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Chapter 1 Ross_Gregory Creating America
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  • 1. What key development led to the rise of civilizations in the Americas?
A) agriculture
B) migration
C) culture
D) irrigation
  • 2. What did Muslim traders crossing the Sahara bring from North Africa to West Africa?
A) fortune tellers
B) teachings of Islam
C) All of these
D) North African slaves
  • 3. Which of the following is NOT a required feature of a civilization?
A) residence along the coast of an ocean
B) specialized jobs for different people
C) cities that are centers of trade
D) organized forms of government and religion
  • 4. What method did the Hohokam use to alter their dry environment to make farming possible?
A) irrigation
B) mound building
C) hunting and gathering
D) slash-and-burn
  • 5. How did religious practices and art spread through early American cultures?
A) potlatch
B) war
C) agriculture
D) trade
  • 6. What key factor helped the Aztecs become a strong empire?
A) They were experienced hunters.
B) They had a complex society.
C) They conquered their neighbors.
D) They worshipped the sun.
  • 7. Ghana became the first West African kingdom to grow rich by controlling the trade of what two things?
A) salt and gold
B) gold and camels
C) gold and ivory
D) salt and ivory
  • 8. What helped spread Renaissance ideas in Europe?
A) the Crusades
B) the travels of Marco Polo
C) the Reformation
D) the printing press
  • 9. What was the result of Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama finding an all-water route to Asia?
A) Portugal took control of the spice trade.
B) Other Europeans began looking for their own water route to Asia.
C) All of these.
D) Portugal could trade with Asia without dealing with the Muslims or Italians.
  • 10. How did the geographic knowledge Christopher Columbus brought back to Spain change European views of the world?
A) He found continents previously unknown to Europe.
B) He discovered the Earth was flat.
C) He found the Atlantic Ocean to be wider than the Pacific.
D) He found a shorter route to Asia.
  • 11. What was the name of the land bridge between Asia and the Americas?
A) Bering Strait
B) Alaska Path
C) Beringia
D) La Venta
  • 12. Which was NOT a reason why Europeans sought a water route to Asia in the 1400s?
A) Italian and Muslim merchants controlled existing trade routes to Asia.
B) European rulers wanted to enslave the peoples of Asia.
C) European merchants wanted to profit from the Asian trade.
D) Europeans wanted Asian goods.
  • 13. To " "domesticate" " is to move from one place to another.
A) True
B) False
  • 14. A " "culture" " is a way of life shared by people with similar arts, beliefs, and customs.
A) True
B) False
  • 15. In the late 1500s a man named Deganawida advised the five northern Iroquois nations to form " "independent governments" ".
A) True
B) False
  • 16. When the Pueblo built irrigation systems to allow farming, they were using " "technology" " to change their environment.
A) True
B) False
  • 17. Many Native American peoples farmed by clearing the forest in a process known as " "domestication of agriculture" "
A) True
B) False
  • 18. Which of the following is not true of the Muslims in Africa?
A) Many converted to Islam from traditional African religions.
B) Muslims had very little influence on the early African kingdoms.
C) Muslims spread their religion through trade and conquest.
D) They were followers of a religion called Islam.
  • 19. How was Islam established in West Africa?
A) Portuguese traders introduced it to Benin.
B) It was brought by Muslim traders from North Africa.
C) The prophet Muhammad established it when he conquered Ghana.
D) The religion's founder was a West African.
  • 20. What was the Reformation?
A) an effort to correct problems in the Catholic church
B) a renewed interest in the arts and learning
C) All of these.
D) the end of feudalism
  • 21. What was the goal of the Crusades?
A) for Christians to take control of the Holy Land from the Muslims
B) None of these
C) to reform the Catholic church
D) to find new trade routes to Asia
  • 22. Which of the following was not true of early navigators?
A) Henry the Navigator was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa.
B) Navigators played an important role in Europe's age of discovery.
C) They planned the course of a ship by using instruments to find its position.
D) The founding of a navigation school in the 1400s encouraged voyages of exploration.
  • 23. The development of the caravel was important to Europe's Age of Discovery because
A) it helped sailors to accurately find their position while at sea.
B) it helped explorers to raise money to finance their voyages.
C) it allowed explorers to sail into the wind more easily.
D) it allowed geographers to estimate the distance between Europe and Asia.
  • 24. Which is NOT true of Christopher Columbus?
A) He died still believing that he had reached Asia.
B) He made just one voyage to the Americas before he died.
C) He thought he could reach Asia in the east by sailing west across the Atlantic.
D) He was an Italian explorer who sailed for the king and queen of Spain
  • 25. When he reached the Americas, Columbus called the people he met "Indians" because
A) the word "Indians" in Italian means "islanders."
B) that is what the people called themselves.
C) he thought he was in some Asian islands called the Indies.
D) he thought he had reached India.
  • 26. About what time period did the Anasazi live in the southwest?
A) beginning about 100 A.D.
B) beginning about 1400 A.D.
C) beginning about 800 A.D.
D) beginning about 250 B.C.
  • 27. What two West African empires became wealthy from trading salt and gold?
A) Songhai and Hausa
B) Ghana and Hausa
C) Ghana and Mali
D) Benin and Yoruba
  • 28. How did Columbus's failed attempt to find Asia actually benefit Spain?
A) The land Columbus claimed increased Spain's wealth and power.
B) Columbus spread the Renaissance to the Americas.
C) The king of Portugal became indebted to Columbus.
D) The Taino people became allies and part of the Spanish culture.
  • 29. Why were European countries looking for all-water routes to Asia?
A) They were looking for cities of gold.
B) They wanted to colonize Asia.
C) They were interested in Asian culture.
D) They wanted part of the spice trade.
  • 30. What does the system of irrigation tell us about early American societies?
A) These techniques were essential to trade.
B) They used technology to adapt to their environments.
C) They grew many crops for religious ceremonies.
D) Women did most of the farming.
  • 31. Why did Ghana's rulers allow Muslims to bring their faith to the region?
A) The rulers converted to Islam and wanted their people to convert.
B) The rulers needed new advisers and thought the Muslims were honest.
C) The rulers were eager to attract trade ties with Islamic empires.
D) The rulers wanted to convert the Muslims to their traditions and beliefs.
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