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Questions
1. The main difference between the sedentary, semisedentary, and nonsedentary indigenous groups that inhabited the Americas before the Europeans arrived was
the way they adapted to their land.
how they organized their empires.
the role that women played within their social groups.
their social divisions.
2. Why did Tenochtitlan become important to Spanish conquerors?
It was the capital of the Inca Empire.
They used its structure to build the capital city of the Spanish Empire.
It was the capital of the Aztec Empire.
It was the center of the Catholic faith when the Europeans arrived to the Americas.
3. Why did the Spanish conquerors already have a "crusading mentality" upon arriving to America?
They lived in a rugged and mountainous land.
Iberia had served as a bridge between Europe and Africa.
The prolonged Christian reconquest of Iberia shaped their attitudes.
They became involved in intense overseas exploration.
4. The reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula shaped the history of Spain and Portugal in multiple ways. Which of the following was a direct consequence of the reconquest?
The concentration of power in the Catholic Church.
The hiking of tribute and service from peasants.
The growing influence of the Christian nobles.
The collapse of some Christian kingdoms.
5. What did the Inca, Aztec, and Maya have in common?
They all spoke the same language.
They worshipped the same gods.
They fought against the Spanish in similar ways.
They had sustainable forms of agriculture.
6. Which of the following defines the largest number of New World inhabitants at the time of the Encounter?
nonsedentary or semisedentary people
people of African descent
sedentary people
Incas and Aztecs
7. Brazil's indigenous forest dwellers
survived the Portuguese conquest because they knew the terrain.
attacked and resisted the Europeans with all their might.
were attacked and enslaved by the Portuguese, many dying in the process.
did not enter into contact with the Europeans until decades after they first arrived to the region.
8. Besides his strategy and weaponry, as well as knowledge of his adversaries, what else helped Hernán Cortés defeat the Aztecs?
The Aztecs believed they were gods.
the smallpox virus
Moctezuma
the Incas
9. Why did the African slaves survive to populate Brazil while large numbers of Tupi died?
African slaves rebelled against the Portuguese.
African slaves had iron weapons to fight the Portuguese.
African slaves had built immunity against, and therefore were not vulnerable to, European diseases.
African slaves were nonsedentary agriculturalists.
10. The Spanish defeat of the Aztecs and the Incas was
surprising considering the Spanish army was much smaller than those commanded by the indigenous emperors.
inevitable given that the natives believed the Spaniards were gods.
hard to understand given the superior power of the Indian bows and arrows.
understandable because the Spaniards had a larger army.
11. Most of the rewards received by the Spanish colonists for their conquests consisted of
gold and silver.
vast extensions of land.
Indian workers entrusted to them for labor.
public offices, a source of great power and prestige.
12. Mestizo children were
mostly illegitimate offspring of Indian fathers and Spanish mothers.
treated similarly to Spaniards if they had Spanish siblings.
unable to inherit much from their Spanish fathers.
an insignificant and small group from early on.
13. Which of the following statements best describes Africa by the time of conquest?
Slavery was an unknown institution in Africa.
Africa and Europe formed one single continent.
Slavery was a social institution basic to economic life.
Africans promoted slave markets since the early 1300s.
14. Why is it important to understand the relationship between the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula and the history of conquest in the Americas?
The Moors managed to fight their battles on both continents.
During the Conquest of the New World, the Iberians copied some of the successful strategies they used in the reconquest of the peninsula.
After conquering the Americas, many Iberian groups helped with the reconquest.
The Iberian Peninsula and the Americas were discovered simultaneously by the Europeans.
15. The Moors occupied the Iberian Peninsula for 800 years. Which of the following was a consequence of this occupation?
Iberia became a multiethnic society.
Iberia accepted Muslim rule.
Iberia banned the importation of slaves coming from Africa.
All Jews on the Iberian Peninsula were forced to exile.
16. During the reconquest
the authorities accepted religions other than Catholicism as part of their multiethnic past.
Moors and Jews were forced to convert to Catholicism.
Catholics were forced into exile.
all Moors were expelled from Spain.
17. What language did the people of Cuzco (Inca Empire) speak?
Spanish
Nahuatl
Quechua
Mexica
18. From what type of group do most of the indigenous groups still living in Latin America descend?
sedentary
nonsedentary
semisedentary
nonsedentary and sedentary equally
19. Which areas were most affected by the slave trade in Africa?
South Africa, West Africa, and Angola
South Africa, West Africa, and Mozambique
West Africa, Angola, and Mozambique
All parts of Africa were equally affected by the trade.
20. Which statement best describes an encomienda?
The encomienda is an institution whereby groups of indigenous people were legally "entrusted" to a Spanish conqueror with the duty of paying him labor and/or tribute.
Encomienda defended the Inca Empire against invaders.
Encomienda is a package that was shipped from Spain to the New World.
Encomienda is a racial category used to describe indigenous people.