Test Bank to accompany
Martin · Roberts · Mintz · McMurry · Jones
America and Its Peoples A Mosaic in the Making Fifth Edition
Prepared by
Marc Maltby Owensboro Community College
Chapter 1 The Peopling and Unpeopling of America Multiple Choice Questions 1) The Patuxet Indian Squanto A) was raised by English Pilgrims. B) taught the Pilgrims how to grow Indian corn. C) after being captured and taken to England, preferred to remain there. D) demonstrated by his experiences that the fusing of Native-American and European customs, values, and ideals was possible. Answer: B Page Ref: 4 Topic: Introduction Skill: Descriptive
2) Where did the prehistoric Paleo-Indians, who first migrated to the Americas, come from? A) Eastern Siberia B) the Mediterranean Basin C) Scandinavia D) Polynesia Answer: A Page Ref: 5 Topic: The First Discovery of America Skill: Factual
3) The "agricultural revolution" in the New World A) had little effect on Native-American cultures. B) led to the establishment of permanent villages. C) stabilized Native-American population growth. D) first occurred among the Eastern Woodland tribes of North America. Answer: B Page Ref: 6 Topic: The First Discovery of America Skill: Relational
4) Mayan society was ruled by A) powerful nobles and priests. B) elected officials. C) a strong chief. D) a council of elders. Answer: A Page Ref: 6 Topic: The First Discovery of America Skill: Factual
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5) By current estimates, at the time of Columbus's discovery in 1492, the New World's population was ________ that of Europe. A) about 25 percent B) about 50 percent C) about equal to D) about twice as large as Answer: C Page Ref: 7 Topic: The First Discovery of America Skill: Factual
6) Historians generalize that by 1500 the Native-American peoples of North America were A) developing essentially similar economies. B) racially inferior. C) carelessly exploiting the continent's natural resources. D) linguistically and culturally diverse. Answer: D Page Ref: 7 Topic: The First Discovery of America Skill: Interpretive
7) Eastern Woodland tribes in North America believed A) human life was superior to animal life. B) plant and animal life were spiritually alive. C) human affairs were guided by a single, omnipresent god. D) God gave men the power of reason to understand nature. Answer: B Page Ref: 8 Topic: The First Discovery of America Skill: Interpretive
8) Which one of the following concepts was most valued by North America's Eastern Woodland tribes around 1500? A) cooperation among tribal members B) male dominance C) intertribal alliances D) individual material acquisition Answer: A Page Ref: 8 Topic: The First Discovery of America Skill: Factual
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9) Europeans regarded Native Americans as A) physically hardy. B) hard-working people. C) equals. D) inferiors. Answer: D Page Ref: 8 Topic: The First Discovery of America Skill: Interpretive
10) The Iroquois nation's tribal organization could be described as A) matrilineal. B) patrilineal. C) democratic. D) autocratic. Answer: A Page Ref: 8 Topic: The First Discovery of America Skill: Interpretive
11) Before the arrival of the Europeans, North American native peoples developed all the following EXCEPT A) the planting and harvesting of food crops. B) living in villages. C) hunting on horseback. D) intertribal trade networks. Answer: C Page Ref: 8 Topic: The First Discovery of America Skill: Interpretive
12) From the eleventh through the fourteenth centuries, Europe's population A) increased rapidly. B) remained constant. C) decreased slowly. D) decreased rapidly. Answer: A Page Ref: 9 Topic: Preparing Europe for Westward Expansion Skill: Factual
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13) The term "Black Death" refers to A) the bubonic plague that swept away nearly one-third of Europe's population in the fourteenth century. B) syphilis epidemics that killed thousands of Europeans who migrated to the New World in the sixteenth century. C) the ruthless destruction of New World populations by Spanish conquistadores. D) the malaria infection brought to the New World by African slaves. Answer: A Page Ref: 10 Topic: Preparing Europe for Westward Expansion Skill: Factual
14) Prospects for successful worldwide exploration by Europeans in the mid-fifteenth century were heightened by new developments in all the following areas EXCEPT A) knowledge of New World geography. B) navigational instruments. C) ship design. D) printing. Answer: A Page Ref: 10-11 Topic: Preparing Europe for Westward Expansion Skill: Interpretive
15) The preconditions for successful European expansion around 1500 included all the following EXCEPT the A) growth of geographical knowledge. B) unification of nation-states. C) rise of merchants and their alliance with monarchs. D) growing separation of church and state. Answer: D Page Ref: 10-11 Topic: Preparing Europe for Westward Expansion Skill: Interpretive
16) A modern nation-state was created in fifteenth-century Spain by A) Henry VII. B) Louis XI, the "Spider King." C) Ferdinand and Isabella. D) Prince Henry the Navigator. Answer: C Page Ref: 11 Topic: Preparing Europe for Westward Expansion Skill: Factual
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