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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

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  1. Chapter 1 Gillon/Matson The American Experiment

  2. 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

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

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  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.

  7. 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.

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

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

  10. 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

  11. 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.

  12. 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

  13. 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.

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

  15. 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

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

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

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

  21. 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.

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