chapter two a continent on the move, 1400-1725. copyright © houghton mifflin company. all rights...

Chapter Two

A Continent on the Move, 1400-1725

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The conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico demonstrated the importance of

1. military help the Portuguese provided to the Spanish.

2. epidemic diseases in overwhelming Native American populations.

3. very large armies of Spanish invaders.

4. African slave labor in supporting Spanish armies.



The conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico demonstrated the importance of

2. epidemic diseases in overwhelming Native American populations.

Hint: See pages 34–35.



Attempts by the English during the reign of Queen Elizabeth to establish colonies

1. were a consequence of her anti-Spanish policy.

2. succeeded in Newfoundland.

3. failed when the English sought to seize Mexico.

4. were undermined by Sir Walter Raleigh.



Attempts by the English during the reign of Queen Elizabeth to establish colonies

1. were a consequence of her anti-Spanish policy.




Tension between the Catholic Church and settlers in Spanish America started because of

1. a trend among the settlers to revert to paganism.

2. the church’s efforts to protect Native Americans from exploitation for their labor.

3. the fact that the church had to pay taxes but colonists did not.

4. the church’s monopoly of all government positions.



Tension between the Catholic Church and settlers in Spanish America started because of

3. the fact that the church had to pay taxes but colonists did not.




Despite the presence of many problems in the governance of Spain’s colonies, the Spanish Empire prospered because of

1. the immense wealth it produced.

2. its control of all lands along the Mississippi River.

3. the Treaty of Tordesillas.

4. None of these



Despite the presence of many problems in the governance of Spain’s colonies, the Spanish Empire prospered because of

1. the immense wealth it produced.

Hint: That wealth was in the form of gold, silver, and copper. See pages 38–39.



France’s claim to the region of Louisiana was based on

1. a grant of it by the papacy to the king of France.

2. French military victory over the Spanish at the Battle of New France.

3. the discovery and traverse of the Mississippi River by French explorers.

4. wishful thinking on the part of the French.



France’s claim to the region of Louisiana was based on

3. the discovery and traverse of the Mississippi River by French explorers.

Hint: See page 41.



French settlement in the New World remained small and limited, in part because

1. French colonists preferred fur trapping to agriculture.

2. of Indian hostility.

3. French officials, the Crown included, never showed any interest in the North American possessions.

4. France’s possessions always remained minute in size.



French settlement in the New World remained small and limited, in part because

1. French colonists preferred fur trapping to agriculture.




To cope with changing conditions, Native Americans like the Creeks

1. chose to abandon their homelands and migrate westward.

2. turned to alliances and diplomacy.

3. took their lives in order to appease the gods.

4. enacted laws proscribing any contact with Europeans.



To cope with changing conditions, Native Americans like the Creeks

2. turned to alliances and diplomacy.




French and Dutch competitors in the Northeast

1. united in common against the Spanish.

2. signed a great treaty in which they divided up the entire region.

3. quickly transported thousands of new colonists to their respective regions.

4. forged alliances with Indians who were in competition with each other.



French and Dutch competitors in the Northeast

4. forged alliances with Indians who were in competition with each other.

Hint: See page 46.



The Little Ice Age caused many Plains Indians to

1. shift to a more mobile way of life.

2. abandon the region for the warmer, drier climate of the Southwest.

3. quickly convert to Christianity since their own gods seemed to have failed them.

4. turn to warfare against the French.



The Little Ice Age caused many Plains Indians to

1. shift to a more mobile way of life.

Hint: The connection was through the multiplication of the buffalo, a roving animal population. See pages 47–48.



The papacy’s potential to play a major role in the colonization of the New World was confirmed by

1. Henry VIII’s break with Rome.

2. the destruction of the Armada.


4. the excommunication of King Philip II by the pope.



The papacy’s potential to play a major role in the colonization of the New World was confirmed by


Hint: The pope drew the treaty line that established where Spain and Portugal were to colonize. See page 34.

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