Woodland people developed complex earthworks __________. A) after they adopted agriculture B) before they adopted agriculture C) after coming into contact with the Aztecs D) after the arrival of Europeans ANSWER Answer: B
Richard Hakluyt believed that Virginia __________. A) represented a great opportunity for England B) was all but uninhabitable C) was home to an Indian empire as wealthy as that of the Aztecs D) would serve well as a depository for criminals and outcasts ANSWER A
Cultivation of maize began in __________. A) Asia B) Africa C) Mesoamerica D) Europe ANSWER Answer: C
During the Heian period, Japan A) eliminated Shint_ rituals. B) had religious wars often. C) experienced little conflict. D) expelled all Buddhists. E) had only peasants who followed Confucianism. ANSWER C
The Adena were __________. A) mound builders B) a desert people C) a largely urban culture D) strictly hunter-gatherers ANSWER Answer: A
Nixon’s program to improve relations with the Soviet Union was known as __________. a. containment b. détente c. perestroika d. démarche e. de-escalation ANSWER B
The first European nation to send out voyages of exploration down the coast of Africa was __________. A) Spain B) England C) France D) Portugal ANSWER Answer: D
Planters who owned large plantation houses with at least 50 slaves made up __________ percent of the white population in the South in 1860. a. less than 1 b. more than 10 c. about 20 d. nearly 30 e. more than 50 ANSWER A
Columbus established the first European colony in the Americas in __________. A) Hispaniola B) Cuba C) Mexico D) Florida ANSWER Answer: A
Most southern whites __________. a. owned at least one slave b. were non-slaveholding yeoman farmers c. were poor people who sympathized with the slaves d. owned at least five slaves e. favored abolishing slavery ANSWER B