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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. In 1776, Adam Smith observed what fact about the Western Hemisphere?
a. There was not enough land.
b. There were not enough slaves.
c. There were too many contagious diseases transmitted back to Europe.
d. Colonies had done more harm than good for western Europe.
e. Its discovery was one of the two greatest events in history.
ANS: E DIF: Moderate REF: p. 2
OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic.
TOP: Global Awareness | Introduction: Columbian Exchange MSC: Understanding
2. A commonality shared between the Asians who crossed the Bering Strait and the Europeans who
crossed the Atlantic Ocean thousands of years later was:
a. the need to spread religion.
b. the desire to conquer new peoples.
c. the search for food items.
d. that neither was willing to take risks.
e. that both brought slaves from Africa.
ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: p. 3
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans
arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | The Settling of America | The Expansion of Europe
MSC: Analyzing
13. When European clergy read to Native Americans from the Bible about God creating the world in six
days, was there anything relatable for Native Americans?
a. Most Native Americans did not have any religion to compare with Christianity.
b. No Native American religions believed in creation myths.
c. Most Native Americans compared the Bible with their own written version of the Old
Testament.
d. Some Native Americans stated that they were a lost tribe of Israel.
e. Many Native Americans concurred with the idea of a single supreme being creating the
world.
ANS: E DIF: Moderate REF: p. 9
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans
arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | Native American Religion
MSC: Analyzing
14. How did Native Americans view the concept of land ownership?
a. Native Americans believed that land should be permanently preserved.
b. Individuals could own land outright.
c. Families had the right to use land, but they did not actually own the land.
d. Native Americans emphasized the dollar value of land.
e. A family could claim land for its descendants, but an individual could not.
ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: p. 9
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans
arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | Land and Property MSC: Remembering
15. Which one of the following is true about Native Americans and material wealth?
a. Chiefs were expected to share some of their goods rather than hoard them.
b. Eastern Native Americans were more materialistic than those who lived west of the
Mississippi.
c. Wealth mattered less to them than to Europeans, but inherited social status was equally
important to both peoples.
d. Native Americans actually suffered more social inequality than Europeans did.
e. Native Americans had no material wealth.
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: p. 10
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans
arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | Land and Property MSC: Remembering
16. When compared to European societies, how did Indian gender relations differ?
a. European women had more individual rights than their Indian counterparts.
b. Indian women sometimes selected tribal leaders.
c. European women were more likely to be granted a divorce.
d. Most, but not all, Indian societies were matrilineal.
e. Neither European nor Indian women engaged in premarital sex.
ANS: D DIF: Difficult REF: p. 10
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans
arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | Social History | Gender Relations
MSC: Applying
17. After exploring the Atlantic Coast in the late sixteenth century, an Englishman writes in his journal
about untouched wilderness. What could this description mean to a European?
a. The land was beautiful.
b. It would take the expedition too much effort to build a settlement.
c. The Native Americans had protected the land.
d. The Native Americans never used this area, so the land now belonged to the English.
e. The Native Americans were actually hiding in tree forts.
ANS: D DIF: Difficult REF: p. 11
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans
arrived. TOP: Ethnicity | European Views of the Indians
MSC: Applying
18. An example of a freedom that most Native Americans would hold in high esteem would be:
a. the opportunity for the chief to sell land to a European.
b. an economic freedom that would lead to a Native American becoming the wealthiest
member of the tribe.
c. the chance to work with other tribe members to build a house.
d. the right of free speech.
e. the opportunity for some families to dominate others in the tribe.
ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: pp. 12–13
OBJ: 2. Explain how Indian and European ideas of freedom differed on the eve of contact.
TOP: Ethnicity | Indian Freedom MSC: Applying
19. In Europe on the eve of colonization, one conception of freedom, called “Christian liberty,”
a. was a set of ideas today known as “religious toleration.”
b. mingled ideas of freedom with servitude to Jesus Christ—concepts that were seen as
mutually reinforcing.
c. found expression in countries dominated by Catholics but not in primarily Protestant ones.
d. argued that all Christians should have equal political rights.
e. referred to the policy of trying to overthrow any non-Christian regime around the world.
