Brands, American Stories 3e Test Bank
Chapter 1: New World Encounters, Preconquest - 1608
Multiple-Choice Questions
1) The most significant factor that allowed large numbers of nomadic hunters to enter the heart of North
America was __________.
a. the domestication of horses
b. global warming
c. population growth
d. the search for new food supplies
e. the growing diversity of people
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_01_Native Americans Before the Conquest_Remember_LO 1.1
Topic: Native Americans Before the Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before European
conquest?
2) Which of the following revolutionized early Native American cultures?
a. the discovery of hunting
b. the development of agriculture
c. tribal political alliances
d. emergence of a written language
e. the domestication of the horse
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_02_Native Americans Before the Conquest_Remember_LO 1.1
Topic: Native Americans Before the Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before European
conquest?
3) The aggressive Native American people who occupied the valley of Mexico when the Spanish arrived
were the __________.
a. Mayas
b. Apaches
c. Aztecs
d. Incas
e. Toltecs
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_03_Native Americans Before the Conquest_Remember_LO 1.1
Topic: Native Americans Before the Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before European
conquest?
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4) The Atlantic tribal group with whom the English had the most contact was called __________.
a. Algonquian
b. Mayan
c. Apache
d. Sioux
e. Cherokee
Answer: A
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_04_Native Americans Before the Conquest_Remember_LO 1.1
Topic: Native Americans Before the Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before European
conquest?
5) What Indians desired most, upon encountering Europeans, was __________.
a. cultural enlightenment
b. victims for human sacrifice rituals
c. religious instruction
d. allies to help them defeat their enemies
e. peaceful trade
Answer: E
Difficulty: 2 – Moderate
Question ID: TB_01_05_Conditions of Conquest_Remember_LO 1.2
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 How did Europeans interact with West Africans and Native Americans during the fifteenth
through seventeenth centuries?
6) The single greatest factor that caused the destruction of Native Americans after contact with Europeans
was __________.
a. warfare
b. planned genocide
c. disease
d. forced conversions to Christianity
e. forced removal from tribal lands
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_06_Conditions of Conquest_Remember_LO 1.2
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 How did Europeans interact with West Africans and Native Americans during the fifteenth
through seventeenth centuries?
7) In the Columbian Exchange, the Old World and the New exchanged __________.
a. animal, plant, and microbial life forms
b. technologies
c. religious beliefs
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d. political systems
e. scientific theories
Answer: A
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_07_Conditions of Conquest_Remember_LO 1.2
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 How did Europeans interact with West Africans and Native Americans during the fifteenth
through seventeenth centuries?
8) The first European nation to establish contact with sub-Saharan Africa was __________.
a. France
b. Italy
c. the Netherlands
d. Portugal
e. Spain
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_08_Conditions of Conquest_Remember_LO 1.2
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 How did Europeans interact with West Africans and Native Americans during the fifteenth
through seventeenth centuries?
9) The Portuguese explored West Africa __________.
a. to convert natives to Christianity
b. as tests of their new navigational technology
c. to establish colonies in Africa before Spain and England
d. searching for slaves and gold
e. and established military forts along the coastland
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_09_Conditions of Conquest_Remember_LO 1.2
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 How did Europeans interact with West Africans and Native Americans during the fifteenth
through seventeenth centuries?
10) Columbus originally was determined to prove that __________.
a. a westward water route to China existed
b. the world was not flat
c. the continents of North and South America existed
d. the lost continent of Atlantis was actually part of South America
e. the world was smaller than scientists believed at the time
Answer: A
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Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_10_Europe on the Eve of Conquest_Remember_LO 1.3
Topic: Europe on the Eve of Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 What factors explain Spain’s central role in New World exploration and colonization?
11) At the time of Columbus’s first voyage in 1492, __________.
a. most educated Europeans believed the earth was flat
b. no European nation had any interest in exploration
c. most educated Europeans did not believe the earth was flat
d. no one thought he would find anything
e. the Catholic Church condemned this kind of exploration
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_11_Europe on the Eve of Conquest_Remember_LO 1.3
Topic: Europe on the Eve of Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 What factors explain Spain’s central role in New World exploration and colonization?
12) The Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 resulted in __________.
a. war between Spain and Portugal
b. Portuguese control of Brazil
c. English control of Canada
d. French control of Martinique
e. the withdrawal of the Spanish from the New World
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_12_Spain in the Americas_Remember_LO 1.4
Topic: Spain in the Americas
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.4 How did Spanish conquest of Central and South America transform Native American
cultures?
13) The men largely responsible for Spain’s conquest of the New World were known as __________.
a. conquistadores
b. coureurs de bois
c. “Sea Dogs”
d. condottiere
e. comerciante
Answer: A
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_13_Spain in the Americas_Remember_LO 1.4
Topic: Spain in the Americas
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.4 How did Spanish conquest of Central and South America transform Native American
cultures?
