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Which statement about gender relations is FALSE for most Native American societies?Select one:a. Women owned dwellings and tools.b. Societies were matrilineal.c. It was acceptable for a woman to seek a divorce.d. Tribal leaders were almost always women. e. Men and women engaged in premarital sex.What geographic error did Columbus make?Select one:a. He thought the earth was not round, but flat.b. He expected the weather in India to be the same as in the North Atlantic.c. He grossly underestimated the size of the earth. d. He was certain that India was east of the Americas.e. He confused the Atlantic Ocean with the Indian Ocean.When Columbus reached the New World, what name did he give to the people he encountered because he thought he had reached the outskirts of AsiaSelect one:a. Indigenous peopleb. Native Americansc. Asiansd. Indians e. ColumbiansBoth the Aztec and Inca empires were:Select one:a. small in population, but sophisticated in infrastructure.b. rural and poor.c. large, wealthy, and sophisticated. d. large in geographic size, but sparsely populated.e. rural, with few impressive buildings.Slavery in Africa:Select one:a. was the only kind of labor on that continent.b. accelerated with the arrival of the French in the 1520s.c. included no form of rights for the slaves.d. involved the enslavement of criminals, debtors, and war captives.e. resulted from the arrival of Europeans.The first center of the Spanish empire in America:Select one:a. fell to Dutch raiders in 1506.b. was a prosperous settlement that Columbus created.c. was Cuba.d. was the island of Hispaniola. e. resulted from Columbus's last voyage to the New World in 1502.The first European country to reach India by an all water route and gain riches wasSelect one:a. Spainb. Englandc. Franced. the Netherlandse. PortugalThe terms God, Glory, Gold apply most readily to the explorations to the New World of which countrySelect one:a. Russiab. Spain c. Englandd. the Netherlandse. FranceAll of the following were nations that led in explorations to the New World EXCEPT:a. Italy b. Francec. Englandd. Spaine. PortugalThe transatlantic flow of people and goods such as corn, potatoes, horses, and sugarcane is called:Select one:a. the Atlantic system.b. the Columbian Exchange. c. trade.d. the Great Circuit.e. globalization.The powerful Native American Confederation in the Northeast was theSelect one:a. Creekb. Iroquois c. Alogonquind. Hurone. LakotaPueblo Indians lived in what is now:Select one:a. the southwestern United States. b. the eastern United States.c. Central America.d. the northeastern United States.e. Mexico.Native American religious ceremonies:Select one:a. were the same in every community.b. were related to the Native American belief that sacred spirits could be found in living and inanimate things. c. had nothing to do with farming or hunting.d. were designed to show that supernatural forces must control man.e. did not exist until arriving Europeans insisted on knowing about Native American customs.She was a slave who escaped to the north for freedomIn 1519, who became the first European explorer to encounter the Aztec empire?a. Vasco da Gama.b. Hernán Cortés. c. Francisco Pizzaro.d. Ferdinand Magellan.e. John Cabot.Portuguese trading posts along the western coast of Africa were called factories because:Select one:a. the trading posts made the goods there in makeshift factories.b. that is how the Africans translated "trading post."c. the slave traders called their system a labor factory.d. the merchants were known as factors. e. the African slaves built factories along the coast to manufacture guns.How did Spain justify enslaving Native Americans?Select one:a. The writings of Bartolomé de Las Casas explained that the Bible approved slavery and that therefore it was acceptable.b. Pope Alexander VI had approved Spanish slavery but banned slavery in Portuguese holdings in the New World.c. If England and France were to be defeated in the quest for empire, Spain needed to take a step they had avoided-imposing slavery upon the native population.d. The Spanish actually never enslaved Native Americans; the charge that they did was simply part of the Black Legend spread by the English and other enemies.e. The Spanish believed that enslavement could liberate Native Americans from their backwardness and savagery and introduce them to Christian civilization.In 1608, Samuel de Champlain founded:Select one:a. New York.b. Quebec. c. Montreal.d. Champlain.e. Albany.According to Bartolomé de Las Casas:a. Spain had caused the deaths of millions of innocent people in the New World. b. Spain needed to institute a more humane system of Native American slavery in order to avoid offending Pope Paul III.c. converting Native Americans to anything but Catholicism would lead to their death.d. slavery needed to be eliminated entirely from the Earth.e. despite his opposition to slavery, he needed to keep his slaves so that he would have time to devote to working for abolition and emancipation.led seven large naval expeditions in early 1400s
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