ANS: B DIF: Difficult REF: p. 12
OBJ: 2. Explain how Indian and European ideas of freedom differed on the eve of contact.
TOP: Cultural History | Christian Liberty MSC: Remembering
21. In the fifteenth century, a big impetus for European exploration was:
a. a sea route to Asia to obtain luxury goods.
b. gold in China.
c. religious relics in India.
d. obtaining the compass from Asia.
e. spreading African slavery to the Americas.
ANS: A DIF: Difficult REF: p. 13
OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic.
TOP: Geographic Issues | Ethnicity | The Expansion of Europe MSC: Analyzing
23. Portuguese trading posts along the western coast of Africa were called factories because:
a. the merchants were known as factors.
b. the trading posts made the goods there in makeshift factories.
c. the African slaves built factories along the coast to manufacture guns.
d. the slave traders called their system a labor factory.
e. that is how the Africans translated “trading post.”
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: p. 14
OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic.
TOP: Economic Development | Portugal and West Africa MSC: Remembering
25. Why were Bartolomeu Dias’s and Vasco da Gama’s voyages important?
a. Their voyages contributed to Christianity reaching Africa for the first time.
b. Their voyages opened up much more direct trade with Asia.
c. Their voyages led to numerous Portuguese colonies starting in sub-Saharan Africa.
d. Their voyages increased the wealth of the Italian city-states.
e. Their voyages had the endorsement of Christopher Columbus.
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: p. 15
OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic.
TOP: Economic Development | Freedom and Slavery in Africa MSC: Remembering
26. To solidify Spain’s unification, what did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella do?
a. They married and combined their kingdoms.
b. They refused to sponsor voyages of exploration.
c. They banned the Christian faith in Spain.
d. They joined with the Moor leadership to bring about harmony.
e. They returned gold to Indians in the Western Hemisphere.
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: p. 16
OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic.
TOP: Global Awareness | The Voyages of Columbus MSC: Remembering
29. A significant difference between the Vikings and Columbus was that:
a. trade was not of consequence to the Vikings.
b. Columbus received much more publicity for his voyages.
c. Columbus and other explorers for Spain did not use violence.
d. the Vikings did not use sails.
e. Columbus was an atheist.
ANS: B DIF: Difficult REF: p. 16
OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic.
TOP: Geographic Issues | The Voyages of Columbus MSC: Analyzing
30. What was the most significant result of Ferdinand Magellan’s explorations?
a. He was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
b. He died in the Caribbean islands.
c. He led the conquering of the Aztecs.
d. His voyages showed that the circumference of the earth was longer than what Columbus
had estimated.
e. He and his men were the first Europeans to encounter bison.
ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: pp. 17–18
OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic.
TOP: Geographic Issues | Exploration and Conquest MSC: Understanding
34. When Native Americans first encountered Europeans, what led to the European diseases being so
deadly?
a. Native Americans had been struggling with basic survival.
b. The diet of most Native Americans lacked meat, so they had no consistent amount of
protein.
c. Most Europeans spread the diseases on purpose.
d. The Native Americans had no tribal doctors or healers.
e. Centuries of continental isolation meant the Native Americans had no immunity.
ANS: E DIF: Moderate REF: p. 19
OBJ: 4. Explain what happened when the peoples of the Americas came in contact with Europeans.
TOP: Geographic Issues | The Demographic Disaster MSC: Analyzing
36. A substantial difference between the Spanish colonies in Mexico and Santa Fe was that:
a. Santa Fe was settled first.
b. Mexico had few Native Americans.
c. Santa Fe did not concern itself with conversions.
d. Mexico had more Spanish settlers because of gold.
e. Mexico did not need to be conquered.
ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: pp. 20–21
OBJ: 5. Identify the chief features of the Spanish empire in America.
TOP: Economic Development | The Spanish Empire | Spain in the Southwest
MSC: Analyzing
37. Who in the sixteenth-century Spanish empire would have the most authority?
a. A Native American chief.
b. A Catholic priest.
c. A locally born wealthy landowner.
d. An administrative official from Spain.
e. A criollo.
ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: p. 21
OBJ: 5. Identify the chief features of the Spanish empire in America.
TOP: Social History | Governing Spanish AmericaMSC: Applying
38. Which one of the following statements is true of Spanish emigrants to the New World?
a. Many of the early arrivals came to direct Native American labor.
b. From the beginning, they arrived as families.
c. They were all at the bottom of the social hierarchy.
d. They soon outnumbered Native Americans.
e. Only the residents of the Malaga province migrated.
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: p. 21
OBJ: 5. Identify the chief features of the Spanish empire in America.
TOP: Social History | Colonists and Indians in Spanish America
MSC: Remembering
40. In 1517, the German priest ________ began the Protestant Reformation by posting his Ninety-Five
Theses, which accused the Catholic Church of worldliness and corruption.
a. Martin Buber d. Reinhold Niebuhr
b. Ulrich Zwingli e. Johannes Gutenberg
c. Martin Luther
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: p. 22
OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic.
TOP: Chronology | Justifications for Conquest MSC: Remembering
42. The actions of Bartolomé de las Casas can best be described in modern-day terminology as that of
a(n):
a. whistleblower. d. curious intellectual.
b. irrational man. e. greedy businessman.
c. religious zealot.
ANS: A DIF: Difficult REF: p. 24
OBJ: 5. Identify the chief features of the Spanish empire in America.
TOP: Social History | Justifications for Conquest MSC: Applying
43. The New Laws of 1542:
a. led Protestant Europeans to create the Black Legend about Spanish rule in the Americas.
b. introduced the encomienda system.
c. were adopted at the urging of Gonzalo Pizzaro, brother of Peru’s conqueror.
d. stated that Indians would no longer be enslaved in Spanish possessions.
e. forbade the enslavement of Africans in New Spain.
ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: p. 24
OBJ: 5. Identify the chief features of the Spanish empire in America.
TOP: Political History | Reforming the Empire MSC: Remembering
46. Which of the following is true of Spain’s explorations of the New World?
a. Individual conquistadores always traveled alone.
b. Members of the Spanish parties suffered greatly from disease.
c. Florida was the first region in the present-day continental United States that Spain
colonized.
d. In the sixteenth century Spain sought to forestall Portuguese incursions into the New
World.
e. Spain’s explorations had no impact on the size of the Native American population.
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: p. 25
OBJ: 5. Identify the chief features of the Spanish empire in America.
TOP: Geographic Issues | Spain in Florida and the Southwest MSC: Remembering
47. Acoma was an Indian city in present-day ________ that the Spanish destroyed.
a. New Mexico d. California
b. Florida e. Puerto Rico
c. Cuba
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: p. 27
OBJ: 4. Explain what happened when the peoples of the Americas came in contact with Europeans.
TOP: Ethnicity | Spain in Florida and the Southwest MSC: Remembering
48. The first permanent European settlement in the Southwest, established in 1610, was:
a. Tucson. d. San Diego.
b. Albuquerque. e. Santa Fe.
c. El Paso.
ANS: E DIF: Easy REF: p. 27
OBJ: 5. Identify the chief features of the Spanish empire in America.
TOP: Chronology | Spain in Florida and the Southwest MSC: Remembering
49. The actions of the Pueblo Indians at Santa Fe in 1680 can best be described as:
a. not being interested in religion.
b. being docile.
c. accepting of new cultures.
d. being lazy and unwilling to work.
e. being assertive.
ANS: E DIF: Moderate REF: p. 27 |p. 30
OBJ: 5. Identify the chief features of the Spanish empire in America.
TOP: Social History | The Pueblo Revolt MSC: Analyzing
51. France’s relations with Native American tribes can be described as a marriage of necessity because:
a. Native Americans were needed to mine for gold.
b. tobacco was the cash crop for the French.
c. very few French came to North America.
d. Native Americans rejected Christianity.
e. the Spanish had much better relations with Native Americans in North America.
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: pp. 32–33
OBJ: 6. Identify the chief features of the French and Dutch empires in North America.
