| Lesson 8 Exam |
| Question 1 | 5 / 5 points |
According to Western legend, what happened at the equator?
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| People fell into a lake of fire. | ||
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| The ocean boiled. | ||
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| People baked to death. | ||
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| The sky met the ground. | ||
| Question 2 | 5 / 5 points | ||
Which of these best describes Aztec society?
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| Egalitarian | ||
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| Stratified but open | ||
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| Rigidly stratified | ||
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| Stratified by birth | ||
| Question 3 | 5 / 5 points | ||
Which people linked their vast empire through roads and bridges across the Andes?
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| Aztec | ||
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| Inca | ||
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| Maya | ||
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| Toltecs | ||
| Question 4 | 5 / 5 points | ||
Why was Montezuma's army reduced in size when Cortés arrived?
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| Cortes formed alliances with neighboring tribes who usually provided soldiers for the Aztec army. | ||
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| It was harvest season. | ||
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| Many of the soldiers had fled in fear. | ||
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| Outbreaks of smallpox had killed many men. | ||
| Question 5 | 5 / 5 points | ||
The Tlatlacotin caste was the __________ caste.
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| merchant | ||
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| artisan | ||
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| commoner | ||
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| slave | ||
| Question 6 | 5 / 5 points | ||
Humans were sacrificed regularly in Aztec society because they believed:
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| the gods required blood as an offering. | ||
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| foreigners were devils, so they sacrificed them. | ||
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| the sun could be sustained only through repeated offerings of beating human hearts. | ||
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| the gods would bless their crops only in exchange for the sacrifice of a virgin. | ||
| Question 7 | 5 / 5 points | ||
Where was the first Portuguese overseas conquest?
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| the Canaries | ||
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| West Africa | ||
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| Brazil | ||
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| Morocco | ||
| Question 8 | 5 / 5 points | ||
What was the main goal of the Portuguese Empire?
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| Gaining converts to Christianity | ||
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| Trading | ||
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| Finding land for settlers | ||
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| Discovering mineral resources | ||
| Question 9 | 5 / 5 points | ||
What most distinguished the colonial nobles from commoners?
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| Influence in the Catholic Church | ||
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| Landowning | ||
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| Slave ownership | ||
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| Superior education | ||
| Question 10 | 5 / 5 points | ||
What plants, essential for European diet and religion, were brought from Europe to America as part of the "Columbian Exchange"?
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| Wheat and grapes | ||
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| Tobacco and corn | ||
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| Potatoes and manioc | ||
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| Potatoes and chocolate | ||
| Question 11 | 5 / 5 points | ||
Compared to contemporary European cities, Tenochtitlán was:
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| more primitive. | ||
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| dirtier and less healthy. | ||
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| more open to attack. | ||
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| much larger. | ||
| Question 12 | 5 / 5 points | ||
Which element of Aztec society was absent from Inca society?
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| Commoners | ||
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| Slaves | ||
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| Nobles | ||
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| Warriors | ||
| Question 13 | 5 / 5 points | ||
Aztec legend stated that women who died in childbirth were reborn as:
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| goddesses. | ||
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| hummingbirds. | ||
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| cobras. | ||
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| white women. | ||
| Question 14 | 5 / 5 points | ||
What was the goal of the Spanish administration in the Americas?
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| the efficient running of the colony's economy | ||
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| keeping the empire under the king's direct control | ||
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| maximum resource extraction | ||
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| ensuring local control of most of the economy | ||
| Question 15 | 5 / 5 points | ||
Compared to Spain, Portugal's American system was:
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| more strictly regulated. | ||
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| less centralized. | ||
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| more focus on religious than economic motive. | ||
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| an expensive failure. | ||
| Question 16 | 5 / 5 points | ||
The unification of Spain was begun under the rule of:
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| Isabella and Ferdinand. | ||
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| Carlos I. | ||
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| Philip III. | ||
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| João III. | ||
| Question 17 | 5 / 5 points | ||
How did allegiance to an emperor make the Aztec and Inca peoples vulnerable to conquest?
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| They had no strong leader. | ||
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| They easily transferred their allegiance to a new ruler. | ||
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| They were not unified against conquerors. | ||
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| They lacked fighting skills. | ||
| Question 18 | 5 / 5 points | ||
What were usually established by the Portuguese in lands they explored?
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| Churches | ||
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| Fortified trading posts | ||
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| Farming settlements | ||
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| Towns | ||
| Question 19 | 5 / 5 points | ||
What led Portuguese nobility to organize expeditions in search of plunder?
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| They were economically weakened after the Black Death. | ||
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| They hoped for upward mobility that would lead to an overthrow of the monarch. | ||
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| Spanish explorers had reported that there was great wealth in the "New World." | ||
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| Portugal's status in Europe had declined, and Spain and England had become the major powers. | ||
| Question 20 | 5 / 5 points | ||
How did slavery in the Aztec Empire differ from the Atlantic slave trade?
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| African slaves experienced more opportunities than Aztec slaves. |
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| Aztec slavery was not racially based. |
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| Aztec slavery was only temporary. |
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| African slaves were forced to work the land; Aztecs were forced to engage in combat.
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