HIUS 221, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE, ALREADY
GRADED A+
The European economic system in the fifteenth century, based on a market economy and the profit
motive, is known as what?
Capitalism
The majority of scholars agree that the first humans migrated to North America across a land bridge
from where?
Asia
Where was the Aztec Confederacy centered?
Mesoamerica
What was the Mississippian culture characterized by?
Mound-building
Which of the following is NOT true of American societies on the eve of European contact?
Exposire to diseases had given Americans immunity to pathogens
What is the monotheistic faith based on the teachings of Muhammad, which was widespread in
fifteenth-century Asia and Africa?
Islam
Who was the English kind who broke away from Rome when the Pope refused to dissolve his
marriage?
Henry VII
Martin Luther and John Calvin were leaders of which movement?
the Reformation
Columbus' voyages of exploration were sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella, rulers of which country?
Spain
As a result of the Columbian Exchange, what animal, long extinct in the Americas, was reintroduced
there?
the horse
In what way did Euopeans enjoy an advantage over the peoples of America?
technology
Who was the conquistador who led the conquest of the Aztecs?
GRADED A+
The European economic system in the fifteenth century, based on a market economy and the profit
motive, is known as what?
Capitalism
The majority of scholars agree that the first humans migrated to North America across a land bridge
from where?
Asia
Where was the Aztec Confederacy centered?
Mesoamerica
What was the Mississippian culture characterized by?
Mound-building
Which of the following is NOT true of American societies on the eve of European contact?
Exposire to diseases had given Americans immunity to pathogens
What is the monotheistic faith based on the teachings of Muhammad, which was widespread in
fifteenth-century Asia and Africa?
Islam
Who was the English kind who broke away from Rome when the Pope refused to dissolve his
marriage?
Henry VII
Martin Luther and John Calvin were leaders of which movement?
the Reformation
Columbus' voyages of exploration were sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella, rulers of which country?
Spain
As a result of the Columbian Exchange, what animal, long extinct in the Americas, was reintroduced
there?
the horse
In what way did Euopeans enjoy an advantage over the peoples of America?
technology
Who was the conquistador who led the conquest of the Aztecs?
