History 

Ancient History 

Question 1 

Which of these was part of the Columbian Exchange? (Mark all of the answers you think are correct)

Group of answer choices

horses

corn

disease

weeds

Question 2 

This Native American practice was a method used to establish relationships that the French used to help them in the fur trade.

coureurs de bois

ceremonies

gift exchange

warfare

Question 3 

Why did Jamestown experience "The Starving Times" in the winter of 1609/1610?

John Smith left the colony.

The death of Pocahontas.

Powhatan directed his warriors to attack.

The winter was extremely harsh.

Question 4 

Which of the following was NOT a part of the history of "les filles du roi"?

The women who participated came from diverse backgrounds.

The king provided items the women needed to help them start their married lives.

Nearly all of the women who participated married and had children in New France.

The women had to pay their own way to New France.

Question 5 

Despite the fact that the King and Queen denied his request for an expedition, this man ultimately "conquered" the Aztec Empire, which allowed Spain to begin to build their empire in the Americas.

Christopher Columbus

Hernan Cortes

Richard Hakluyt

Jacques Cartier

Question 6 

This Native American society created large earthen mounds and had a sophisticated understanding of the heavens that shaped the way they built their largest city.

Opechencanough

Cahokia

The Aztec Empire

Powhatan

Question 7 

What does the term métis refer to?

children of French fathers and indigenous mothers

indigenous slaves

European invaders

indigenous religious leaders

Question 8 

Although popular culture tells us that Pocahontas saved John Smith out of love, what was the real reason behind her actions?

a desire for wealth

curiosity about the English

a staged, ritual adoption

fear of the English

Question 9 

Creation stories provide historians with important insights into Native cultures that did not leave behind a written record.

True

False

Question 11 

The failure of this colony put a stop to English colonization efforts for nearly 20 years and made colonial organizers rethink sending women and children.

New France

Jamestown

Virginia

Roanoke

Question 12 

Without the help of this woman, it is possible that the expedition led by Hernan Cortes might have failed.

Powhatan

Pocahontas

Kateri Tekakwitha

Malinche

Question 13 

Building upon the work of the religious prophet Nemattanew, this Native leader led a devastating attack on Jamestown in 1622.

Pocahontas

Malinche

Powhatan

Opechancanough

Question 14 

This indentured servant was sentenced to a public whipping and had two years of service added to her contract when she was convicted of fornication. Her newborn son was sentenced to 31 years of indentured servitude.

Pocahontas

Malinche

Mary Dyer

Anne Orthwood

Question 15

The coureurs de bois were:

French fur traders who lived among Native Americans.

French mail order brides.

French farmers.

French priests.

Question 16

This man's paintings helped to shape the ways that the English thought about Native Americans as England started to establish their own colonies.

John Smith

Richard Hakluyt

William Byrd

John White

Question 17 

Africa had powerful and wealthy empires long before Europeans began their long exploitation of the continent.

True

False

Question 18 

How did Powhatan build his confederacy?

family and kinship

slavery and kidnapping

gift exchange

conquest

Question 19

This man's personal account reveals his thoughts upon first meeting the indigenous people of the Caribbean and reveals his ethnocentrism.

John White

William Byrd

Richard Hakluyt

Christopher Columbus

Question 20 

This man's personal account reveals details about the lives of wealthy landholders in colonial Virginia.

John White

Christopher Columbus

William Byrd

Richard Hakluyt

Question 21 

The sistema de casas that existed in New Spain was a racial hierarchy based on one's "purity of blood"

True

False

Question 22 

Fill in the Blank: In his pamphlet "Discourse on Western Planting," _____________________________________ defended English colonization on religious, moral, and economic grounds.

Question 23 2 pts

The Aztec Empire was based on absolute equality.

True

False

Question 24 

As a result of this conflict, the colonial leaders in Virginia began to emphasize racial differences in an effort to prevent the lower classes from rising up against them.

Bacon's Rebellion

Opechancanough's War

The Starving Times

The Columbian Exchange

Question 25 

What is a primary source?