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CHAPTER 1: A New World MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In 1776, Adam Smith observed what fact about the Western Hemisphere? a. There was not enough land. b. There were not enough slaves. c. There were too many contagious diseases transmitted back to Europe. d. Colonies had done more harm than good for western Europe. e. Its discovery was one of the two greatest events in history. ANS: E DIF: Moderate REF: p. 2 OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic. TOP: Global Awareness | Introduction: Columbian Exchange MSC: Understanding 2. A commonality shared between the Asians who crossed the Bering Strait and the Europeans who crossed the Atlantic Ocean thousands of years later was: a. the need to s pread religion. b. the desire to conquer new peoples. c. the search for food items. d. that neither was willing to take risks. e. that both brought slaves from Africa. ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | The Settling of America | The Expansion of Europe MSC: Analyzing 3. Where did the first peoples to the Americas come from? a. Iceland. d. Asia. b. Greenland. e. Europe. c. Africa. ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. TOP: Global Awareness | The Settling of America MSC: Remembering 4. In approximately 7000 BCE, agriculture developed in the Americas in: a. the Mississippi Valley. d. the Chesapeake Bay. b. Mexico and the Andes. e. Brazil. c. the Yucatan Peninsula. ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | The Settling of America MSC: Remembering 5. Pre-Columbian Native Americans lacked metal tools: a. because no metal deposits existed in the Americas. b. so Europeans felt they were superior. c. resulting in no dams or irrigation. d. because they saw these tools as contradicting their religion. e. so they could not build large structures. ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: p. 5 OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. TOP: Economic Development | Indian Societies of the Americas MSC: Analyzing 6. Both the Aztec and Inca empires were: a. rural and poor. b. small in population but sophisticated in infrastructure. c. large, wealthy, and sophisticated. d. large in geographic size but sparsely populated. e. rural, with few impressive buildings. ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: p. 8 OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North Americ a before Europeans arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | Indian Societies of the Americas MSC: Remembering 7. Where did early mound -building tribes flourish? a. Near the Atlantic Ocean. b. In the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys. c. In present -day New Mexico. d. In present -day south Florida. e. Near the Hudson River. ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: p. 5 OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | Mound Builders of the Mississippi Valley MSC: Remembering 8. Pueblo Indians lived in what is now: a. the eastern United States. d. the northeastern United States. b. the southwestern United States. e. Central America. c. Mexico. ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: p. 6 OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | Western Indians MSC: Remembering 9. The Pueblo Indians encountered by the Spanish in the sixteenth century: a. had engaged in settled village life only briefly before the Spanish arrived. b. had been almost completely isolated from any other people before the Spanish arrived. c. perfected techniques of desert farming. d. were called mound builders because of the burial mounds they created. e. created a vast empire that included control of the Incas. ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: p. 6 OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | Western Indians MSC: Rememberi ng 10. Which indigenous group formed the Great League of Peace? a. Choctaws. d. Chickasaws. b. Iroquois. e. Cherokees. c. Hurons. ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: p. 7 OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans
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