The First People & Vocabulary
A nomads is...
a person who moves place to place in search of food
What was the major cause of death among the natives in the Americas?
smallpox, measles, influenza, and other disease
In the late 1400s in Africa, the empire of Songhai
a) thrived as a major trading power
b) cut off all business with European traders
c) began to decline as a result of corrupt government
d) was destroyed by Arab invaders
a) thrived as a major trading power
Which development in the 1400s create a communications revolution in Europe...
a) the printing press
b) humanism
c) Dutch painting
d) seafaring technologies
a) the printing press
What was the trade route between three continents, trading guns, clothes, iron, gold sugar and slaves?
Triangular Trade
The earliest people to reach North America are thought to have arrived from...
a) Siberia via the Bering land bridge
b) South America via the Central American isthmus
c) Hawaii via rafts
d) Scandinavia via boats
a) Siberia via Bering land bridge
In Native American cultures, the social structure was determined by
a) a group of elected officials
b) kinship groups
c) the youngest members of a clan
d) the women
b) kinship groups
Why did Europeans take West Africans as slaves?
a) to colonize the Americas
b) to work on plantations in the Americas
c) to work in European Factories
d) to exchange for Far East goods
b) to work on plantations in the Americas
The ________________ split Europe between Catholicism and Protestantism
Reformation
Which resources from the Americas benefited Europeans?
a) gold and potatoes
b) languages and customs
c) horses and cows
d) the firearm and the wheel
a) gold and potatoes
All of the following are ancient empires of the Americas Except:
a) Olmec
b) Inca
c) Kashaya
d) Aztec
c) Kashaya
A comparison of Native American societies in North America shows that
a) culture and language were the same everywhere
b) distinct cultures arose from difference in local climate and terrain
c) all were nomadic with little knowledge of agriculture
d) local environments had little impact on cultural developments
b) distinct cultures arose from difference in local climate and terrain
What are the three main types of vegetations regions in West Africa?
rainforests, savanna, and desert
The _______________ were European Christians war on Muslim Turks over the "Holy City" of Jerusalem
Crusades
What was Columbus searching for when he sailed from Spain?
a) water route to Africa
b) proof that the world was a sphere
c) a western route to the Indies in Asia
d) the North American continent
c) a western route to the Indies in Asia
Which of the ancient empires of the Americas held, Tenochtitlan, the largest capital in the world?
a) Aztecs
b) Olmec
c) Hopewell
d) mound builders
a) Aztecs
What forest environment did the algonquin and iroquoius develop their way of life
a) the West
b) the Northwest
c) the Northeast
d) the Southwest
c) the Northeast
Slavery in Africa differed from slavery as it developed in the Americas in that...
a) women and children were not enslaved
b) slaves could move up in society and out of slavery
c) enslavement lasted only seven years
d) only complete families were enslaved
b) slaves could move up in society and out of slavery
The _______________ ended the Middle Ages with Europeans beginning an interest in human achievement and creativity
The trade of goods between Europe and the Americas is known as...
Who was the Benin ruler who established friendly and profitable relations with the Portuguese?
a) Sunni Ali
b) Sonni Baru
c) Oba
d) Askia Muhammad
c) Oba
Five separate nations, the Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, Mohawk, and the Oneida made shared the same cultures...
a) Foracker Pact
b) Incas
c) Tainos
d) Iroquois Confederacy
d) Iroquois Confederacy
What Songhai leader expanded its empire, embraced intellectualism, and created a complex government?
a) Sunni Ali
b) Sonni Baru
c) Askia Muhammad
d) Askia Musa
c) Askia Muhammad
Why did Europeans develop the system of feudalism?
a) to drive the Turkish Muslims from Jerusalem
b) to develop a web of trade routes
c) to protect people from attacking and looting
d) to spread Christianity
c) to protect people from attacking and looting
Which native group did Columbus encounter when he landed?
a) Aztec
b) Taino
c) Nootka
d)Pueblo
b) Taino