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Test Bank for The American Pageant, 17th Edition by David M. Kennedy chapter 1-40 | Questions and Answers
Chapter 1: New World Beginnings
Focus: This chapter explores the origins of Native American societies, the first European explorers, and the early settlements of the Americas.
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Test Bank for The American Pageant, 17th Edition by David M.
Kennedy chapter 1-40 | Questions and Answers
Chapter 1: The New World
1. Which Native American group established a highly organized society in the
Mississippi Valley, known for its mound-building?
o A) Iroquois
o B) Pueblo
o C) Mississippians
o D) Cherokee
Answer: C) Mississippians
2. The earliest Americans are believed to have arrived in North America via the:
o A) Bering Strait land bridge
o B) Pacific Islands
o C) Atlantic Ocean
o D) Siberian Sea
Answer: A) Bering Strait land bridge
3. Which of the following was an immediate consequence of European exploration in
the Americas?
o A) The establishment of permanent European settlements
o B) The beginning of the transatlantic slave trade
o C) The collapse of the Inca Empire
o D) The spread of European diseases to Africa
Answer: B) The beginning of the transatlantic slave trade
4. Who is credited with discovering the New World in 1492?
o A) Ferdinand Magellan
, o B) Christopher Columbus
o C) Hernán Cortés
o D) John Cabot
Answer: B) Christopher Columbus
5. Which European country was the first to establish a lasting presence in the
Americas?
o A) Spain
o B) Portugal
o C) England
o D) France
Answer: A) Spain
6. What was the main purpose of the Spanish encomienda system?
o A) To convert Native Americans to Christianity
o B) To exploit Native American labor for agricultural and mining work
o C) To establish schools and universities
o D) To trade goods with Native American tribes
Answer: B) To exploit Native American labor for agricultural and mining
work
7. The Columbian Exchange refers to the:
o A) Exchange of ideas between Europeans and Native Americans
o B) Spread of diseases from Europe to the Americas
o C) Movement of goods, people, and cultures between the Old and New Worlds
o D) Colonization of Africa by European powers
Answer: C) Movement of goods, people, and cultures between the Old and
New Worlds
8. Which disease brought by Europeans had a devastating impact on Native American
populations?
o A) Malaria
o B) Smallpox
o C) Tuberculosis
, o D) Yellow Fever
Answer: B) Smallpox
9. Which Spanish explorer led the conquest of the Aztec Empire?
o A) Hernán Cortés
o B) Francisco Pizarro
o C) Vasco Núñez de Balboa
o D) Juan Ponce de León
Answer: A) Hernán Cortés
10. What was the primary motivation for Spanish colonization of the Americas?
o A) To spread Protestantism
o B) To search for gold and other valuable resources
o C) To establish military bases
o D) To build permanent settlements for European families
Answer: B) To search for gold and other valuable resources
11. Which European country established the first permanent settlement in what would
become the United States?
o A) Spain
o B) Portugal
o C) France
o D) England
Answer: A) Spain
12. The first major European explorer to reach the East Coast of North America was:
o A) Christopher Columbus
o B) John Cabot
o C) Ferdinand Magellan
o D) Jacques Cartier
Answer: B) John Cabot
13. Which of the following was a consequence of the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494?
o A) It divided the New World between Spain and Portugal
o B) It led to the end of the transatlantic slave trade
o C) It created the first Spanish colony in the Americas
, o D) It granted English settlers rights to colonize in the Americas
Answer: A) It divided the New World between Spain and Portugal
14. The term "Black Legend" refers to the idea that:
o A) Spain was the most successful colonizer of the Americas
o B) Spanish treatment of Native Americans was excessively cruel and brutal
o C) The Spanish were the most tolerant of other cultures
o D) All European explorers were responsible for the exploitation of Native
Americans
Answer: B) Spanish treatment of Native Americans was excessively cruel and
brutal
15. Which European country focused its early exploration on finding a route to Asia via
the Atlantic?
o A) Spain
o B) Portugal
o C) France
o D) England
Answer: B) Portugal
16. Which of the following explorers was responsible for claiming the Mississippi River
valley for France?
o A) Jacques Cartier
o B) Samuel de Champlain
o C) Robert de La Salle
o D) Christopher Columbus
Answer: C) Robert de La Salle
17. Which Native American group was primarily located in the Southwest, known for
building adobe dwellings?
o A) Iroquois
o B) Pueblo
o C) Sioux
o D) Cherokee
Answer: B) Pueblo
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