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Chapter 1: New World Encounters, Preconquest - 1608
Multiple-Choice Questions
1) The most significant factor that allowed large numbers of nomadic hunters to enter the heart of North
America was __________.
a. the domestication of horses
b. global warming
c. population growth
d. the search for new food supplies
e. the growing diversity of people
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_01_Native Americans Before the Conquest_Remember_LO 1.1
Topic: Native Americans Before the Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before European
conquest?
2) Which of the following revolutionized early Native American cultures?
a. the discovery of hunting
b. the development of agriculture
c. tribal political alliances
d. emergence of a written language
e. the domestication of the horse
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_02_Native Americans Before the Conquest_Remember_LO 1.1
Topic: Native Americans Before the Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before European
conquest?
3) The aggressive Native American people who occupied the valley of Mexico when the Spanish arrived
were the __________.
a. Mayas
b. Apaches
c. Aztecs
d. Incas
e. Toltecs
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_03_Native Americans Before the Conquest_Remember_LO 1.1
Topic: Native Americans Before the Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before European
conquest?
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4) The Atlantic tribal group with whom the English had the most contact was called __________.
a. Algonquian
b. Mayan
c. Apache
d. Sioux
e. Cherokee
Answer: A
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_04_Native Americans Before the Conquest_Remember_LO 1.1
Topic: Native Americans Before the Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before European
conquest?
5) What Indians desired most, upon encountering Europeans, was __________.
a. cultural enlightenment
b. victims for human sacrifice rituals
c. religious instruction
d. allies to help them defeat their enemies
e. peaceful trade
Answer: E
Difficulty: 2 – Moderate
Question ID: TB_01_05_Conditions of Conquest_Remember_LO 1.2
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 How did Europeans interact with West Africans and Native Americans during the fifteenth
through seventeenth centuries?
6) The single greatest factor that caused the destruction of Native Americans after contact with Europeans
was __________.
a. warfare
b. planned genocide
c. disease
d. forced conversions to Christianity
e. forced removal from tribal lands
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_06_Conditions of Conquest_Remember_LO 1.2
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 How did Europeans interact with West Africans and Native Americans during the fifteenth
through seventeenth centuries?
7) In the Columbian Exchange, the Old World and the New exchanged __________.
a. animal, plant, and microbial life forms
b. technologies
c. religious beliefs
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d. political systems
e. scientific theories
Answer: A
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_07_Conditions of Conquest_Remember_LO 1.2
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 How did Europeans interact with West Africans and Native Americans during the fifteenth
through seventeenth centuries?
8) The first European nation to establish contact with sub-Saharan Africa was __________.
a. France
b. Italy
c. the Netherlands
d. Portugal
e. Spain
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_08_Conditions of Conquest_Remember_LO 1.2
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 How did Europeans interact with West Africans and Native Americans during the fifteenth
through seventeenth centuries?
9) The Portuguese explored West Africa __________.
a. to convert natives to Christianity
b. as tests of their new navigational technology
c. to establish colonies in Africa before Spain and England
d. searching for slaves and gold
e. and established military forts along the coastland
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_09_Conditions of Conquest_Remember_LO 1.2
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 How did Europeans interact with West Africans and Native Americans during the fifteenth
through seventeenth centuries?
10) Columbus originally was determined to prove that __________.
a. a westward water route to China existed
b. the world was not flat
c. the continents of North and South America existed
d. the lost continent of Atlantis was actually part of South America
e. the world was smaller than scientists believed at the time
Answer: A
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Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_10_Europe on the Eve of Conquest_Remember_LO 1.3
Topic: Europe on the Eve of Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 What factors explain Spain’s central role in New World exploration and colonization?
11) At the time of Columbus’s first voyage in 1492, __________.
a. most educated Europeans believed the earth was flat
b. no European nation had any interest in exploration
c. most educated Europeans did not believe the earth was flat
d. no one thought he would find anything
e. the Catholic Church condemned this kind of exploration
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_11_Europe on the Eve of Conquest_Remember_LO 1.3
Topic: Europe on the Eve of Conquest
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 What factors explain Spain’s central role in New World exploration and colonization?
12) The Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 resulted in __________.
a. war between Spain and Portugal
b. Portuguese control of Brazil
c. English control of Canada
d. French control of Martinique
e. the withdrawal of the Spanish from the New World
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_12_Spain in the Americas_Remember_LO 1.4
Topic: Spain in the Americas
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.4 How did Spanish conquest of Central and South America transform Native American
cultures?
13) The men largely responsible for Spain’s conquest of the New World were known as __________.
a. conquistadores
b. coureurs de bois
c. “Sea Dogs”
d. condottiere
e. comerciante
Answer: A
Difficulty: 1 – Easy
Question ID: TB_01_13_Spain in the Americas_Remember_LO 1.4
Topic: Spain in the Americas
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.4 How did Spanish conquest of Central and South America transform Native American
cultures?
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