Gillon/Matson The American Experiment Chapter 1 Gillon/Matson The American Experiment

Question Generally speaking, humans began migrating to the Americas about 30,000 Years ago 50,000 Years ago 70,000 Years ago 100,000 Years ago

Answer Generally speaking, humans began migrating to the Americas about 30,000 Years ago Hint: For further information on early migration, see page 2.

Question North America supported many complex societies and cultures in the centuries before Europeans arrived. One mound-building culture supported a city, Cahokia, where perhaps 40,000 people lived between 950 and 1400 A.D. The city of Cahokia was located near what modern day larger urban center? Pittsburgh New York St. Louis Mexico City

Answer North America supported many complex societies and cultures in the centuries before Europeans arrived. One mound-building culture supported a city, Cahokia, where perhaps 40,000 people lived between 950 and 1400 A.D. The city of Cahokia was located near what modern day larger urban center? St. Louis Hint: See page 6.

Question The people who dominated a vast kingdom in the Andean highlands of Peru at the time Europeans first arrived in this area were the Tiwanaku. Inca. Toltecs. Mohicans.

Answer The people who dominated a vast kingdom in the Andean highlands of Peru at the time Europeans first arrived in this area were the Inca. Hint: See pages 11.

Question What powerful kingdom dominated West Africa from the sixth to the eleventh centuries? Songhai Benin Congo Ghana

Answer What powerful kingdom dominated West Africa from the sixth to the eleventh centuries? Ghana Hint: See page 12.

Question During the Middle Ages, European merchants’ contact with their counterparts in what region of the world resulted in greater European exposure to “exotic” material? Arab world Chinese world Indian world Viking world

Answer During the Middle Ages, European merchants’ contact with their counterparts in what region of the world resulted in greater European exposure to “exotic” material? Arab world Hint: During the crusades, to liberate Christian holy sites from Muslim control, European merchants and others were exposed to these material comforts. See pages 16.

Question The first European nation state to launch a concerted effort to explore new lands and peoples, Portugal, initially concentrated on developing commercial ties with what region of the world in the fifteenth century? West Africa India Brazil China

Answer The first European nation state to launch a concerted effort to explore new lands and peoples, Portugal, initially concentrated on developing commercial ties with what region of the world in the fifteenth century? West Africa Hint: The Portuguese developed a brisk trade in gold and slaves with West Africans during this time. See page 22-23.

Question Which Old World crop was most important to the growth of the slave trade between Africa and the Americas? cotton sugar maize tobacco

Answer Which Old World crop was most important to the growth of the slave trade between Africa and the Americas? sugar Hint: Sugar was most important to the growth of the slave trade between Africa and the Americas See page 23-24

Question All of the following were New World crops that Europeans adopted for their own use after 1492 EXCEPT maize the potato coffee chocolate

Answer All of the following were New World crops that Europeans adopted for their own use after 1492 EXCEPT coffee Hint: Coffee originated in the Old World – Africa to be exact. See pages 29.

Question The Catholic monk whose criticism of several Roman Catholic Church practices in the early fifteenth century led to the Reformation was Jean Calvin. Galileo Galilei. Martin Luther. Niccolo Machiavelli.

Answer The Catholic monk whose criticism of several Roman Catholic Church practices in the early fifteenth century led to the Reformation was Martin Luther. Hint: See page 20-21.

Question The process of nation state building began in all the following kingdoms in Europe between 1400-1600 except: France England Spain Germany

Answer The process of nation state building began in all the following kingdoms in Europe between 1400-1600 except: Germany Hint: The region of Germany did not experience this development until much later. See page 19.