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.
The ocean boiled.
People baked to death.
The sky met the ground.
Question 2 5 / 5 points
Which of these best describes Aztec society?
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Egalitarian
Stratified but open
Rigidly stratified
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
Inca
Maya
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.
It was harvest season.
Many of the soldiers had fled in fear.
Outbreaks of smallpox had killed many men.
Question 5 5 / 5 points
The Tlatlacotin caste was the __________ caste.
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merchant
artisan
commoner
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.
foreigners were devils, so they sacrificed them.
the sun could be sustained only through repeated offerings of beating human hearts.
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
West Africa
Brazil
Morocco
Question 8 5 / 5 points
What was the main goal of the Portuguese Empire?
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Gaining converts to Christianity
Trading
Finding land for settlers
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
Landowning
Slave ownership
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
Tobacco and corn
Potatoes and manioc
Potatoes and chocolate
Question 11 5 / 5 points
Compared to contemporary European cities, Tenochtitlán was:
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more primitive.
dirtier and less healthy.
more open to attack.
much larger.
Question 12 5 / 5 points
Which element of Aztec society was absent from Inca society?
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Commoners
Slaves
Nobles
Warriors
Question 13 5 / 5 points
Aztec legend stated that women who died in childbirth were reborn as:
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goddesses.
hummingbirds.
cobras.
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
keeping the empire under the king's direct control
maximum resource extraction
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.
less centralized.
more focus on religious than economic motive.
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.
Carlos I.
Philip III.
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.
They easily transferred their allegiance to a new ruler.
They were not unified against conquerors.
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
Fortified trading posts
Farming settlements
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.
They hoped for upward mobility that would lead to an overthrow of the monarch.
Spanish explorers had reported that there was great wealth in the "New World."
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.
Aztec slavery was not racially based.
Aztec slavery was only temporary.
African slaves were forced to work the land; Aztecs were forced to engage in combat.