America A Narrative History

Which of the following is true of the Native cultures in North America in 1500?

Which of the following was an important factor in the collapse of Mayan civilization?

Which of the following prompted the European quest for western water route to East Asia in the fifteenth century?

Until the end of his life, Christopher Columbus believed that he had journeyed to

The aspect of the Columbus Exchange that had the greatest immediate effect of human society was the transfer of

Which of the following were crops from America that explorers introduced to Europe?

Who led the first conquest of a major civilization in the Americas, at first being mistaken for a god by the Aztecs and entering Tenochtitlan peacefully?

Who led the earliest known exploration of Florida?

Which of the following statements characterizes Spain's management of the territory of New Spain?

What was a result of the Indians adoption of horses?

Who prompted England's split with Rome in 1533?

The English were able to colonize America partly as a result of

England's claim to North America came as a result of voyages undertaken by which explorer?

Which of the following statements is true of the Pueblo Indians?

What was the significance of the "Lost Colony" of the 1580's?

Cahokia was the largest settlement of the Mississippian people in North America

The Norsemen (vikings) from the Scandinavia explored and settled temporarily in North America, long before Columbus "discovered" the Americas

Moorish Muslims defeated Spanish Christians at Granada in 1492

During the sixteenth century, the dominant European power in the New World was Portugal

Under the encomienda system, Spanish officials enjoyed great wealth

The first European town in the present day United States was New Orleans

A key to Spanish Control over the Indians in the southwest was the Catholic mission system

New Spain endured as an empire due to the focus of Spanish rulers on encouraging vast numbers of Spanish settlers to populate it

The Spanish Empire stretched into South America with Francisco Pizzaro's conquest of the Mayan Empire

Of all the leaders of the Protestant Reformation, John Calvin had the greatest influence on the English colonies

Humanity's inherent sinfulness was a central emphasis of Calvinism

The English became active in exploration during the reign of King Henry VIII

Aztecs religion focused on the cosmic forces of nature and included human sacrifices.

The Church of England included aspects of both Calvinism and Catholicism

The Renaissance came after and was primarily a result of the Age of Exploration