(1 Major) Module 1 Assessment: Colonization of The Americas: Attempt History

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Major) Module 1 Assessment: Colonization of the Americas: 5 AP US HIST A (0312VIRKSA5)
(1 Major) Module 1 Assessment: Colonization of the Americas
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This is a formal assessment of your knowledge based on what you have learned in this module (Module 1). There is a 45 minute time limit. You will
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change your answer once you move on to the next question, so answer carefully! Good Luck!
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What did the disappearance of the Bering Land Bridge mean for further human migration from Alaska to the
southern tip of South America?
Any further migration from Alaska to South America had to be by boat.

This disappearance of the Bering Land Bridge had no implications for further migration from
Alaska to the southern tip of South America.

Any further migration from Alaska to South America had to be created by the development of a
miniice age permitting another land bridge from North America to South America.
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Any further migration from Alaska to South America had to occur much later than 14,000 years
ago.
Question 2 2.2 / 2.2 pts
The following illustrated the diversity of the American Indian cultures in North America in the 1400s EXCEPT
the plethora of languages spoken by 500 to 600 independent societies.
different understandings of the spiritual.
different approaches to hunting and farming.
their varying views of the community or the individual as being the focus of life and labor.
What event decimated the population of Europe in the 1300s, reducing the population by as much as half?
The Hundred Years’ War
The Peasants’ Revolt
The Great Famine
The Black Death (bubonic plague)
What restricted England and France in engaging in overseas exploration during the late 1300s and 1400s?
widespread destruction and death caused by war and plague
the absence of an adequate navy and commercial ships to explore Africa and India

the lack of interest by English and French monarchs in overseas exploration and empire building
the political divisions within the English and French kingdoms
What late 15th century development set the stage for Spain being newly able to launch expeditions of
discovery in the Atlantic?
the fall of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain from power
the division of Spain into four Christian kingdoms and one Muslim kingdom
the expulsion of all Jews from Spain

the political, religious, and cultural unification of Spain led by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
of Spain, culminating in 1492 with the Reconquista
What was the most devastating and deadly action undertaken by the immediate successors of Columbus in
their interactions with American Indians?

the bringing of European diseases such as smallpox and measles and other diseases, of which
the American Indians had no immunity

the ruthless and violent suppression of a rebellion in Higüey in 1502 by Spanish governor Nicolás
de Ovando resulting in the deaths and public display of 600700 Indians

the refusal of the immediate successors of Columbus to trade goods with the American Indians
the killing of 80 Indian district chiefs in 1503 by Governor de Ovando through a ruse involving the
organization an ostensibly friendly meeting with these district chiefs
The following was true of the Columbian Exchange EXCEPT

new populations began to emerge after 1492 when the peoples who met in the Americas produced
offspring that carried the biological traits and the cultures of their ancestors from different parts of
the world.
there were gains and losses for the Europeans and for peoples of the Americas.
the transmission of diseasebearing microbes devastated native populations in the Americas.

the exchange of plants in the Columbian exchange went mostly from the Americas to Europe,
Africa, and Asia rather than vice versa.
The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 resolved the completing claims in the Americas of the following two
European countries
Spain and France.
Spain and England.
Spain and Portugal.
Spain and the Netherlands.
Hernando de Soto's expedition of the Mississippi River Valley was characterized by the following EXCEPT
the Spaniards trying to make the Native Americans into guides and slaves.
Native Americans bringing gifts to the Spaniards.
deadly conflict with Native Americans and destruction of Native American towns.
finding gold, silver, and considerable wealth.
The founding of St Augustine, Florida in 1565 by Menéndez de Avilés was prompted by
the Spanish belief that the local Timuca Indians were hording valuable gold and silver.

the Spanish fear that the Dutch were on the brink of establishing a colony in Florida that would be a
religious, political, and commercial threat to Spain's control of the Americas.

the Spanish fear that the French colony of Fort Caroline near contemporary Jacksonville would be
a religious, political, and commercial threat to Spain's control of the Americas.

the Spanish fear that the English were on the brink of establishing a colony in Florida that would be
a religious, political, and commercial threat to Spain's control of the Americas.
While there is great debate about just when the first Americans migrated from Asia to North America, modern
anthropologists agree that the following made the trip possible

large boats facilitating transoceanic contact between the Jomon culture of Northeast Asia and the
Valdivia culture of Ecuador.

