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,'SIR: Since I know that you will be pleased at the great victory with which Our Lord has
crowned my voyage, I write this to you, from which you will learn how in thirty-three
days I passed from the Canary Islands to the Indies... The harbours of the sea here are
such as cannot be believed to exist unless they have been seen, and so with the rivers,
many and great, and of good water, the majority of which contain gold. In the trees,
fruits and plants, there is a great difference from those of Juana. In this island, there are
many spices and great mines of gold and of other metals. The people of this island and
of all the other islands which I have found and of which I have information, all go naked,
men and women... They have no iron or steel or weapons, nor are they fitted to use
them. In conclusion, to speak only of what has been accomplished on this voyage,
which was so hasty, their Highnesses can see that I will g - ANS✔✔--13. C. He
mistakenly believed that he had discovered a new route to Asia from Europe and had
arrived in the Indies, off the Asian coast
14. B. To discover gold and other precious metals
15. C. Led to the discovery of gold and silver by others in South America and greatly
enriched the monarchy in Spain
2.American Indian societies most commonly reacted to the changes described in the
excerpt by?
A. Encouraging European colonists to accept American Indian cultural practices
B. Borrowing European political structures to organize their own societies
C.Adapting European m - ANS✔✔--1. A .Columbian Exchange
2. C.Adapting European material goods while attempting to preserve cultural autonomy
3.C.Significant population growth and economic development in many parts of Europe
4.C.Viewing it as proof of the higher level of civilization among Europeans
"I said everything to them I could to divert them from their idolatries, and draw them to a
knowledge of God our Lord. Moctezuma replied, the others assenting to what he said,
that they had already informed me they were not the aborigines of the country, but that
their ancestors had emigrated to it many years ago; and they fully believed that after so
long an absence from their native land, they might have fallen into some erros; that I
having more recently arrived must know better than themselves what they out to
believe; and that if I would instruct them in these matters, and make them understand
the true faith, they would follow my directions, as for being the best. Afterwards,
Moctezuma and many of the principal citizens remained with me until I had removed the
idols, purified the chapels, and placed the images in them, manifesting apparent
, pleasure."- Letter from Hernan Cortes to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor an -
ANS✔✔--5. A. Desire for increased power and status
6. B. The presence of different and complex societies before European contact
7. C. The emergence of racially mixed populations mingling European settlers, Native
Americans, and Africans
'...Tenochtitlan had been filled, raised, and expanded to an island city of 12-15 km (4.6-
5.8 mi). Causeways with drawbridges linked the island capital to the mainland and
aqueducts brought fresh water to the city's inhabitants. About 80 buildings comprised
the walled ceremonial core of the city. They included temples, palaces, dormitories, ball
courts, skull trophy racks, clubhouses, and platforms for dancing and ritual combat.
There were gardens and even a zoo. From all accounts the palaces were splendid
residences for the elites.' — Dean R. Snow, Archaeology of Native North America, 2010
1. The description of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan in Mexico most directly supports
which of the following?
A. The largest and most sophisticated Indian civilizations were in the area of the
present-day United States
B. Native Americans did not have extensive trade networks in the pre-Columbian era
C. The city of Tenochtitlan w - ANS✔✔--1.D. The largest and most sophisticated
Indian civilizations were in Mexico and South America
2.B. It was highly stratified with the emperor, aristocracy, and priests ruling over the
population
3. B. Aztec practice of decapitating human captives in ritual sacrifices
'The Indians are so accustomed to running that, without resting or getting tired, they run
from morning till night in pursuit of a deer, and kill a great many, because they follow
until the game is worn out, sometimes catching it alive. Their huts are of matting placed
over four arches. They carry them on their back and move every two or three days in
quest of food; they plant nothing that would be of any use. They are very merry people,
and even when famished do not cease to dance and celebrate their feasts and
ceremonials. Their best times are when 'tunas' (prickly pears) are ripe, because then
they have plenty to eat and spend the time on dancing and eating day and night. As
long as these tunas last they squeeze and open them and set them to dry. When dried
they are put in baskets like figs and kept to be eaten on the way. The peelings they
grind and pulverize... the woman... took them to a river that flows betwee - ANS✔✔--
4. C. There was a mixture of nomadic, hunter-gatherer tribes and agricultural, settled
tribes
5. B. The type of housing used by Indians was linked to the source of their food supply
