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  1. Columbus’ Goal was to reach ______________ by sailing west from Europe.
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  1. In the 1660’s, New Netherlands was captured by the ___________________.
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  1. Coronado’s 1540 expedition was followed in 1595 by the expedition of ____________________________.
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4. In all Columbus made __________ voyages to the New World.
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5.
  1. The Viking settlements in Greenland lasted from about 986 to _________.
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  1. The Spanish and Portuguese Christians united in the 1400’s to drive  _________ from the Iberian Peninsula.
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  1. _________ imported to New Mexico by the Spanish would prove to have the longest lasting impact on the native society and economy.  
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  1. The _________ Act was an attempt by Parliament to define and control the economic relationship of the colonies and Great Britain.
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  1. _________ as introduced by the Mississippian culture was the basis of the agricultural revolution in the Eastern woodlands.
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  1. It is generally believed that the ancestors of the Native Americans migrated from ____________ to North America via the _________ land bridge.
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  1. Archeological finds of human habitation in and around Clovis, New Mexico have been dated as far back as _________ years.
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  1. The ____________ Indians were bitter enemies of the French.
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  1. The Spanish intent in colonizing Texas was to prevent _______________________________________________________.
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  1. The __________ revolt in New Mexico, in 1680, was the largest and most successful of all Indian-Spanish conflicts.
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  1. Although the revolt in #22 above was eventually crushed it forced the Spanish to abandon the system of forced _________ and ___________. ($)
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  1. ____________  son of the leader of the Viking expedition discussed in #9 above led an expedition to North America around the year 1000..
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  1. ____________ proved to be the economic savior of the Jamestown settlement.
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  1. T/F: One of Columbus’ major miscalculations was his estimation of the circumference of the earth.

Explanation

His estimation was 25% smaller

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19.
  1. T/F: The Pilgrims could have been accurately labeled as the “illegal aliens” of their day.
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20.
  1. T/F: During their heyday the great urban centers of Peru and Mesoamerica had no counterparts in North America.
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21.
  1. T/F: Nathaniel Duke is believed to be the first Englishman cultivate Orinoco tobacco in Virginia.

Explanation

John Rolfe

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  1. T/F: The French solution for ridding themselves of unwanted Protestants was to send them to French colonies in the New World.

Explanation

The French would move to other colonies in Europe, not the new world.

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  1. T/F: Tenochtitlan was the first Aztec leader to defeat a Spanish army.

Explanation

Tenochitlan was not an Aztec leader, it was the name of the capital city.

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  1. T/F: As West Indian natives began to die off the Spaniards first attempted to replace them with natives from North America.

Explanation

Not natives from North America, AFRICAN SLAVES!!!!
I repeat, AFRICAN SLAVES!

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  1. T/F: Pennsylvania was established as a refuge for members of the Dutch Reformed Church.

Explanation

Pennsylvania was established as a refuge for QUAKERS!!!
I repeat, QUAKERS!!!

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