ice holding so much water in glaciers, making it possible to walk from Siberia across what is now
the Bering Sea into North America and then down through passageways in the glaciers.

an underground tunnel connecting the northern tip of Asia in Siberia and North America connecting
making the earliest American migration possible.

large boats facilitating transoceanic contact between Polynesians in modern American Samoa or
Tonga and the Pacific coast of modern California.
What was the new way that English investors sought legal financial gain overseas beginning in the first decade
of the 1600s?

investing in Spanish joint stock companies involved in plundering and establishing settlements in
South America

investing in the English Virginia Company to find raw materials and establish settlements in North
America
financing ship piracy of Spanish gold and silver on the high seas

investing in French joint stock companies with the purpose of establishing settlements in Canada
Whose leadership saved the Virginia colony of Jamestown from direct attack by the Powhatan confederation
and starvation of its residents from 16081610?
William Bradford
John Smith
John Rolfe
John Winthrop
What was the result of the initial encounter of John Smith, representing the settlers of Jamestown, with
Powhatan and his Indian confederation?
The Powhatan confederation agreed to feed the English settlers and traded with them.
Powhatan destroyed Jamestown by a direct attack.
Powhatan destroyed Jamestown by withholding food from the Jamestown settlers.
John Smith was executed by Powhatan.
Which of the following was a consequence of the new emphasis on a tobaccobased agriculture in Virginia
starting in the 1620s?

The number of English immigrants coming to Virginia to settle and farm the land would be
reduced.

Thousands of Africans would be brought to the Americas and ultimately to Virginia and the
Chesapeake region to produce the new crops.
It would lead to a cessation of armed conflicts with Indian tribes in the region.

The Indians themselves became more valuable as trading partners to the English than Indian land.
What as the name of the group of religious settlers who founded the second permanent English colony in North
America at Plymouth, Massachusetts?
the Anglicans
the Pilgrims
the Dissenters
the Strangers
How have historians perceived the significance of the Mayflower Compact of 1620?
a complex and contradictory political document to help govern the Plymouth colony
the fundamental beginning of government by the consent of the people
an early agreement of religious tolerance and acceptance in the North American colonies

an agreement among a diverse group of people trying to cooperate with each other through an
anticipated difficult winter in a strange land
The following helped propel the Puritans to successfully settle Massachusetts during the 1630s EXCEPT
the prosperous resources of many Puritans to contribute to successful business ventures.

the hostility of King Charles I of England to the Puritan reformers seeking religious changes in the
Church of England.

a legal charter, the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company, to organize a permanent self
governing colony in Massachusetts.

the willingness of Puritans to have nonchurch members and other religious dissenters to
participate in political affairs.
The following was true about the Halfway Covenant in Massachusetts EXCEPT
it occurred in the context of increasing religious fervor and conversions in Massachusetts.
it expanded the universe of eligible voters in Massachusetts.

it permitted those adults who were not church members but who had been baptized to have their
own children baptized.
it was a religious compromise that increased church membership in Massachusetts.
The following characterized William Penn and the colony of Pennsylvania EXCEPT

Penn reluctantly agreed to a Charter of Liberties that established an elected legislature that
attempted to curb his absolute power.
William Penn was committed to maintaining peace with the Indians in his colony.

Pennsylvania was populated by Quakers, a dissident and pacifist religious group who maintained
their pacifist principles even when they were constantly threatened with legal troubles.
Penn abolished slavery in the colony in the 1680s because of his Quaker religious principles.
Much of the Carolina colony's commercial success depended on the following EXCEPT
trade with British Caribbean colonies.
the city and harbor of Charleston.
largescale, rice growing plantations in southern Carolina.
white farmers in northern Carolina.
When in 1619, John Rolfe, a Jamestown tobacco farmer, made a purchase of 20 African slaves in exchange
for food supplies to the Dutch
it marked the cessation of Virginia land owners using captured Indians as slaves.
it marked an anomaly of Dutch involvement in the slave trade.
it marked the actual introduction of slavery in what is now the United States.

it marked the beginning of a period until 1680 when slavery, though still difficult, was less harsh
and hopeless than it became after 1680.

