Quiz: Chapter 1

Juan Ponce de Leon is best known for

• a. Exploring Florida and looking for the Fountain of Youth
• b. First European to find the Panama
• c. His vessel that first circumnavigated the globe
• d. First European to find Brazil

Where did Spanish Invaders set up their first bases?

• a. Brazil
• b. Peru and Mexico
• c. Islands of the Caribbean
• d. Florida

The Treaty of Tordesillas did what?

• a. Caused a cease fire between Spain and England
• b. Divided the New World Lands between Portugal and England
• c. Caused a cease fire between Spain and Native Americans
• d. Divided the New World Lands between Portugal and Spain

Which disease did NOT come from the Old World?

• a. measles
• b. scarlet fever
• c. typhus
• d. none of these
• e. diphtheria

The first discovers of America probably came:

• a. 25,000 years ago
• b. 50,000 years ago
• c. 10,000 years ago

In general, the settler communities in New England were:

• a. Authoritarian and Pious
• b. Large, pious, and loosely democratic
• c. Tight, pious, and democratic

What is a "Black Legend"?

• a. A historical trend to ignore or hide atrocities
• b. The legends told of the murders of Conquistadores
• c. The history of disease in America
• d. A historical trend to negatively distort and ignore positives

In 1680, Pope's Rebellion was

• a. when the native people of New Mexico rebelled against the Catholic teachings and destroyed every church and killed priests and European settlers
• b. when the native people of New Mexico tried to rebel and were forced into stricter slavery
• c. when the Pueblo people rebelled and burned down the largest church in Santa Fe

After Pope's Rebellion,

• a. The Spanish sent Hernando De Soto to retake control
• b. The Spanish regrouped at Cuba
• c. The Spanish left California alone for two centuries
• d. The Spanish started killing off Buffalo

The first discovers of America probably came:

• a. 25,000 years ago
• b. 50,000 years ago
• c. 10,000 years ago

In general, the settler communities in New England were:

• a. Authoritarian and Pious
• b. Large, pious, and loosely democratic
• c. Tight, pious, and democratic

Unlike the English, the Spanish

• a. would have families with the locals
• b. used religion to justify their actions
• c. tried to convert the native people
• d. brought horses

Coronado explored

• a. California
• b. St. Lawrence River
• c. New Mexico
• d. Southwest territories

Cartier is known for

• a. His travels through New Mexico
• b. Exploring California
• c. His travels up the St. Lawrence River
• d. Crushing the Incas

In 1769, Father Junipero Serra

• a. wrote about the horrible conditions that the Native Americans were put through
• b. started the first college in Lima
• c. started missions in California
• d. started missions in Cuba

After Pope's Rebellion,

• a. The Spanish sent Hernando De Soto to retake control
• b. The Spanish regrouped at Cuba
• c. The Spanish left California alone for two centuries
• d. The Spanish started killing off Buffalo

In 1680, Pope's Rebellion was

• a. when the native people of New Mexico rebelled against the catholic teachings and destroyed every church and killed priests and European settlers
• b. when the native people of New Mexico tried to rebel and were forced into stricter slavery
• c. when the Pueblo people rebelled and burned down the largest church in Santa Fe

The Pueblo (village) people in Rio Grande developed irrigation to water their large cornfields by:

• a. 10000 BC
• b. 500 AD
• c. 900 AD
• d. 1000 BC