands

d. Portugal

 

5.

Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated ideas of religious reform of the Roman Catholic Church and influenced many groups including the Puritans. They are both associated with this movement in the 1500s.

a. feudalism

b. mercantilism

c. Renaissance

d. Protestant Reformation

e. Catholic or Counter Reformation

 

6.

The Treaty of Tordesillas

a. divided the world between the Spanish and the Portuguese on either side of a demarcation line.

b. was signed by Diaz after he rounded the Cape of Good Hope.

c. outlawed Spanish participation in the African slave trade.

d. replaced King John of Portugal with Isabella and Ferdinand.

e. both a and d

 

7.

The men, such as Hernando Cortés and Francisco Pizzaro, largely responsible for Spain’s conquest of the New World were known as:

a. conquistadors

b. coureurs de bois

c. “sea dogs”

 

8.

The nation is associated with colonies in Canada and along the interior river system. It exercised influence greater than its population in the colonies because its citizens traded directly with the Indians, moved inland to work with the native population, and accepted Indian religious practices.

a. Spain    b. Portugal    c. France    d. the Netherlands    e. England

 

9.

The English Separatists, a Calvinist group, migrated first to Holland, but later settled in:

a. Massachusetts Bay

b. Plymouth Colony

c. Virginia

d. Both a and b

 

10.

This explorer was born in Italy but sailed under the flag of Spain and did not realize a significant land mass lay to the west of Europe between Europe and Asia. In his first voyage, he encountered Cuba and established a colony on Hispaniola.

a. Christopher Columbus

b. Vasco de Balboa

c. Ferdinand Magellan

d. Amerigo Vespucci