Topic 1 Test: America's Cultural Roots

was an emperor of the Mali Empire during the 14th century.

cultural rebirth that occurred from roughly the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries

Which of the developments caused the Spanish to initially lose interest in northern lands?

This groups life began to develop in the Mississippi River Valley (for which it is named).

What objection did American Indians most likely have to the work of Spanish missionaries?

people who are sent by a religious organization to spread the faith

How did the settlement of Louisiana benefit France?

Trading routes linked the kingdoms of West Africa most directly to cultures in which region?

widespread transfer of plants, animals, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World

Amerigo Vespucci's explorations of America had what effect on Europeans knowledge of the globe?

How did these events contribute to the rise of the Renaissance in Europe?

How did Southwest Indians adapt to the geographic conditions exemplified by this photograph?

settled in the region extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Mississippi River

a person of mixed American Indian and Euro-American ancestry

Spanish official appointed to rule land claimed by Spain in the new world

any of the Native American peoples inhabiting the Great Plains of the United States and Canada.

Fort or military outpost

How did life in European towns like the one shown here differ from life on feudal estates?

A route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, often sought by early explorers.

Which of the following developments correctly completes the sequence of events?

Early 16th century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru

Political alliance between five Northeastern tribes (for protecting Tribal Lands)

The Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, and Zuni tribes were the predominant tribes that made up the-

"The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, etc.

was emperor of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest.

How would climate change have affected Paleo-Indians' way of life?

Spanish Conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire and claimed Mexico for Spain

Created the first circumnavigation of the Earth

A period lasting thousands of year during which the earth was covered by ice and glaciers

Which reason best explains why Columbus believed he had reached the East Indies?

Which would most likely have been a feature of both West Africans and American Indians?

first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts

Which of the following was a main characteristic of both Spanish and French colonization?

a man or woman of mixed race, especially the offspring of a Spaniard and an American Indian.

an important figure in 15th-century Portuguese politics and in the Portuguese Empire.

He was the first European who went to India through the Cape of Good Hope