Which of the following was TRUE about race and slavery during the earlymid 1600s?
The total number of Africans, slave and free, increased substantially as a percentage of the total
population before 1680.
Slavery was excluded from Massachusetts shortly after it came to Virginia.

The dream of African slaves to be free to own land was realized by some Africans in the early
1600s.
Race was a distinctive marker for slavery in southern colonies such as Virginia.
The following emerged victorious and enjoyed executive and legislative powers right after the English civil war
from 16421649
King Charles I.
King James.
King Charles II.
Parliament.
The restoration of the English monarchy with Charles II in 1660 meant
the establishment of the Catholic Church as the state church of England.
the continuation of Puritan rule and the decline of the Anglican Church in England.
less toleration for religious differences than under Charles I.
new interest by the monarchy in expanding England's North American colonies.
The following were results of the Pequot War EXCEPT

The Pequot War was the last major conflict between English settlers and Indian tribes in New
England.

The devastating defeat suffered by the Pequots eliminated their presence as a strong Indian tribe
in New England.

The outcome of the Pequot War offered the opportunity for the Mohegans to expand their influence
in New England.
The surviving Pequots were sold into slavery.
The following accompanied the outcomes of King Philip's War EXCEPT
authorities in Plymouth and Boston expelled many of the Indians from New England.
the survival of a strong Wampanoag community to fight another day.
the end of the independent nation that Metacom and his father Massasoit had led.

5000 people were killed1,000 English residents and at least 4,000 Native Americans in a war of
annihilation.
Why was Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 a major turning point in the history of slavery in Virginia?
Wealthy landowners began to prefer African slave labor over white indentured servants.

Bacon's Rebellion spurred multiple armed alliances and revolts of African slaves and white
indentured servants against wealthy white land owners.
Wealthy landowners began to prefer white indentured servants over slave African labor.
Wealthy landowners began to prefer and utilize Indian slaves over African slaves.
The fur trade in the Saint Lawrence River Valley and the Great Lakes contributed to the following EXCEPT
an abatement of tensions and armed conflicts between the Iroquois and New France colonists.
the arrival of Jesuit missionaries intent on converting the Hurons to Christianity.
annihilation of the Hurons as a recognizable Indian tribe by 1648.
the establishment by of Quebec and Montreal as permanent settlements in Canada.
What was distinctive about the cultural and economic mixing and influences on the development of New
Orleans during the earlymid 1700s?

This cultural and economic mixing had only a brief, shortterm influence on the cultural and
economic development of New Orleans.

The mix of European and West African cultures in New Orleans was especially deep and profound
in New Orleans.
It reflected the first time in world history that West African cultural and economic influences had
shaped a European culture and economy.
It occurred despite the prevalence of slavery in New Orleans during this period.
Following news that La Salle had claimed the coast of Texas for France and the French had founded New
Orleans in 1718
Spain declared war on France to curb possible expansion into Texas.
Spain concluded a treaty with France confirming Spain's imperial control over all of Texas.
Spain built the city of San Antonio to assert its claims to Texas.
Spain built the city of El Paso to assert its claims to Texas.
What was the Spanish response from 1769 through the 1790s to English explorations and Russian furtrading
activities on the Pacific coast?

ceding a part of northern California to Great Britain in order to avert war between the two countries

concluding a treaty with Russia permitting fur trading activities across a wide swath of northern
California

creating a string Spanish missions, forts, and settlements from San Diego to San Francisco and
develop the economy of California
Spain declaring war on Great Britain over control of the Pacific Northwest
Question 44 refers to the picture below which depicts an audience with Aztec King Montezuma II in 1519.
Which of the following is not a result in the Americas of the interactions like those seen above?
Widespread deadly epidemics.
The emergence of a racially mixed population.
The growth of large scale encomiendas to support plantation based agriculture.
The extinction of African culture and under slavery.
How did the Puritans distinguish themselves from the Anglicans and Catholics in England?
The Puritans did NOT recognize the divinity of Jesus Christ.
The Puritans could not agree to the break with Rome and desired the English church to remain
loyal to the Catholic Church.

The Puritans constituted a majority of the three major religious groups in England including
Anglicans, the Catholics, and themselves.

