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US History Chapter 1 Practice Quiz

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The first African slaves were transported to the New World in what year?
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1502
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Who were the mestizos?
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Persons of mixed Spanish and Indian origin
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During the Pueblo Revolt, which of the following names were ordered to never be spoken again?
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Mary
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Which was not expressed by Bartolomé de Las Casas in A Very Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indes in 1552?
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He believed that Indians ought to be allowed to continue to practice their native faiths as a true sign of Christian love and toleration.
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Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?
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Cortés's conquest of the Aztecs; Las Casas's Destruction of the Indies; Spanish abolition of Indian enslavement
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Which was not a means by which Cortés conquered the Aztecs?
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He bombarded the Aztec capital from his Spanish galleons.
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A significant outcome of the Portuguese arrival in West Africa was:
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An expansion of Africa's internal slave trade.
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Which of the following was not a significant motivation behind European colonization in the New World?
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(16-17, 21) The spread of democracy to the Americas
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The oldest site in the present-day United States to be continuously inhabited by Europeans is:
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(29) St. Augustine, Fl.
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Who were the peninsulares?
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(24) Persons of European Birth
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Which of the following was not a prominent cultural belief among Indian societies of North America?
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(11, 13) Only holders of property should take part in tribal governance.
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Which was not a characteristic of American Indians?
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(3) There were 4 different tribes in the Americas
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In European exploration, conquest, and colonization of the New World after 1492, all of the following were true except:
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(26-27) Europeans brought with them a broad-ranging tolerance for others' viewpoints; kindness and tolerance being the mark of civilized peoples.
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Which of the following European countries did not have a colonial presence in seventeenth-century North America?
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(35) Germany
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Which of these crops did not form the basis of Native American agriculture?
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(7) Wheat
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Which was not an aspect of Native American religious beliefs?
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(7-8) Their written religious text was called the Wicca.
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The reconquista happened in what year?
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(19) 1492
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The chief goal of fifteenth-century Portuguese expansion was:
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(17) The establishment of a trading empire in Asia.
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Which of the following was not a feature of Native American civilization prior to the voyages of Columbus?
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(3-6) Large cities were unknown to the Americas.
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Which was not a characteristic of "coverture"?
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(14) Children became the property of the state upon a husband's death.
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In which country did the reconquista occur?
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(19) Spain
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The freedom of a Christian man or woman meant/means:
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(13) Subservience, ubmission, and servitude to God
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Which of the following was a characteristic or action of the Zuni Indians of the Southwest?
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(6) They diverted the Colorado River as part of their ritualistic ancestor worship.
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Which is not an achievement of the Indians of North America in the thousands of years before Columbus's arrival?
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(5-6) People in present-day Arizona constructed a large circle of red-earthen boulders.
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Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses (what year did it occur)
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1517
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Vasco da Gama sails to the Indian Ocean
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1498
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Pedro Cabral claims Brazil for Portugal
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1500
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Bartolomeu Dias reaches the Cape of Good Hope
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1487
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Reconquista of Spain
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1492