History Test 1 Pt 1

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    1. Columbus’ Goal was to reach ______________ by sailing west from Europe.

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HISTORY TEST 1 PT 1

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  • 2. 

    1. In the 1660’s, New Netherlands was captured by the ___________________.

  • 3. 

    1. Coronado’s 1540 expedition was followed in 1595 by the expedition of ____________________________.

  • 4. 

    In all Columbus made __________ voyages to the New World.

  • 5. 

    1. The Viking settlements in Greenland lasted from about 986 to _________.

  • 6. 

    1. The Spanish and Portuguese Christians united in the 1400’s to drive  _________ from the Iberian Peninsula.

  • 7. 

    1. _________ imported to New Mexico by the Spanish would prove to have the longest lasting impact on the native society and economy.  

  • 8. 

    1. The _________ Act was an attempt by Parliament to define and control the economic relationship of the colonies and Great Britain.

  • 9. 

    1. _________ as introduced by the Mississippian culture was the basis of the agricultural revolution in the Eastern woodlands.

  • 10. 

    1. It is generally believed that the ancestors of the Native Americans migrated from ____________ to North America via the _________ land bridge.

  • 11. 

     
    1. Archeological finds of human habitation in and around Clovis, New Mexico have been dated as far back as _________ years.

  • 12. 

    1. The ____________ Indians were bitter enemies of the French.

  • 13. 

    1. The Spanish intent in colonizing Texas was to prevent _______________________________________________________.

  • 14. 

    1. The __________ revolt in New Mexico, in 1680, was the largest and most successful of all Indian-Spanish conflicts.

  • 15. 

    1. Although the revolt in #22 above was eventually crushed it forced the Spanish to abandon the system of forced _________ and ___________. ($)

  • 16. 

    1. ____________  son of the leader of the Viking expedition discussed in #9 above led an expedition to North America around the year 1000..

  • 17. 

    1. ____________ proved to be the economic savior of the Jamestown settlement.

  • 18. 

    1. T/F: One of Columbus’ major miscalculations was his estimation of the circumference of the earth.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    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.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 20. 

    1. T/F: During their heyday the great urban centers of Peru and Mesoamerica had no counterparts in North America.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 21. 

    1. T/F: Nathaniel Duke is believed to be the first Englishman cultivate Orinoco tobacco in Virginia.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    John Rolfe

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  • 22. 

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

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    The French would move to other colonies in Europe, not the new world.

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  • 23. 

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

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    Tenochitlan was not an Aztec leader, it was the name of the capital city.

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  • 24. 

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

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    Not natives from North America, AFRICAN SLAVES!!!!
    I repeat, AFRICAN SLAVES!

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  • 25. 

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

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    Pennsylvania was established as a refuge for QUAKERS!!!
    I repeat, QUAKERS!!!

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