History Test

Question 1

Whose army conquered the Inca Empire?

Answer 1

Francisco Pizarro.

Question 2

What are the tall “deer” that are mentioned in the passage?

Answer 2

Dogs

Question 3

In which of these groups did women play strong role in the government?

Answer 3

Iroquois Leage.

Question 4

Which of these resulted from the Maya’s study of astronomy?

Answer 4

356-days calendar.

Question 5

According to the account, how were the spaniards received?

Answer 5

The Aztec greeted them as honored visitors.

Question 6

Which of these was a distinguishing feature of Inca farming?

Answer 6

The use of terraces.

Question 7

The Reformation can best be described as….?

Answer 7

A religious movement.

Question 8

Where do many archaeologist believe the earliest Americans came from?

Answer 8

Asia.

Question 9

What Italian explorer led expeditions for France?

Answer 9

Giovanni da Verrazano.

Question 10

When Columbus read this description of a great city in Cathay, China, he was likely most attracted by?

Answer 10

Opportunities for trade in a faraway land.

Question 11

Which Native American people’s depended greatly on buffalo?

Answer 11

Southwestern people’s

Question 12

Which of these is a navigational tool?

Answer 12

Astrolabe

Question 13

Henry the navigator laid the groundwork of an exploration era for?

Answer 13

Portugal

Question 14

After the arrival of Europeans, many Native Americans died because of?

Answer 14

Disease

Question 15

Who chose the male members of the Iroquois Grand Council?

Answer 15

Clan mothers

Question 16

Which conquistador landed on the east coast of present-day Mexico in 1519?

Answer 16

Herńan Cortés

Question 17

In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed to America with the Niña, Pinta, and the

Answer 17

Santa Maria

Question 18

Which country’s colonists maintained a profitable fur trade in North America?

Answer 18

France

Question 19

Which of these descriptions indicates the Aztec response to the Spaniards visit?

Answer 19

Aztec flowers and necklaces

Question 20

Which of these was a land bridge from another continent to North America

Answer 20

Beringia

Question 21

After the fall of the Roman Empire, Western Europe was dominated by?

Answer 21

Catholic Church

Question 22

Who was Mali’s king in the 1320s

Answer 22

Mansa Musa

Question 23

What is a society run by religious leaders called?

Answer 23

Democracy

Question 24

Which of these events was the first to take place?

Answer 24

The fist Crusade is launched

Question 25

Which was an Aztec city that once the largest in the Americans?

Answer 25

Yucatán

Question 26

In this excerpt, where does Columbus state he is being ordered to go?

Answer 26

India

Question 27

What reward awaited Columbus if his voyage was successful?

Answer 27

Governorship of all discovered lands

Question 28

What did England, France, and the Netherlands hope to discover in their explorations?

Answer 28

Northwest passage to Asia

Question 29

Which of these is a type of corn

Answer 29

Maize

Question 30

Who was the first explorer to realize that South America was not part of Asia?

Answer 30

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 31

Why did Portugal want to explore the world?

Answer 31

Find new trade routes to Asia

Question 32

Which early American civilization was the largest?

Answer 32

Inca

Question 33

From where did Portuguese traders buy enslaveed Africans in the mid-1400s

Answer 33

The Gold Coast

Question 34

Which of these was an essential part of the economy of the Spanish Colonies

Answer 34

Enslaved

Question 35

Which Native American group made warm, waterproof clothing from seal skin?

Answer 35

Inuit.