Give Me Liberty An American History 5Th Edition Volume 1 by Eric Foner Test Bank
CHAPTER 1: A New World
MULTIPLE CHOICE
- In 1776, Adam Smith observed what fact about the Western Hemisphere?
| a. | There was not enough land. |
| b. | There were not enough slaves. |
| c. | There were too many contagious diseases transmitted back to Europe. |
| d. | Colonies had done more harm than good for western Europe. |
| e. | Its discovery was one of the two greatest events in history. |
ANS: E DIF: Moderate REF: p. 2
OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic.
TOP: Global Awareness | Introduction: Columbian Exchange MSC: Understanding
- A commonality shared between the Asians who crossed the Bering Strait and the Europeans who crossed the Atlantic Ocean thousands of years later was:
| a. | the need to spread religion. |
| b. | the desire to conquer new peoples. |
| c. | the search for food items. |
| d. | that neither was willing to take risks. |
| e. | that both brought slaves from Africa. |
ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: p. 3
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | The Settling of America | The Expansion of Europe
MSC: Analyzing
- Where did the first peoples to the Americas come from?
| a. | Iceland. | d. | Asia. |
| b. | Greenland. | e. | Europe. |
| c. | Africa. |
ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: p. 3
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. TOP: Global Awareness | The Settling of America
MSC: Remembering
- In approximately 7000 BCE, agriculture developed in the Americas in:
| a. | the Mississippi Valley. | d. | the Chesapeake Bay. |
| b. | Mexico and the Andes. | e. | Brazil. |
| c. | the Yucatan Peninsula. |
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: p. 3
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | The Settling of America
MSC: Remembering
- Pre-Columbian Native Americans lacked metal tools:
| a. | because no metal deposits existed in the Americas. |
| b. | so Europeans felt they were superior. |
| c. | resulting in no dams or irrigation. |
| d. | because they saw these tools as contradicting their religion. |
| e. | so they could not build large structures. |
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: p. 5
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. TOP: Economic Development | Indian Societies of the Americas
MSC: Analyzing
- Both the Aztec and Inca empires were:
| a. | rural and poor. |
| b. | small in population but sophisticated in infrastructure. |
| c. | large, wealthy, and sophisticated. |
| d. | large in geographic size but sparsely populated. |
| e. | rural, with few impressive buildings. |
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: p. 8
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | Indian Societies of the Americas
MSC: Remembering
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