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Ch. 1 Alien Encounters: Europe in th’e Americas

1.1 MCQs:
1) ʺIn thirty-three days I passed over to th’e Indies with th’e fleet which th’e most illustrious
King an’d Queen. . .gave me; where I found very many islands peopled with inhabitants
beyond number. An’d, of them all, I have taken possession for their Highnesses. . .To th’e
first which I found, I gave th’e name San Salvador. . .ʺ Th’e author of this statement was
A) Prince Henry, th’e Navigator.
B) John Cabot.
C) Dinnis Diaz
D) Jacques Cartier.
E) Christopher Columbus
Ans: E
Level: 7 Refer#: 22, AD 18
Theme:: Sightings
Skill_tested: Applied
Source: Quotation: Christopher Columbus - See source list

2) Columbus an’d other early explorers searched for a direct all-water route to Asia because they
A) hoped to gain easier access to highly valued Asian goods.
B) believed tha’t they could locate th’e ʺten lost tribes of Israel.ʺ
C) could help western Europe win th’e Crusades against th’e Muslims.
D) could prove tha’t th’e earth was round rather than flat.
E) thought Japan an’d China were rich an’d not th’e poor countries Marco Polo described.
Ans: A
Level: 6 Refer#: 22, AD 18-19
Theme:: Columbusʹs Great Triumph--an’d Error
Skill_tested: Interpretive

3) Prince Henry th’e Navigator of Portugal was noted for
A) voyaging to th’e area of Brazil long before Columbus.
B) supervising voyages searching for a westward route to Asia.
C) sponsoring th’e slave trade which brought so much profit to his nation.
D) discovering th’e southern tip of Africa.
E) improving an’d codifying navigational knowledge in order to find a route to Asia.
Ans: E
Level: 5 Refer#: 22, AD n/a
Theme:: Columbusʹs Great Triumph--an’d Error
Skill_tested: Interpretive




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4) Th’e map, ʺVoyages of Discovery,ʺ depicts th’e circumnavigation of th’e world in 1519-1521 by
A) Da Gamma.
B) Cabot an’d Hudson.
C) Cartier.
D) Magellan an’d del Cano.
E) Frobisher
Ans: D
Level: 4 Refer#: 23, AD 20
Theme:: Map: European Voyages of Discovery
Skill_tested: Factual

5) When Columbus landed in America, th’e chief reason tha’t he thought he had landed in
ʺthe Indiesʺ was
A) th’e great wealth of th’e native population.
B) th’e ease with which th’e natives understood his language.
C) his discovery of th’e place of th’e Grand Khan.
D) his firm belief tha’t he had sailed far enough westward to reach them.
E) th’e plants there were similar to those in Asia.
Ans: D
Level: 3 Refer#: 24, AD 20
Theme:: Columbusʹs Great Triumph--an’d Error
Skill_tested: Interpretive

6) By th’e Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), Spain had authority to exploit all of
A) North an’d South America except Brazil.
B) Africa an’d th’e Middle East except Egypt.
C) South America except Colombia.
D) Asia except Japan.
E) North America an’d Central America, but not South America.
Ans: A
Level: 4 Refer#: 24, AD 21
Theme:: Spainʹs American Empire
Skill_tested: Factual

7) Your textbook describes Spainʹs American empire as
A) treating th’e Indians as equals by establishing joint ventures with them.
B) seeing th’e Americas as lands of opportunity an’d freedom, yet fearing other
countries might introduce slavery.
C) failing totally to transplant Spanish culture in th’e Americas.
D) protecting th’e freedom of th’e individual an’d guarding th’e welfare of th’e community.
E) trying to implant Spanish civilization an’d to save Indian souls, but also
committing unprovoked aggression.
Ans: E
Level: 8 Refer#: 24-25, AD 21
Theme:: Spainʹs American Empire
Skill_tested: Interpretive




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