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The European explorers who followed Columbus to North America

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continued to view themselves as Europeans

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The colonists who ultimately embraced the vision of America as an independent nation had in common what characteristics?

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1. The desire to create an agricultural society. 2. Learning to live lives unfettered by the tyrannies of royal authority, official religion and social hierarchies.

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The ideals that the colonists cherished as synonymous with American life included:

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Individual liberty, self-government, religious tolerance, and economic opportunity.

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By the 1770's _____helped bring about a crisis of _____.

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trade restrictions, imperial authority.

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The existence of a single original continent has been proved by:

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the presence of the discovery of nearly identical species of fish in long separated freshwater lakes of various continents.

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The Appalachian mounain range was probably created when?

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before the continental separation approximately 350 million years ago.

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True or False: Was the Grand Canyon created when the glaciers retreated?

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False: The Grand Canyon was not a feature created in North America ten thousand years ago when the glaciers retreated.

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The Great Ice Age accounted for the origins of North America's human history because:

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it exposed a land bridge connecting Eurasia with North America.

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Most likely the first Americans were:

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people who crossed the land bridge from Eurasia to North America.

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In 1492, when Europeans arrived in the Americas, the total of the two continents' populations was:

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Approximately 54 million

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Some of the more advanced Native American cultures:

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established large, bustling cities; made strikingly accurate astronomical observations; study mathematics; carry on commerce.

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The size and sophistication of Native American civilizations in Mexico and South America can be attributed to:

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the development of agriculture.

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The Incan, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations:

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had advanced agricultural practices based primarily on the cultivation of maize; lacked the technology of the wheel; built elaborate cities and carried on far-flung commerce; had talented mathematicians which allowed them to make accurate astronomical observations.

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What crop became the staple of life in Mexico and South America was

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corn.

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Native American civilization was least highly developed in

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North America.

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One of the main factors that enabled Europeans to conquer native North AMericans with relative ease was:

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the absence of dense concentrations of population or complex nationstates in North America.

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At the time of the European colonization of North America, what was the approximate number of Indian tribes?

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200

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The development of _______ on the southeast Atlantic seaboard produced a rich diet that led to______.

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"three sister" farming; high population densities.

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Before the arrival of Columbus, most native peoples in North America lived in:

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small, scattered, and impermanent settlements.

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The Iroquois Confederacy was able to menace its Native American and European neighbors because of its:

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military alliance, sustained by political and organizational skills.

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What were four original territories of North American Indian populations within the current borders of the United States?

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Northeast, Southeast, Great Plains, Great Basin.

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Men in the more settled agricultural groups in North America performed what tasks?

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Hunting, gathering fuel, clearing fields for planting, fishing.

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The early voyages of the Scandinavian seafarers did not result in permanent settlement in North America because:

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no nation-state yearning to expand supported these ventures.

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The Christian crusaders were indirectly reponsible for the discovery of America because:

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they brought back news of valuable Far Eastern spices, drugs, and silk.

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Eauropeans wanted to discover a new, shorter route to eastern Asia in order to:

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Break the hold that Muslim merchants had on trade with Asia; reduce the price of goods from Asia; gain more profits for themselves; reduce the time it took to transport goods.

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Before the middle of the fifteenth century, sub-Saharan Africa had remained remote and mysterious to Europeans because:

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sea travel down the African coast had been virtually impossible.

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Who was first responsible for slave trading in Africa?

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The Arabs and Africans were responsible for slave trading long before the Europeans arrived.

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In the last half of the fifteenth century some forty thousand _____ were forced into slavery by _____ and _____ to work on plantations in the _____.

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Africans; Portugal; Spain; Atlantic sugar islands.

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The origins of the modern plantation system can be found:

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in the Portugese slave trade.

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Spain was united into a single nation-state when:

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the African Moors were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula.

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The stage was set for a cataclysmic shift in the course of history when:

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europeans clamored for more and cheaper products from Asia; africa was established as a source of slave labor; the portuguese demonstrated the feasability of long range ocean navigation; the renaissance nurtured a spirit of optimism and adventure.

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In an effort to reach the Indies, Spain looked westward because:

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Portugal controlled the African coast.

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AFter his first voyage, Christopher Columbus believed that he had:

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sailed to the outskirts of the East Indies.

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Columbus called the native people in the New World Indians because:

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he believed that he had skirted the rim of the Indies.

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What factors contributed to the emergence of a new interdependent global economic system:

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europe providing the market and capital; africa providing the labor; New World providing its raw materials; the advance ment and improvement of technology.

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Which New World plants revolutionized the international economy:

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maizie; potatoes; beans; tomatoes.

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The introduction of American plants around the world resulted in:

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rapid population growth in Europe.

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European contact with Native Americans led to____? Why?

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the deaths of millions of Native Americans; they had little resistance to European diseases.

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Within a century after Columbus's landfall in the New World, the Native American population was reduced by:

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nearly 90 percent.

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European explorers introduced ___ into the New World.

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smallpox

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The flood of precious metal from the New World to Europe resulted in:

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the growth of capitalism.

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The institution of encomienda allowed the European governments to:

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give Indians to colonists if they promised to Christianize them.

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Men became conquistadores because they wanted to:

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Gain God's favor by spreading Christianity; Excape dubious pasts; seek adventure, as the heroes of classical antiquity had done; satisfy their desire for gold.

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The Aztec chief Moctezuma allowed Cortes to enter the capital of Tenochtitlan because:

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Montezuma believed that Cortes was the god Quetzalcoatl.

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Coronado explored:

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New Mexico and Arizona.

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Cortes explored:

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Mexico.

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Pizarro explored:

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Peru.

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Columbus explored:

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Caribbean islands.

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Spain began to fortify and settle its North American border lands in order to:

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protect its Central and South American domains from encroachments by England and France.

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As a result of Pope's Rebellion in 1680:

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the Pueblo Indians destroyed every Catholic Church in the province of New Mexico.

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The treatment of the Native Americans by the Spanish conquistadores can be described as:

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at times brutal and exploitative.

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