Chapter 1 quiz

Question 1

when was the movable-type printing press invented?

Answer 1

1440

Question 2

when did Columbus discover the New World?

Answer 2

1492

Question 3

when was the first permanent French settlement established?

Answer 3

1608

Question 4

when was the defeat of the Spanish Armada

Answer 4

1588

Question 5

when did the Protestant Reformation begin?

Answer 5

1517

Question 6

what are the three divisions of history?

Answer 6

Ancient (c. 4000 B.C. - A.D. 500), Middle Ages (A.D. 500-1500), and Modern Age (A.D. 1500-present)

Question 7

landed in North America around A.D. 1000

Answer 7

Leif Ericson

Question 7

spot where land migration to the New World potentially occurred

Answer 7

Bering Strait

Question 8

union of 5 tribes united for defense in early North America

Answer 8

Iroquois Confederacy

Question 9

the tribes in the Great Plains greatly depended on _____ and ______

Answer 9

buffalo (bison) and maize (corn)

Question 9

the tribes of the ______ were the most advanced in North America

Answer 9

Southwest

Question 10

most advanced tribes in the Western Hemisphere

Answer 10

Mayas, Aztecs, Incas

Question 11

a way of life based on the ownership and use of land

Answer 11

feudalism

Question 11

large tracts of lands owned by lords that were divided among serfs

Answer 11

manors

Question 12

wars led by kings and noblemen to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land

Answer 12

crusades

Question 13

a crusade to drive the Moors (Muslims from North Africa) from Southern Spain

Answer 13

reconquista

Question 13

crusades were fought against who?

Answer 13

Muslims

Question 14

first permanent French settlement

Answer 14

Quebec

Question 14

the middle class, a new social class in Europe, resulted from ______

Answer 14

increases trade during and after the crusades

Question 14

four greatest nations to emerge from Western Europe

Answer 14

England, France, Spain, and Portugal

Question 15

spirit of pride in your homeland

Answer 15

nationalism

Question 16

a revival of learning in Europe

Answer 16

the Renaissance

Question 17

benefits of the Renaissance

Answer 17

advances in navigation, astrolabe, compass, movable-type printing press

Question 17

navigational device that determined direction

Answer 17

compass

Question 17

navigational device that determined latitude

Answer 17

astrolabe

Question 18

first book printed with a movable-type printing press

Answer 18

the Bible

Question 19

Martin Luther's list of issues that he nailed to the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany

Answer 19

Ninety-five Theses

Question 20

Italian who sailed on behalf of Spain, sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella, that sailed on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria

Answer 20

Christopher Columbus

Question 20

famous Protestant reformer

Answer 20

John Calvin

Question 20

French protestants

Answer 20

Huguenots

Question 20

founded a navigation school

Answer 20

Henry the Navigator

Question 20

sailed around Africa to India and found a new water route to the East

Answer 20

Vasco de Gama

Question 21

reached the Cape of Good Hope (southern tip of Africa)

Answer 21

Bartolomeu Dias

Question 22

Columbus landed in San Salvador (the Bahamas) on this date

Answer 22

October 12, 1492

Question 22

first Spanish landing in America was in this year

Answer 22

1513

Question 22

crossed the Isthmus of Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean

Answer 22

Vasco de Balboa

Question 22

soldiers of Spain who conquered the new land

Answer 22

Conquistadors

Question 22

Italian sailor credited with being the first to realize that Columbus had discovered a whole new continent

Answer 22

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 22

conquered the Aztecs and their chief, Montezuma

Answer 22

Hernando Cortez

Question 22

first Spanish landing in America, named it Florida

Answer 22

Juan Ponce de Leon

Question 23

new social class in Europe

Answer 23

middle class

Question 24

conquered the Incas of Peru

Answer 24

Francisco Pizarro

Question 25

discovered and explored South Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona

Answer 25

Cabeza de Vaca

Question 26

searched for the "Seven Cities of Cibola" and "discovered" the Grand Canyon

Answer 26

Francisco Coronado

Question 27

discovered the Mississippi River

Answer 27

Hernando de Soto

Question 28

explored the coast of California

Answer 28

Juan Cabrillo

Question 29

first permanent European settlement

Answer 29

St. Augustine

Question 30

founded St. Augustine

Answer 30

Pedro Menendez

Question 31

oldest road in the U.S.

Answer 31

El Camino Real

Question 32

original capital of the Spanish settlement

Answer 32

Santa Fe

Question 33

first European settlement in California

Answer 33

San Diego

Question 34

king of Spain

Answer 34

Philip II

Question 35

Protestant queen of England

Answer 35

Elizabeth I

Question 36

English pirates who preyed on Spanish shipping

Answer 36

sea dogs (Sir John Hawkins/Sir Francis Drake)

Question 37

started with the purpose of stopping Protestantism and returning to Roman Catholocism

Answer 37

Counter-Reformation

Question 38

supposed water route through North America to the Pacific

Answer 38

Northwest Passage

Question 39

explored the east coast of North America to Canada

Answer 39

Giovanni de Verrazzano

Question 40

discovered the St. Lawrence River

Answer 40

Jacques Cartier

Question 41

French Protestants

Answer 41

Huguenots

Question 42

established Quebec in 1608

Answer 42

Samuel de Champlain

Question 43

first permanent French settlement

Answer 43

Quebec

Question 44

"Father of New France"

Answer 44

Samuel de Champlain

Question 45

led the expedition to explore the central Mississippi River

Answer 45

Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet

Question 46

claimed the Mississippi valley for France and named it Louisiana

Answer 46

Robert Cavelier de la Salle

Question 47

New France is _____, ________, and ___________

Answer 47

Canada, the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi Valley

Question 48

best-known city of French heritage in the U.S.

Answer 48

New Orleans (1718)