The Puritans wanted a radical religious change to “purify” the Church of England of Catholic
practices, especially the leadership of the bishops.
What did the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English navy in July 1588 mean for England?

The ability of England to retreat to safe insularity and isolationism from world economic, political,
and religious competition.

England's naval domination of the Atlantic would soon be challenged by Holland and the French.
England had suddenly become a major imperial player in an emerging Atlantic world.

The defeat of the threatened Spanish Catholic invasion in 1588 decoupled the Protestant religion
with English patriotism for Elizabeth I and her subjects.
Who was the famous English pirate or privateer during the Elizabethan era whose expeditionary exploits also
confirmed the contours of the Americas for the English?
Francis Drake
John Davis
John Cabot
Walter Raleigh
The first effort by the English to establish a permanent settlement in North America was a shortlived, failed
effort 1587 to establish a new colony
at Virginia Beach.
on the Chesapeake Bay.
at Jamestown.
at Roanoke.
What was the ultimate fate of the English colony at Roanoke?

It survived until 1608 when the surviving colonists moved to newly established colony at
Jamestown.
It was wiped out in 1590 by a devastating hurricane.

It survived for thirty years after being resupplied by John White with the promised supplies in
1590.

It was abandoned by the colonists by 1590 because they were either massacred or simply melted
into the surrounding Indian tribes.
The Protestant Reformation

was unconnected to advances in the technology of printing and the printing pressing the midlate
15th century.
was fueled by the dissenting religious ideas of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).

began with Martin Luther's efforts starting in 1517 to reform the Catholic Church's practices in the
early 1500s.
did not shape the cultural and political development of the future United States.
The Christian religious split in Europe sparked by the Protestant Reformation began in the following European
country before spreading throughout Europe
Holland.
France.
England.
Germany.
The shift from primarily landbased or nearshore sea trade to trade spanning the world's oceans meant that
Spain and Portugal replaced Genoa and Venice as the primary European links to Asia.
trade and cultural exchanges across the intercontinental continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa
ended.
Spanish and Portuguese ships dominated trade across the Indian Ocean.
Genoa remained a primary European link to Asia.
The following were true after the Columbian expedition of 1492 EXCEPT
Spanish galleons brought silver mined in the Americas back to Spain.

during the 1500s, England, France, and Holland had joined Spain and Portugal in assuming major
roles in the new trade across the oceans.

Spanish galleons brought silver mined in the Americas across the Pacific to Manila in the
Philippines.

the pace and frequency of Spanish explorations to the Americas and the Pacific slowed because
of deaths of other Spanish explorers.
The following describes the Portuguese involvement in slavery in Africa during the 1400s EXCEPT

the Portuguese involvement in slavery in Africa represented the first time in history that Africans
participated in slavery.
the Portuguese shifted part of the African slave trade to Europeans on the coast and away from
Arabdominated overland routes across the Sahara.

far fewer slaves and Portuguese slave traders were involved in the slave trade in the 1400s than
were involved in the 1600s or 1700s.

the Portuguese shipped most African slaves out of Africa and treated African slaves very harshly.
What was the most common reason that Africans were enslaved by other Africans?
payment for debt
as punishment for crime
adultery by a tribal member
captured in war from other communities
Questions refer to the following passage.
“The men were sent out to the mines as far as 80 leagues away while their wives remained to work the soil,
not with hoes or plowshares drawn by oxen, but with their own sweat and sharpened poles that were far from
equaling the equipment used for similar work in Castille…Thus, husbands and wives were together only once
every 8 or 10 months, and when they met they were so exhausted and depressed on both sides that they had
no mind for marital communication and in this way they ceased to procreate….In this way, husbands died in
the mines, wives died at work, and children died from lack of milk, while others had not time or energy for
procreation, and in a short time this land, which was so great, so powerful and fertile, though so unfortunate,
was depopulated.”
Bartolomé de Las Casas, History of the Indies,
1550
One of the most significant consequences of the writings of Bartolomé de Las Casas was...

To dismiss conversion to Catholic Christianity as a viable avenue for saving the lives and souls of
the Indians of the Americas.
To condemn the life and religious customs of the Indians of the Americas.
To defend the conquest of Cuba which he participated in during 1512.

They were used by Protestant enemies of Catholic Spain to create a longlasting story of Spanish
cruelty in the Americas.
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