History Test 1 Pt 1

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HISTORY TEST 1 PT 1

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1.
1. Columbus’ Goal was to reach ______________ by sailing west from Europe.
2.
1. T/F: Nathaniel Duke is believed to be the first Englishman cultivate Orinoco tobacco in Virginia.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.
1. T/F: The French solution for ridding themselves of unwanted Protestants was to send them to French colonies in the New World.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
4.
1. In the 1660’s, New Netherlands was captured by the ___________________.
5.
1. T/F: As West Indian natives began to die off the Spaniards first attempted to replace them with natives from North America.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.
1. T/F: During their heyday the great urban centers of Peru and Mesoamerica had no counterparts in North America.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.
1. Coronado’s 1540 expedition was followed in 1595 by the expedition of ____________________________.
8.

In all Columbus made __________ voyages to the New World.
9.
1. The Viking settlements in Greenland lasted from about 986 to _________.
10.
1. The Spanish and Portuguese Christians united in the 1400’s to drive _________ from the Iberian Peninsula.
11.
1. _________ imported to New Mexico by the Spanish would prove to have the longest lasting impact on the native society and economy.
12.
1. The _________ Act was an attempt by Parliament to define and control the economic relationship of the colonies and Great Britain.
13.
1. T/F: One of Columbus’ major miscalculations was his estimation of the circumference of the earth.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
14.
1. T/F: Tenochtitlan was the first Aztec leader to defeat a Spanish army.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
15.
1. _________ as introduced by the Mississippian culture was the basis of the agricultural revolution in the Eastern woodlands.
16.
1. T/F: Pennsylvania was established as a refuge for members of the Dutch Reformed Church.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
17.
1. It is generally believed that the ancestors of the Native Americans migrated from ____________ to North America via the _________ land bridge.
18.
1. T/F: The Pilgrims could have been accurately labeled as the “illegal aliens” of their day.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
19.
1. Archeological finds of human habitation in and around Clovis, New Mexico have been dated as far back as _________ years.
20.
1. The ____________ Indians were bitter enemies of the French.
21.
1. The Spanish intent in colonizing Texas was to prevent _______________________________________________________.
22.
1. The __________ revolt in New Mexico, in 1680, was the largest and most successful of all Indian-Spanish conflicts.
23.
1. Although the revolt in #22 above was eventually crushed it forced the Spanish to abandon the system of forced _________ and ___________. ($)
24.
1. ____________ son of the leader of the Viking expedition discussed in #9 above led an expedition to North America around the year 1000..
25.
1. ____________ proved to be the economic savior of the Jamestown settlement.