TOP: Social History | New France and the Indians MSC: Analyzing
54. People from ________ were most likely to go to other European countries or rival colonies before
settling in one of their own ________ colonies.
a. England; English d. France; French
b. the Netherlands; Dutch e. Spain; Spanish
c. Portugal; Portuguese
ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: p. 38
OBJ: 6. Identify the chief features of the French and Dutch empires in North America.
TOP: Social History | French Colonization MSC: Analyzing
55. How did French involvement in the fur trade change life for Native Americans?
a. It didn’t; Native Americans were already hunting beaver and buffalo for their skins.
b. Native Americans benefited economically but were able to avoid getting caught in
European conflicts and rivalries.
c. The French were willing to accept Native Americans into colonial society.
d. The English and French quests for beaver pelts prompted a surge in the Native American
population.
e. It forced Native Americans to learn new trapping techniques that were far superior to their
old ways.
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: p. 33
OBJ: 4. Explain what happened when the peoples of the Americas came in contact with Europeans.
TOP: Social History | New France and the Indians MSC: Understanding
56. Unlike Spanish missionaries, the Jesuits did what in regard to converting Indians?
a. The Jesuits did not suppress traditional Indian religious customs.
b. They converted Indians to Protestant faiths instead of Catholicism.
c. They rarely had success with their conversions.
d. The Jesuit conversion methods went against the directives of Samuel de Champlain.
e. The Jesuit methods did not help with French and Indian relations.
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: p. 33
OBJ: 6. Identify the chief features of the French and Dutch empires in North America.
TOP: Social History | New France and the Indians MSC: Remembering
59. Which European country dominated international commerce in the early seventeenth century?
a. France. d. Spain.
b. The Netherlands. e. Portugal.
c. Britain.
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: p. 34
OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic.
TOP: Economic Development | The Dutch Empire MSC: Remembering
60. A seventeenth-century colonial woman who believed she was cheated out of money would have the
best chance of having her case heard if she lived in:
a. New Amsterdam. d. Quebec.
b. Mexico City. e. Santa Fe.
c. Jamestown.
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: pp. 34–35
OBJ: 6. Identify the chief features of the French and Dutch empires in North America.
TOP: Social History | Dutch Freedom MSC: Applying
MATCHING
TEST 1
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
1. ANS: C
2. ANS: F
3. ANS: E
4. ANS: H
5. ANS: I
6. ANS: A
7. ANS: D
8. ANS: B
9. ANS: J
10. ANS: G
11. ANS: L
12. ANS: K
TEST 2
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
13. ANS: I
14. ANS: H
15. ANS: G
16. ANS: F
17. ANS: J
18. ANS: K
19. ANS: B
20. ANS: D
21. ANS: A
22. ANS: E
23. ANS: L
24. ANS: C
TRUE/FALSE
1. Agriculture did not come to the American continents in Mexico and Peru until approximately one
thousand years ago.
2. The mound builders were sophisticated ancient peoples living near Mexico City.
3. The Zuni, Hopi, and their earlier ancestors were dependent on canals for farming.
7. Under English law, women held many legal rights and privileges.
8. Zheng He’s voyages sparked Chinese interest in directly trading with Europe.
9. The Spanish were the first to sail down the western coast of Africa, establishing trading posts called
factories.
10. African society did not practice slavery before Europeans came.
11. The Spanish reconquista removed the Moors from power in the Iberian Peninsula.
14. Thanks to Martin Luther, the movable-type printing press is one of the most important inventions in
modern times, helping to rapidly disseminate information around the world.
15. Cortés conquered the capital city of the Aztec empire with an army of over 1,000 men.
16. The catastrophic decline in the native populations of Spanish America was mostly due to the fact that
they were not immune to European diseases.
17. By 1550, the Spanish empire in the New World exceeded the ancient Roman Empire in size.
18. Europeans arrived in North America and South America with the attitude that their culture was
superior to the various indigenous groups.
19. The Spanish aim was to exterminate or remove the Indians from the New World.
20. The Spanish mounted explorations of the present-day Southwest in the United States to try to find
gold.
21. When the Edict of Nantes, which had granted religious toleration to French Protestants (Huguenots),
was revoked in 1685, 100,000 Huguenots fled France for New France.
