1.                    

The phrase “a politically organized community or major territorial unit having a monarchical form of government” defines:

a. Empire

*b. Kingdom

c. Nation

d. Nation-state

e. Papacy

2.                    

The phrase “a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority” defines:

*a. Empire

b. Kingdom

c. Nation

d. Nation-state

e. Papacy

3.                    

The pope is and was head of the Church at Rome. Names for the pope as an individual include pontiff and St. Peter. The names for the pope’s organization is the papacy.

*a. True

b. False

4.                    

This phrase “an owner especially of a slave or animal” defines:

a. lord

*b. master

c. servitude

d. slave

e. vassal or subject

5.                    

The phrases “a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty” or “who lives in the territory of, enjoys the protection of, and owes allegiance to a sovereign power or state” define:

a. lord

b. master

c. servitude

d. slave

*e. vassal or subject

6.                    

The phrase someone who is legally owned by another person and is forced to work for that person without pay” defines:

a. lord

b. master

c. servitude

*d. slave

e. vassal or subject

7.                    

The phrase “a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life” defines

a. lord

b. master

*c. servitude

d. slave

e. vassal or subject

8.                    

The phrase “a ruler by hereditary right or preeminence to whom service and obedience are due” defines:

*a. lord

b. master

c. servitude

d. slave

e. vassal or subject

9.                    

In the primary source for Chapter 1, to be “free of servitude” means Native Americans will not be slaves if they become the king’s “subjects and vassals.”

*a. True

b. False

10.                

In the primary source for Chapter 1, the Spanish read to Native Americans a requirement that the Native Americans accept the Spanish “kings and lords.” If they did, then the Native Americans would “be treated as their subjects and vassals” and have the protection of the king.

*a. True

b. False

11.                

In the primary source for Chapter 1, the Spanish read to Native Americans a requirement that the Native Americans accept the Spanish “kings and lords.” If they do, then the Native Americans will be made “slaves.” and be “be treated as their subjects and vassals.”

a. True

*b. False

12.                

In the primary source for Chapter 1, the Spanish refer to these people as “subjects” of the king:

a. The Native Americans who want to avoid being enslaved

b. The Spanish who read the Requerimiento to the Native Americans

c. All of the listed items

13.                

In the primary source for Chapter 1, the Spanish say that if the Native Americans do not accept the requirements in the Requerimiento, they will go to war with the Native Americans and will “make slaves of them” and “sell and dispose of them” as they wish.

*a. True

b. False

14.                

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the world between the Spanish and the Portuguese on either side of a demarcation line. The pope was involved in this treaty. In the west, the treaty was the justification—at least to the Spanish—for the Spanish to own the Native American lands.

*a. True

b. False

15.                

The first European nation to establish contact with Africa south of the Sahara Desert and among the first to be involved in the slave trade was:

a. France

b. Italy

c. The Netherlands

*d. Portugal

16.                

The pope’s division of the world with the Treaty of Tordesillas had a practical consequence. In the east, the treaty continued the Portuguese dominance in trading with Africa. As Native Americans died in the west, the Portuguese became slave traders who supplied the Spanish with Africans to buy.

*a. True

b. False

17.                

What western European country was the preeminent maritime power in the 1400s? The nation's exploration in the late 1400s concentrated on finding a route to the Asian markets (such as China and India) by sailing east (around Africa).

a. Spain  

*b. Portugal  

c. France  

d. Italy 

e. England

18.                

What western European country acquired colonies in the new world primarily because it concentrated on finding a water route to the Asian markets (such as China and India) by sailing west across the Atlantic?

*a. Spain  

b. Portugal  

c. France  

d. Italy 

e. England

19.                

What European area of city states was not interested supporting explorers who wanted to sail west or east to try to find a water route to the Asian markets (such as China and India)? They did not need a water route because they already had trading contacts with the Muslims who had access by a land routes to the Asian markets.

a. Spain  

b. Portugal  

c. France  

*d. Italy 

e. England

20.                

Christopher Columbus and Giovanni da Verrazano were both Spanish explorers who sailed for Spain.

a. True

*b. False