Question 1
Portuguese exploration in the late fifteenth century concentrated on finding a route to the Orient by sailing around Africa.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Question 2
The civilizations and political systems of pre-Columbian Native Americans north of Mexico were less elaborate than those of the peoples to the south.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Question 3
The cause of the failure of the Roanoke colony
A. was the death of the colony's governor.
B. was a severe food shortage.
C. was a virulent malarial epidemic.
D. is historically inconclusive.
E. deterred the English from another colonizing effort for forty years.
Question 4
The colony of Virginia was named in honor of
A. Virginia Dare.
B. Queen Mary.
C. QueenElizabeth.
D. Humphrey Gilbert.
E. Walter Raleigh.
