The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards

1.

Multiple Select

1 min

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Which of the following are true? When the Europeans arrived in North America, the natives

had no classical civilizations with monumental architecture and empires like the Aztec or the Incas.

had no metalwork.

had no gunpowder, no wheels, and no domesticated animals.

had no no written languages.

2.

Multiple Choice

1 min

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Which of the following did Native North Americans have?

Farming

Complex social and political structures

Widespread trade networks.

All of the above.

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

Ungraded

Compared to Europeans Native North Americans were pretty backwards?

True

False

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Do we know how many Native North Americans there were before Columbus?

Yes

No

5.

Multiple Choice

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From what we know as many as ___ out of 10 Native North Americans died of disease?

1

2

4

8

6.

Multiple Select

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Which civilizations peaked before the arrival of Europeans in the American Southwest likely due to drought and destruction of their environment.

Zuni

Hopi

Inuit

Iroquois

7.

Multiple Choice

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Most Native groups in most places

were organized as tribes.

lived lives dominated by the natural resources available where they lived.

Religion usually involved a vibrant spiritual world, with ceremonies geared towards the tribe's lifestyle.

All of the above

8.

Multiple Choice

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West coast Indians primarily lived off

fishing, gathering and hunting sea mammals.

buffalo hunting

establishing trade treaties

All of the above

9.

Multiple Choice

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Great plains Indians primarily lived off

fishing, gathering and hunting sea mammals.

buffalo hunting

establishing trade treaties

All of the above

10.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Native North Americans often formed confederacies or leagues. The best known of these was the

Iroquois

Cherokee

Seminoles

Lakota

11.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Most Native Americans believed in a single creator God.

True

False

12.

Multiple Choice

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"The Great Spirit gave it (the land) to his children to live upon and cultivate as far as necessary for their subsistence; and so long as they occupy and cultivate it, they have a right to the soil." Which of the following statements best describes Native North American's view of property based on the quote?

Land was a common resource that village leaders could assign families to use, but not to own, and most land was seen as common to everyone.

Land was a limited resource that village leaders could assign families to use, and most land was seen as exclusive to a few.

13.

Multiple Choice

1 min

Ungraded

American Indians were immune from greed and class

True

False

14.

Multiple Choice

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While most tribal leaders were men, many tribes were ___________, meaning that children became members of their mother's family.

matrilineal

patriarchal

heretical

All of the above.

15.

Multiple Select

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Which of the following were traditional roles and rights of women in Native American tribes?

religious leaders

owner of dwellings and tools

owner of lands

All of the above

16.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The first Europeans to explore North America were?

The Spanish

The French

The English

The Dutch

17.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

18. The most successful Spanish settlements in what came to be known as the United States were in?

Florida

The American Southwest

The American Northeast

The Pacific Northwest

18.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The most successful Spanish settlements in what come to be known as the United States were in?

Florida

The American Southwest

The American Northeast

The Pacific Northwest

19.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

In 1680 a religious leader named ______ led an uprising against the Spanish forcing them to change many of their practices toward the Native peoples.

Pope

Tecumseh

King Philip

Metacom

20.

Multiple Select

1 min

1 pt

The rebellion in 1680 led to what changes in the practices of the Spanish?

The Spanish were much more tolerant of indigenous religion.

The Spanish abandoned the forced labor practice called "encomienda".

The Spanish allowed the Pueblos tear down all the Christian churches and replaced them with "kivas", their places of worship.

All of the above.

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