1.

Which of the following distinguished the empires of Western Europe from other empires?

A)

They spread diseases to conquered peoples.

B)

They were initiated by maritime expansion.

C)

They were created by merchants.

D)

They were accompanied by religious conversion of conquered peoples.

2.

Which of the following regions experienced the least racial mixing and was the least willing to recognize the offspring of interracial unions?

A)

Brazil

B)

British North America

C)

The Caribbean

D)

Mexico

3.

Which of the following was a reason that Portugal, Spain, France, and Britain were the first to expand into the New World?

A)

These lands had a long tradition of distant exploration.

B)

These lands were on the Atlantic coast and were closer to the Americas.

C)

These lands believed in ancient legends of a lost world across the ocean.

D)

These lands lacked iron, which drove them to search for deposits.

4.

Why did some Native Americans aid the Spanish in their initial invasion of the New World?

A)

To acquire gold and jewels

B)

To learn about European culture

C)

To appease the gods

D)

To gain an advantage against their own enemies

5.

The colonial economy of the Spanish Empire in former Aztec and Inca lands was

A)

dependent on the import of African slaves for labor.

B)

based on commercial agriculture and mining.

C)

supported by piracy and smuggling.

D)

administered by Spanish missionaries.

6.

How did many Native Americans in Mesoamerica and Peru respond to Spanish missionaries' efforts to convert them to Catholicism?

A)

They rejected Catholicism completely.

B)

They blended their old customs into Catholic practices.

C)

They only pretended to be Catholic when Europeans were around.

D)

They abandoned their old religions and embraced Catholicism entirely.

7.

Which of the following motivated Europeans to venture across the Atlantic Ocean?

A)

Their monopoly of oceanic trade in the Indian Ocean

B)

Rivalries between competing European states

C)

An interest in foreign cultures and languages

D)

The spread of the Black Death

8.

Which of the following describes slavery in Latin America?

A)

Large-scale importation of new slaves continued into the nineteenth century.

B)

Living and working conditions for slaves were similar to those of poor white men.

C)

Slaves became self-reproducing after 1750.

D)

Slaves could not be set free by their owners nor could they buy their freedom.

9.

In contrast to the Portuguese and Spanish colonists in Latin America, British colonists in North America

A)

married indigenous women more frequently and were less racist.

B)

sought to escape rather than re-create European traditions in the Americas.

C)

were almost exclusively male and Catholic.

D)

faced many class restrictions.

10.

What contributed to higher literacy rates in the British colonies in North America than in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America?

A)

Protestantism, which was practiced by most British colonists, encouraged reading the Bible for oneself.

B)

The British government invested massive funds into building libraries throughout North America.

C)

Spanish and Portuguese colonizers thought Native Americans could not be taught to read.

D)

The Spanish and Portuguese governments discouraged literacy among the colonial population to reduce the chance of rebellions.