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  Name: Shahab Rashid

Date:10/14/10

1 When the Aztec emperor first heard about the arrival of Spanish explorers, he sent them
gifts because

    

 
 
B he wanted European trade goods in exchange.
C he hoped to trick them with a friendly gesture.
D he hoped to make an alliance with them against his rivals.

2 To ensure that its colonies would be profitable, Spain

A encouraged its colonies to trade with other nations.

B encouraged its colonies to trade among themselves.
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D switched workers from agriculture to manufacturing.

3 In the Spanish colonies, power was concentrated in the hands of the

 


B conquistadors.
C creoles.
D mestizos.

4 The Mayflower Compact

A was a treaty granting land rights to Native Americans.

B was a trade agreement between France and New York.
C set out guidelines for governing the Virginia colony.
 

 
    

5 Widespread inflation struck Europe in the mid -1500s due to the increasing amounts of

 

 


B food shipments from the
Americas.C slave labor from
the Americas.
D raw materials from the Americas.
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6 What did the Spanish do in their effort to gain control of the Incas?

A They tried to bribe the Incas with horses.

B They offered to share their profits from gold.
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D They destroyed the Inca capital Tenochtitlán.

7 What were slaves exchanged for in Rio de Janeiro?

A rum
B tobacco
C gold
 


8 The international trade network that included the Atlantic slave trade was known as

A the Silk Road.

B the Columbian Exchange.
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D mercantilism.

9 Through the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494,

A Pizarro made peace with the Incas.

B Cortés made peace with the Aztecs.
C Spain claimed its empire of Brazil.
 
 





 

10 How did Spain try to change its American colonies with the New Laws of the Indies in
1542?

A The laws kept the colonists from trading in African slaves.

B The laws freed both African and Native American slaves.
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D The laws banned the import of goods made with slave labor.

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11 The population of New France grew slowly because

A trappers could not get fair prices for their furs.

B Native Americans in the region attacked settlers.
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D Catholics were prohibited from settling in the colony.

12 The English colonies of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Maryland were mainly set up
as

A fur-trading outposts organized for profit.

B military outposts to drive out the French.
C places to send convicts from English prisons.

 

 

13 The first leg of the triangular trade route

A brought colonial goods to the West Indies.

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C brought colonial goods to Europe.
D brought African slaves to the Americas.

14 Which of the following accurately describes England¶s American colonies during the 1600s
and 1700s?

A They were granted fewer rights than their Spanish and French counterparts.
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C They were politically, economically, and culturally unified.
D They discovered great riches of gold and silver like the Spanish did.

15 Expanded trade, an increased money supply, and a push for overseas empires spurred
the growth of European

A
communism.
B absolutism.
C colonization.





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16 Which is the best estimate of the number of Africans that died in passage to the Americas
during the Atlantic slave trade?

A 2,000
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C 11 million
D 800,000

17 The Spanish king maintained strict control over his empire through

A his Council of Indies in Spain that monitored colonial officials.


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 C his government of conquistadors that ruled each province.
D his network of secret police throughout the empire.

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