Chapter 1 Exploration and Settlement   1. The descendants of the Asians who journeyed to and settled throughout the Americas are known today as ____________     A) Conquistadors.     B) Mongols.     C) Native Americans.     D) Muslims.   2. What was the name given to the "holy wars" waged by the Roman Catholic Church to regain control of the Holy Land of Palestine from the Muslims?     A) Feudalism     B) Renaissance     C) Reformation     D) Crusades   3. Which religion exerted the most influence on medieval Africa and Asia?     A) Islam     B) Christianity     C) Protestantism     D) Reformation   4. Who was the first to sail from Portugal to India?     A) Bartholomeu Dias     B) Henry the Navigator     C) Vasco da Gama     D) King John I   5. For whom was the vast land in the Western Hemisphere named?     A) Christopher Columbus     B) Queen Isabella     C) Ferdinand Magellan     D) Amerigo Vespucci   6. Which of these explorers visited the southwestern parts of the present-day United States?     A) Christopher Columbus     B) Francisco de Coronado     C) Robert de La Salle     D) Francisco Pizarro   7. French explorations generally took place in ____________     A) Central America and the Caribbean.     B) Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.     C) the Pacific coast of North America.     D) the St. Lawrence and Mississippi River valleys and the Great Lakes.   8. The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam was not successful because ____________     A) it was defeated by the French.     B) it was defeated by the Spanish.     C) furs were scarce in the area.     D) it had poor leadership and weak government.   9. Which nationality was most predominant among the settlers of the thirteen colonies?     A) English     B) African     C) German     D) Dutch   10. The idea that government derives its just powers from the people who are governed was expressed ____________     A) by the House of Burgesses.     B) in the Mayflower Compact.     C) in the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.     D) by the Anglican Church.   11. Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the colony founded by William Penn?     A) religious freedom and tolerance     B) fair treatment of Native Americans     C) rapid growth     D) inhabited mostly by Puritans and Pilgrims   12. Which of the following statements did NOT apply to enslaved Africans in the colonies?     A) Their children could be sold away from their mothers.     B) Their marraiges were not legal.     C) They retained the rights of English people and were protected by law.     D) They could own no property.   13. Which of the following was NOT a source of conflict between the European settlers and Native Americans?     A) expansion of colonial farms     B) differences in ideas about land ownership     C) differences in ideas about the use of land     D) the kind of dwellings they built   14. Why were the first colleges in the English colonies founded?     A) to educate Native Americans     B) to educate the poor     C) to educate women     D) to educate ministers   15. Whose trial for libel became a landmark in the development of the right of free speech in the colonies?     A) John Locke     B) John Peter Zenger     C) Jonathan Edwards     D) Andrew Hamilton