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- 1. Multiple Choice
The second paragraph of the excerpt makes which of the following claims about the introduction to Europe of new crops from the Americas?
They remained relatively unpopular.
They required little labor to produce.
They stimulated economies across Europe
They replaced traditional agricultural products
- 2. Multiple Choice
The excerpt makes the overall argument that the Atlantic economy
eliminated competition between European nations
drove long-lasting economic shifts across Europe, Africa, and the Americas
contributed to the persistence of feudal economic systems
contributed to the collapse of European empires
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following claims does the excerpt make about changes that occurred as a result of new interactions in the Atlantic region?
Merchants from Asia dominated trade throughout the sixteenth century.
Europeans developed new methods of conducting trade and making profits
African kingdoms were the largest purchasers of goods produced in the Americas.
Native Americans amassed fortunes as Europeans paid high prices for rare goods.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was an outcome of the Columbian Exchange?
The life expectancy of Native Americans increased.
Horses and smallpox were introduced in Europe.
Sugar and rice were introduced in Africa.
The diets of Europeans improved
The population of Europe decreased.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Moctezuma’s statement that the Mexica “were not the aborigines of the country” most likely refers to which of the following developments?
Widespread deadly epidemics before the arrival of the Spanish
The presence of different and complex societies before European contact
Use of the encomienda system by the Mexica before the arrival of the Spanish
The development of African slavery in the Spanish colonies
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was a primary feature of social relations established in the Spanish colonies in the Western Hemisphere?
The development of a rigid racial hierarchy
The growth of friendship and cooperation with native peoples
The emergence of racially mixed populations mingling European settlers, Native Americans, and Africans
A close-knit, homogeneous society with a thriving mixed economy of agriculture and commerce based on export crops
- 7. Multiple Choice
The interaction between Cortés and Moctezuma most strongly demonstrates Cortés’
desire for increased power and status
support for the European shift from feudalism to capitalism
promotion of long-distance trade
consolidation of plantation-based agriculture
- 8. Multiple Choice
Developments such as that depicted in the image most directly led to which of the following?
The importation of enslaved Africans to the Caribbean
The increasing use of indentured servants in the Caribbean
The spread of Spanish missionaries into portions of Florida
The settling of the eastern North American seaboard by the Spanish
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following most directly contributed to the development depicted in the image?
The emerging European naval capabilities in the Caribbean
The search for new sources of wealth in the Caribbean
The North American reliance on imports from the Caribbean
The spread of diseases native to the Americas to enslaved African plantation laborers
- 10. Multiple Choice
French exploration of North America most directly contributed to which of the following?
The ongoing shift from feudalism to capitalism in western Europe
An economy based on agricultural surpluses in French North America
Population decline in France as a result of migration to the American colonies
Western European acceptance of the racial and cultural equality of American Indians
- 11. Multiple Choice
Smith’s description of the Pamunkey people’s interactions with the Virginia colonists best serves as evidence of which of the following characteristics of American Indians along the Eastern Seaboard in the 1600s?
Complex societies with permanent settlements
A dependence on English trade goods
Decreased populations due to epidemic disease
Elaborate caste systems
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes a piece of evidence for Las Casas’ claim in the fourth paragraph about the similarity between ancient Spanish people and Native Americans?
The ancient Spanish were used by the Romans as laborers.
The ancient Spanish were Christians when the Romans arrived.
The ancient Spanish had no laws or political rulers.
The ancient Spanish had a right to their own freedom.
- 13. Multiple Choice
One piece of evidence Las Casas used to support his claim about Native American societies in the third paragraph is that they
did not practice Christianity
had developed large urban areas
sought friendly trading relations with the Spanish
were ignorant of Europe before they encountered the Spanish
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following claims in the first and second paragraph of the excerpt did Las Casas use to support his overall argument about the capabilities of Native Americans?
Spain’s behavior toward Native Americans could be called “barbarian.”
Native American societies did not meet the definition of “barbarian.”
Spain’s European rivals were more like “barbarians” than Native Americans were.
Native Americans believed that the Spanish were “barbarians.”
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best explains the presence of the Spanish in the areas depicted on the map?
The emergence of competition between European powers in the Americas
The outbreak of rebellion by the Pueblo Indians
The spread of maize culture from American Indians to the Spanish colonists
The introduction of African slavery to Spanish Florida
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following contributed most to the changes shown in the graph?
Loss of territory and access to natural resources
The introduction of new plants and animals
The introduction of new diseases
Warfare with Europeans
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was the most direct effect of the changes shown in the graph?
European settlers relied mainly on indentured servants and enslaved Africans for labor.
Trade between European settlers and Native Americans expanded.
Conflicts among Native American groups became more intense.
European settlers were able to gain control over Native American lands.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following most directly contributed to the major pattern depicted on the map?
The growth of the fur trade in the North American colonies
The spread of ideas associated with the European Enlightenment
Demand for crops produced in the Americas
Africans’ adaptation to the culture of the Western Hemisphere
- 19. Multiple Choice
The pattern depicted on the graph from 1450 to 1800 best serves as evidence of which of the following?
The replacement of indigenous labor and indentured servitude by enslaved Africans in New World colonies
The development of varied systems of racial categorization in the European colonies
The effectiveness of the abolitionist movement in Europe and the Americas
The susceptibility of enslaved populations to New World diseases
- 20. Multiple Choice
The events described in the excerpt resulted in which of the following developments in the British North American colonies?
Protestant evangelicalism furthered the Anglicization of the colonies
Colonial assemblies attempted to assert more independence from Britain
Religious leaders in New England expanded support for the abolitionist movement
Britain enacted mercantilist policies to protect its economy from competition
- 21. Multiple Choice
The excerpts from Anne Hutchinson best represent which of the following developments in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s?
Growing challenges by dissenters to civil authorities
Efforts to raise the level of education for young girls and women
Growing disagreement over the expansion of legal rights in the colonial charter
Efforts by colonial women to establish independent communities separate from men
- 22. Multiple Choice
Bacon’s Rebellion occurred because of disagreements between frontier settlers and the Virginia governor over which of the following issues?
Relations with American Indians and restrictions on the fur trade
An increase in taxes to subsidize the slave trade and support internal improvements
The assignment of Anglican ministers to new settlements
Currency disputes resulting from English demands that settlers end the use of barter
The drafting of settlers into the English army
- 23. Multiple Choice
The trend depicted in the table most directly contributed to which of the following developments in British North America?
Disagreement over the enforcement of mercantilist restrictions
Debates regarding the enactment of religious toleration in some colonies
Discussions about whether colonists believed themselves to be British subjects
Conflict over whether to allow slavery in the northern colonies
- 24. Multiple Choice
The table most directly suggests which of the following developments by 1749 ?
Native Americans refused to purchase British goods in order to achieve self-sufficiency
Plantation owners began to rely on indentured servants to produce valuable cash crops
Colonists became increasingly vulnerable to the transmission of epidemic diseases such as smallpox.
The British established increasingly extensive trade networks to provide goods to its colonies
- 25. Multiple Choice
The Dutch settled New Netherland primarily to
secure a refuge for the persecuted
check the growth of English colonies in North America
expand their commercial and mercantile network
gain colonies to produce agricultural surpluses
secure naval supplies
- 26. Multiple Choice
The quote above is an example of the rhetoric from the
Puritan migration of the 1630s
Salem witch trials of the 1690s
Great Awakening of the 1730s
American Revolution of the 1770s
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