Question 1
Contrary to popular myth about his search for the fountain of youth, Juan Ponce de Len came to Florida in search of
A) Protestant settlements he sought to destroy.
B) shipwrecked Spaniards.
C) native groups he wanted to convert to Christianity.
D) gold and slaves.
E) None of these are correct.
Question 2
The original Indo-Europeans possibly came from
A) Mesopotamia.
B) the steppe region north of the Black Sea.
C) the Indus Valley.
D) the Aegean basin.
E) India.
Question 3
Which of the following diseases was spread in the New World as a result of European expansion?
A) smallpox
B) typhus
C) measles
D) influenza
E) All of these are correct.
Question 4
The most famous of the megalithic constructions of Europe is
A) Avebury.
B) Woodhenge.
C) Stonehenge.
D) Lascaux.
E) Altimira.
Question 5
Roanoke was a(n) _______________ settlement.
A) Spanish
B) English
C) French
D) Portuguese
E) Italian