United States History 1500-1841 Interactive Flashcards Book

By The Editors of REA

REA’s Interactive Flashcard books represent a novel approach which combines the merits of flash cards with the ease of using a book. One side of each page includes questions to be answered, with space for writing in one’s answers — a feature not usually found on flash cards. The flip side of the same page contains the correct answers, much as flash cards do. United States History 1500-1841 is fully indexed making it easy to locate topics for study. Thanks to the book form, there is no need to look for and fish out appropriate questions from a box and put them back in the proper order, and there is no need to carry around a box of 1,000 flash cards. The book is easier to take along and carry.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Research & Education Association
• Release date: Jan 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9780738672731

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United States History 1500-1841 Interactive Flashcards Book

The Editors of REA

REA’s INTERACTIVE FLASHCARDS™

UNITED STATES HISTORY 1500 -1841

Copyright © 1999 by Research & Education Association. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission of the publisher.

Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 98-67206

9780738672731

Research & Education Association, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

REA’s Interactive Flashcards - What they’re for How to use them

BLANK CARDS To Make Up Your Own Questions

CORRECT ANSWERS for Your Own Questions

INDEX

REA’S Test Preps - The Best in Test Preparation

REA’s Interactive Flashcards

What they’re for How to use them

They come in a book, not in a box of hundreds of loose cards.

They are most useful as test time approaches to help you check your test readiness.

They are a good tool for self-study and also for group study. They can even be used as a competitive game to see who scores best.

They work with any text.

The interactive feature is a unique learning tool. With it, you can write in your own answer to each question which you can then check against the correct answer provided on the flip side of each card.

You will find that the flashcards in a book have several advantages over flashcards in a box.

You don’t have to cope with hundreds of loose cards. Whenever you want to study, you don’t have to decide beforehand which cards you are likely to need; you don’t have to pull them out of a box (and later return them in their proper place). You can just open the book and get going without ado.

A very detailed index will guide you to whatever topics you want to cover.

A number of blank card pages is included, in case you want to construct some of your own Q’s and A’s.

You can take along REA’s flashcard book anywhere, ready for use when you are. You don’t need to tote along the box or a bunch of loose cards.

REA’s Flashcard books have been carefully put together with REA’s customary concern for quality. We believe you will find them an excellent review and study tool.

Dr. M. Fogiel

Program Director

P.S. As you could tell, you could see all the flashcards in the book while you were in the store; they aren’t sealed in shrink-wrap.

Questions

Q1

The new continent discovered by Christopher Columbus was named after ____.

Your Own Answer _______________

Q2

Why did Spain urge the Pope to draw up a Line of Demarcation in the New World?

Your Own Answer_______________

Q3

Where was the Line of Demarcation drawn?

Your Own Answer_______________

Correct Answers

A1

Amerigo Vespucci

A2

Spain wanted to confirm its ownership of New World lands, but feared interference from Portugal, a powerful seafaring nation that had been active in overseas exploration.

A3

One hundred leagues west of the Cape Verdes Islands

Q4

Why did Spain and Portugal decide to draw up the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1493?

Your Own Answer _______________

Q5

Who were the conquistadors?

Your Own Answer _______________

Q6

___ was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.

Your Own Answer

A4

The Line of Demarcation favored Spain over Portugal as Spain was entitled to all lands west of Cape Verdes Island; however, Portugal had a stronger navy.

A5

Independent Spanish adventurers who led their country’s army into the New World, seeking wealth, glory, and to spread the Roman Catholic faith

A6

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Q7

Which explorer sought to find the fabled fountain of youth?

Your Own Answer _______________

Q8

Which conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire?

Your Own Answer _______________

Q9

What river in the southeastern part of the United States was discovered by Hernando de Soto?

Your Own Answer _______________

A7

Juan Ponce de Leon

A8

Hernando Cortes

A9

The Mississippi

Q10

What explorer led an expedition from the Rio Grande in Mexico, across Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas?

Your Own Answer _______________

Q11

What were encomiendas?

Your Own Answer _______________

Q12

What system replaced the encomienda?

Your Own Answer _______________

A10

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

A11

Large manors or estates with Indian slaves that were developed to reward successful conquistadores and to help the conquistadors deal with the labor shortages.

A12

The hacienda system

Q13

Why did the Spaniards begin importing African slaves?

Your Own Answer_______________

Q14

Who were the peninsulares?

Your Own Answer _______________

Q15

were individuals of Spanish parentage who had been born in the New World.

Your Own Answer _______________

A13

African slaves were imported to meet the Span-iads’ labor needs, especially as the Indian population had been decimated by disease and overwork.

A14

Natives of Spain who were ranked at the top of New Spain’s rigidly stratified society

A15

Creoles

Q16

After 1535, the King appointed a Spanish nobleman or to act as his representative in the New World.

Your Own Answer _______________

Q17

True or False: John Cabot was the first explorer to reach the mainland of North America.

Your Own Answer _______________

Q18

Which explorer led three expeditions to the St. Lawrence River, in search of the Northwest Passage?

Your Own Answer _______________

A16

viceroy

A17

True

A18

Jacques Cartier

Q19

Why did the English colonists enjoy a greater degree of freedom from government interference?

Your Own Answer _______________

Q20

Why did England and France pay little attention to America during the Sixteenth Century?

Your Own Answer _______________

Q21

In which country did the Protestant Reformation begin?

Your Own Answer _______________

A19

English colonizing efforts were supported by private, rather than government, funds.

A20

Both countries were experiencing problems caused by the Protestant Reformation.

A21

Germany

Q22

What was the Protestant Reformation?

Your Own Answer _______________

Q23

Which English king broke with Rome and embraced the Protestant religion for himself and his country?

Your Own Answer _______________

Q24

What personal motivation prompted HenryVIII to sever relations with