Chapter 01: New World Encounters, Preconquest–1608
Chapter 01 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.
Page-Reference: 6 Skill: Factual
Topic: Native Americans Before
the Conquest
Answer : b.global warming.
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
Page-Reference: 7 Skill: Factual
Topic: Native Americans Before
the Conquest
,Answer : b.the development of agriculture
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.
Page-Reference: 8 Skill: Factual
Topic: Native Americans Before
the Conquest
Answer : c.Aztecs.
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.
Page-Reference: 9 Skill: Factual
Topic: Native Americans Before
the Conquest
Answer : a.Algonquian.
, 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.
Page-Reference: 10 Skill: Factual
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Answer : e.peaceful trade.
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.
Page-Reference: 12-13 Skill: Factual
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Answer : c.disease.
, 7. In the Columbian Exchange, the Old World and the New exchanged
a. animal, plant, and microbial life forms.
b. technologies.
c. religious beliefs.
d. political systems.
e. scientific theories.
Page-Reference: 12 Skill: Factual
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Answer : a.animal, plant, and microbial life forms.
8. The first European nation to establish contact with sub-Saharan Africa was
a. France.
b. Italy.
c. the Netherlands.
d. Portugal.
e. Spain.
Page-Reference: 13 Skill: Factual
Topic: West Africa—Ancient and
Complex Societies
Answer : d.Portugal.
Chapter 01 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.
Page-Reference: 6 Skill: Factual
Topic: Native Americans Before
the Conquest
Answer : b.global warming.
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
Page-Reference: 7 Skill: Factual
Topic: Native Americans Before
the Conquest
,Answer : b.the development of agriculture
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.
Page-Reference: 8 Skill: Factual
Topic: Native Americans Before
the Conquest
Answer : c.Aztecs.
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.
Page-Reference: 9 Skill: Factual
Topic: Native Americans Before
the Conquest
Answer : a.Algonquian.
, 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.
Page-Reference: 10 Skill: Factual
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Answer : e.peaceful trade.
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.
Page-Reference: 12-13 Skill: Factual
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Answer : c.disease.
, 7. In the Columbian Exchange, the Old World and the New exchanged
a. animal, plant, and microbial life forms.
b. technologies.
c. religious beliefs.
d. political systems.
e. scientific theories.
Page-Reference: 12 Skill: Factual
Topic: Conditions of Conquest
Answer : a.animal, plant, and microbial life forms.
8. The first European nation to establish contact with sub-Saharan Africa was
a. France.
b. Italy.
c. the Netherlands.
d. Portugal.
e. Spain.
Page-Reference: 13 Skill: Factual
Topic: West Africa—Ancient and
Complex Societies
Answer : d.Portugal.
