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