Give Me Liberty An American History 5Th Edition Volume 1 by Eric Foner – Test Bank
CHAPTER 1: A New World
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.In 1776, Adam Smith observed what fact about the Western Hemisphere?
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There was not enough land. |
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There were not enough slaves. |
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There were too many contagious diseases transmitted back to Europe. |
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Colonies had done more harm than good for western Europe. |
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Its discovery was one of the two greatest events in history. |
ANS:EDIF:ModerateREF:p. 2
OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic.
TOP: Global Awareness | Introduction: Columbian Exchange MSC: Understanding
2.A commonality shared between the Asians who crossed the Bering Strait and the Europeans who crossed the Atlantic Ocean thousands of years later was:
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the need to spread religion. |
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the desire to conquer new peoples. |
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the search for food items. |
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that neither was willing to take risks. |
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that both brought slaves from Africa. |
ANS:CDIF:DifficultREF:p. 3
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | The Settling of America | The Expansion of Europe
MSC: Analyzing
3.Where did the first peoples to the Americas come from?
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Iceland. |
d. |
Asia. |
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Greenland. |
e. |
Europe. |
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c. |
Africa. |
ANS:DDIF:EasyREF:p. 3
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. TOP: Global Awareness | The Settling of America
MSC:Remembering
4.In approximately 7000 BCE, agriculture developed in the Americas in:
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the Mississippi Valley. |
d. |
the Chesapeake Bay. |
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Mexico and the Andes. |
e. |
Brazil. |
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c. |
the Yucatan Peninsula. |
ANS:BDIF:EasyREF:p. 3
OBJ:1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived.TOP:Ethnicity | The Settling of America
MSC:Remembering
5.Pre-Columbian Native Americans lacked metal tools:
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because no metal deposits existed in the Americas. |
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so Europeans felt they were superior. |
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resulting in no dams or irrigation. |
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because they saw these tools as contradicting their religion. |
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so they could not build large structures. |
ANS:BDIF:ModerateREF:p. 5
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. TOP: Economic Development | Indian Societies of the Americas
MSC: Analyzing
