Question 1

In the 1500s, Cortés’s army surrounded the Aztec empire in a long ____.

Accepted Answer

siege

Question 2

Spanish land in America was divided into small units, and each unit was run by a(n) ____.

Accepted Answer

viceroy

Question 3

To leave one’s country and settle in another is to ____.

Accepted Answer

emigrate

Question 4

In the 1400s, Portugal began capturing and trading ____ human beings in Africa.

Accepted Answer

enslaved

Question 5

Spanish ____ gained control of many islands in the Caribbean.

Accepted Answer

conquistadors

Question 6

to bring in goods from a foreign country

Accepted Answer

import

Question 7

a war between different regions of one country

Accepted Answer

civil war

Question 8

Portuguese colonists who were granted encomiendas

Accepted Answer

encomenderos

Question 9

A large estate or farm

Accepted Answer

plantation

Question 10

A country or group that is united with another for a common purpose

Accepted Answer

ally

Question 11

Columbus wrote that the new land he had discovered offered _____. 
a. gold, spices, and slaves. 
b. beautiful beaches and weather. 
c. a new opportunity for Spain to expand. 
d. new varieties of fruit.

Accepted Answer

a. gold spices

Question 12

In order to spare their king’s life, the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro demanded that the Inca 
a. fill a room with gold. 
b. hand over their land to the Spanish. 
c. become Spanish slaves. 
d. fight against the Spanish army in Peru.

Accepted Answer

A. fill a room with gold

Question 13

Portugal based its claim to Brazil on the fact that 
a. its settlers had overtaken the people of Brazil. 
b. it had more colonists there than any other European country.
 c. Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral had landed there in 1500.
d. they ha

Accepted Answer

C. Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez had landed there in 1500

Question 14

To govern the Americas, Spain divided its lands into different units known as 
       a. principalities 
       b. viceroyalties. 
      c. colonies. 
      d. states.

Accepted Answer

B. Viceroyalties

Question 15

When they thought that the Spanish were abusing Native Americans, Spanish priests would 
a. report the incidents to the king and queen of Spain. 
b. turn a blind eye. 
c. have the Spanish offenders sent back to Spain. 
d. intervene on behalf of the N

Accepted Answer

D. Intervene on behalf of the Native Americans

Question 16

After Columbus’s discovery of a new land, the French began to cross the Atlantic to 
a. claim new territory. 
b. trade in gold. 
c. fish for cod. 
d. escape religious persecution.

Accepted Answer

C. fish for cod

Question 17

Enslaved Africans were often used in the southern colonies of North America to help farm crops of 
a. sugar and sweet potatoes. 
 b. tobacco and cotton.
c. cotton and sugar. 
d. tobacco and sugar.

Accepted Answer

tobacco and sugar

Question 18

Despite early perils of disease and starvation, the first British settlement in North America began to flourish when 
a. the British government sent over food and supplies. 
b. the settlers learned to hunt and fish. 
c. Native Americans taught the set

Accepted Answer

C. native americans taught the settlers to grow tobacco

Question 19

Ships from Europe went to Africa to get slaves in exchange for 
a. raw materials. 
  b. manufactured goods.
  c. money. 
  d. building African villages.

Accepted Answer

B. manufactured goods

Question 20

The Aztec empire in Mexico was ruled by 
a. Moctezuma.
 b. Tenochtitlán.
 c. Quetzalcóatl. 
d. Atahualpa.

Accepted Answer

A. Moctezuma

Question 21

After the Inca paid the ransom that Francisco Pizarro demanded in exchange for the release of their king, Pizarro had
a. the king killed. 			
b. the king’s family imprisoned. 
c. the king released to the Inca. 	
d. the king imprisoned.

Accepted Answer

A. the king killed

Question 22

The blend of Spanish Christianity and Native American religion in the Spanish colonies of the Americas formed 
a. a new religion called Protestantism. 		
b. part of the new culture there. 
c. a form of Christianity called Santeria. 		
d. Catholicism.

Accepted Answer

B. part of the new culture there

Question 23

An encomienda granted the Spanish in the Americas the right to control
a. and farm the land. 		
b. the Native American population in a given area 
c. and own enslaved Africans. 		
d. and own land.

Accepted Answer

B. the Native American population in a given area

Question 24

The Dutch established colonies in the Caribbean to take advantage of trading 
a. tobacco. 
b. gold. 
c. spices. 
d. sugar cane.

Accepted Answer

D. Sugar Cane

Question 25

Local Native Americans helped French colonists trade in 
a. North American spices. 
b. fur. 
c. tobacco. 
d. enslaved Africans.

Accepted Answer

B. fur

Question 26

During the French and Indian War, some Native American groups were allies with 
a. the French.
b. the British. 
c. the Spanish. 
d. the Portuguese.

Accepted Answer

A. french

Question 27

One of the reasons European colonists may have been able to excuse the enslavement of human beings was that 
a. it was a traditional practice. 
b. they needed the slaves to work the crops or else the colonists would starve. 
c. the African slaves were

Accepted Answer

C. the African slaves were from a very different culture and were usually not Christians.

Question 28

Death rates on slave voyages across the Atlantic Ocean may have averaged as much as 
a. fifty percent. 
b. five percent. 
c. twenty percent. 
d. thirty percent.

Accepted Answer

C. twenty percent

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