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Africans primarily came to early European settlements in America:

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as slaves

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In 1492, how many people lived on the continents of North and South America?

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70 million

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From where did the earliest humans to visit North America probably come?

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Central Siberia

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Archaeologists call the earliest Americans:

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Paleo-Indians

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Near the end of what period did some Native American peoples begin farming?

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Archaic

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In what part of North America did farming originate?

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Central Mexico

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Which crop was NOT among those grown in America 5,000 years ago?

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oranges

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What allowed early Americans to start permanent villages

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farming

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Which group developed Mesoamerica's most advanced writing system?

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the Mayans

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Which was a great Mexican city from the first through the eighth centuries A.D.?

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Teotihuac n

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Which group dominated Mexico from 900 to 1100 A.D.?

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the Toltecs

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The Aztec capital was

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Tenochtitl n.

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Ancestral Puebloan peoples are also called:

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Anasazi.

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Kivas were special rooms used for:

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religious ceremonial centers

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This culture is an example of a "mound-building" society.

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Adena-Hopewell

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This urban center dominated the Mississippi Valley.

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Cahokia

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Which of the following tribes is a descendant of the ancestral Puebloan peoples?

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Hopi

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The overall state of relations among Native American groups in 1500 can best be described as:

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unstable

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Most African immigrants to the Americas came from

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West Africa

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Which of these was a great city of West Africa

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Timbuktu

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Most African clans traced their descent through

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daddy-father lineage

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Which religion took root in West Africa in the eleventh century?

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Islam

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West Africans preserved their religious faith primarily through:

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oral tradition.

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In the fourteenth century, Europeans were most familiar with the __________ part of Africa

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northern

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The majority of African slaves lost their freedom:

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by being captured in war

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Slave status in Africa was

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not necessarily permanent

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The Renaissance originated in the city-states of

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Italy.

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In the tenth century this portion of Europe was controlled by Muslims.

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Spain

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The highest figure in the Catholic Church is the

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pope

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According to Luther, salvation is the result of

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faith.

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Calvin emphasized the doctrine of:

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predestination

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The "Counter-Reformation" was meant to

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strengthen the Catholic Church

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Of the following events, which one most threatened trade between Europe and Asia?

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the reconquista

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Who opened a sea route from Europe to India?

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da Gama

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Of the following countries/regions, which was least involved in voyages of discovery?

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Italy

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Columbus was born in:

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Genoa.

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Columbus's voyages were funded by

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Spain.

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In his plans to reach India, Columbus mistakenly calculated

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the earth's circumference

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Columbus first reached this place in America:

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the Bahamas

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The conquistadors were primarily interested in

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finding gold.

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Spanish conquest first occurred in:

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Caribbean

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Which disease devastated the Aztec population?

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Smallpox

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The Inca empire was located primarily in:

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Peru.

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Cabeza de Vaca eventually reached Mexico after an eight-year trek that began in

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Florida.

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What has been dubbed "the Columbian exchange"?

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the spread of European diseases to America

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The "Black Death" killed what fraction of Europe's population?

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one third

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Which disease was NOT exported from Europe to America

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Syphilis

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Which animal was taken from America to Europe

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turkey

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Which of the following was NOT a transplant from the Old World to the New World?

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maize

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The Treaty of Tordesillas affected which countries?

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Portugal and Spain

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Brazil was colonized by

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Portugal

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Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River in order to

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find a water route to Asia.

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The first French people to attempt to settle in Canada were

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fur trade

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Which British monarch formed the Church of England separate from the Catholic Church?

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Henry VIII

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Queen Mary earned the nickname "Bloody Mary" for her persecution of:

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Protestants

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England's first colonization target under King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth was

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Ireland.

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Queen Elizabeth sent Frobisher in search of

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he Northwest Passage.

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DNA evidence established that the Kennewick Man was

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Native American.

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Where did Raleigh attempt to found a colony in 1585?

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Roanoke Island

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Who was the first English child born in America?

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Virginia Dare

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Gilbert and others believed there was an English population

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surplus.

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What word did White discover on a post when he returned to the Roanoke settlement?

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CROATOAN

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Who wrote the "Discourse on the Western Planting"?

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Hakluyt

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What did Hakluyt consider "sincere religion?

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Protestant Christianity

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The Spanish fleet that attacked England in the late 1500s was called the Spanish:

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Armada

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