Chapter 1 Practice Test Name: ___________________________

1. Which did not lead to the enthusiasm of sea travel?

a. Mariner’s compass
b. Yearning for Eastern products
c. Hopes of discovering new land
d. Alternate route to Asia
e. The attitude left from the Renaissance

2. Which idea did the Portuguese take and use from Arabs and Africans?
a. Slavery
b. “Three-sister” farming
c. Irrigation
d. Compass
e. Muslim faith

3. Who is not accredited for indirectly leading to the discovery of the Americas?
a. Marco Polo
b. Portuguese
c. Spanish
d. Christian crusaders
e. French

4. Which did not occur because of the Ice Age?

a. Glaciers
b. Population of the Americas
c. Lowered sea levels
d. Grand Canyon
e. Bering Straight land bridge

5. What was the most civilized and organized Native American tribe north of Mexico?
a. Iroquois
b. Cherokee
c. Choctaw
d. Apache
e. Navajo

6. Which was not a characteristic of most North American Native American tribes?
a. Live scattered out
b. Had matrilinear cultures
c. Women and Men had separate roles
d. Homes were impermanent
e. They wanted riches

7. Which group is accredited to being the first to reach the Americas?

a. Spanish
b. Italian
c. British
d. Vikings
e. Portuguese
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8. Which was not something the Christian Crusaders initially wanted from the East?
a. Medicine
b. Gold
c. Silk
d. Spices
e. Sugar

9. Who led the first expedition around the tip of Africa and reached India?
a. Da Gama
b. Magellan
c. Diaz
d. Columbus
e. Balboa

10. Which event happened first?

a. Ponce de Leon explores Florida
b. Pizarro crushes Incas
c. Cortes conquers Mexico for Spain
d. Columbus lands in the Bahamas
e. Balboa claims all lands touched by the Pacific Ocean for Spain

11. What event led to the uniting of Spain?

a. The defeat of the Spanish Armada
b. The defeat of the Moors
c. The Christian Crusaders
d. Columbus’s expedition
e. A peace treaty

12. Which was not a Spanish Conquistador?

a. Ponce de Leon
b. Francisco Pizarro
c. Hernando de Soto
d. Simon Bolivar
e. Vasco Balboa

13. What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?

a. Unite Spain
b. End the war with the Moors
c. Secure and divide the New World land with Portugal
d. Claim California for Spain
e. Claim the Grand Canyon

14. The man that discovered the Grand Canyon also discovered what?
a. Herds of buffalo
b. Tobacco
c. A university
d. The golden city
e. The fountain of youth
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15. Spanish marriages with the surviving Aztecs led to a generation of what?
a. Creoles
b. Mestizos
c. Slaves
d. Mexicans
e. Rich children

16. Which crop soon became a staple to North American Natives?

a. Corn
b. Apples
c. Potatoes
d. Tomatoes
e. Bananas

17. Where did the most highly developed Native American tribes exists?
a. Northeastern United States
b. Southwestern United States
c. Central and South America
d. The West Indies
e. The Midwest United States

18. What invention gave Portugal the confidence to explore sub-Saharan Africa?
a. Compass
b. Better maps
c. Printing press
d. The caravel
e. The steam engine

19. Where did the Portuguese not start sugar plantations?

a. Madeira
b. The Canaries
c. Sumatra
d. Sao Tome’
e. Principe

20. Which was not introduced to the Americas by the Europeans?

a. Horses
b. Wheat
c. Coffee
d. Smallpox
e. Syphilis

21. Which was not introduced to the Europeans in the Americas?

a. Corn
b. Pigs
c. Tobacco
d. Buffalo
e. Chocolate
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22. Who conquered the Incas?

a. Pizarro
b. Coronado
c. De Soto
d. Cortes
e. Balboa

23. Who did the Aztecs believe Cortes to be?

a. A man from the East
b. A god
c. Another Native American
d. An explorer
e. A conqueror

24. Why was St. Augustine erected?

a. To have a place for management
b. In order to bock the French
c. In order to search for gold
d. So that ships had a place to refill their supplies
e. To use as a trading center

25. Who found the first California mission?

a. The current pope
b. Serra
c. Rinalo
d. Vasquez
e. Coronado