HIST 1301 CHP 1 QUIZ

The primary goal of fifteenth-century Portuguese expansion was:

-the establishment of a trading empire in Asia.

At the time of first contact between Europeans and Native Americans, Native Americans

had not developed:

-metal tools and machines.

Native American religious beliefs and practices included:

-medicine men in positions of authority.

The European practice of "coverture" included that:

-in marriage, a wife surrendered her legal identity.

The first African slaves were shipped to the New World in what year?

-1502

How did Cortés conquer the Aztecs?

-He relied on iron weapons and gun powder.

Bartolomé de Las Casas in A Very Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies in 1552

argued that:

-Spanish people burned Native American children alive.

Why did the Pueblo Revolt take place?

-Native Americans in New Mexico grew resentful of Spanish colonization.

Who were the mestizos in the Americas?

-persons of mixed Spanish and Indian origin

Despite China's growing territorial power, their purpose in exploration was:

-to impress other world peoples with their might.

Why did news of the 1492 voyage of Columbus spread rapidly in Europe?

-the invention of printing with movable type

Women in Dutch settlements:

-enjoyed more independence than in other colonies.

Because French and Dutch settlements were more dependent on India:

-power and freedom with Europeans in relations with these settlements.

Under the Dutch in North America, "half freedom" referred to:

-a labor and land relationship with enslaved Africans.

HIST 1301 CHP 1 QUIZ - Study guide to the first quiz for HIST 1301

US History (HIST 1301)