Hist 1301 Chp 1 – Flashcards
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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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