22. Like the Spanish, the French often intermarried with the Indians, resulting in mixed-race children.
23. The French established the first permanent European settlement in what would become New York
City.
24. In New Netherland, the Dutch were intolerant of diverse religious practices and issued an edict that all
had to convert to the Dutch Reformed Church.
25. The Dutch and French were unaware of each other’s settlements in North America.
SHORT ANSWER
Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a
paragraph or two.
1. conquistadores
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2. Pueblo Revolt
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3. private property
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5. Columbian Exchange
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6. Indian freedom
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7. Black Legend
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8. mound builders
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9. Christopher Columbus
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10. Zheng He
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12. “coverture”
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13. Jesuits
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ESSAY
1. Explain as thoroughly as you can how the slave trade affected African society.
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DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic.
TOP: Global Awareness | Geographic Issues | Political History | Changes | Social History | Freedom
and Slavery in Africa MSC: Analyzing
2. One Spanish official remarked that “the maxim of the conqueror must be to settle.” Explain what you
think he meant by this statement. Illustrate the various ways conquerors settled the New World,
commenting on what worked, what did not work, and the consequences of those methods.
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DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic. | 4. Explain what
happened when the peoples of the Americas came in contact with Europeans.
TOP: Economic Development | Ethnicity | Global Awareness | Geographic Issues | Political History |
Changes | Social History | The Spanish Empire | The French and Dutch Empires
MSC: Analyzing
3. Explain the chapter’s title: “A New World.” What was new? Is “new” an appropriate term? Does
perspective play a role in calling the Americas new? Be sure to comment on whether freedom was new
in this New World.
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DIF: Difficult
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans
arrived.
TOP: Chronology | Cultural History | Economic Development | Ethnicity | Global Awareness |
Geographic Issues | Political History | Changes | Social History | The Spanish Empire | The French and
Dutch Empires MSC: Evaluating
4. Compare Indian society with that of the Europeans. What differences were there? Similarities? Be sure
to include in your analysis ideas about religion, land, and gender roles as well as notions of freedom.
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DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans
arrived. | 2. Explain how Indian and European ideas of freedom differed on the eve of contact. | 4.
Explain what happened when the peoples of the Americas came in contact with Europeans.
TOP: Cultural History | Economic Development | Ethnicity | Global Awareness | Geographic Issues |
Political History | Changes | Social History | Native American Religion | Land and Property | Gender
Relations | European Views of the Indians | Indian Freedom | Christian Liberty | Freedom and
Authority | Liberty and Liberties MSC: Analyzing
5. The Dutch prided themselves on their devotion to liberty. Explain what kinds of liberties and freedoms
the Dutch recognized that other nations, such as Spain, did not. How did these notions of freedom
affect the development of their North American empire? Be sure to include the Indians and slaves in
your discussion.
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DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 2. Explain how Indian and European ideas of freedom differed on the eve of contact. | 5.
Identify the chief features of the Spanish empire in America. | 6. Identify the chief features of the
French and Dutch empires in North America.
TOP: Cultural History | Economic Development | Ethnicity | Global Awareness | Geographic Issues |
Political History | Changes | Social History | The Dutch Empire | Dutch Freedom | The Dutch and
Religious Toleration | Settling New Netherland | Features of European Settlement
MSC: Analyzing
6. The sophistication and diversity of the peoples in the early Americas is remarkable. Explore that
diversity in an essay that discusses early Native American culture, architecture, religion, gender
relations, economy, and views of freedom.
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DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans
arrived.
TOP: Cultural History | Economic Development | Ethnicity | Global Awareness | Geographic Issues |
Political History | Changes | Social History | Indian Societies of the Americas | Mound Builders of the
Mississippi Valley | Western Indians | Indians of Eastern North America | Native American Religion |
Land and Property | Gender Relations MSC: Analyzing
7. The Spanish had a long history of conquering in the name of God. From the reconquista to the
conquistadores to the settlement of the New World, Spain justified its conquests as a mission to save
the souls of heathens—while putting them to work in subhuman conditions. Explore this paradox of
conquering and killing in the name of saving. Remember to think about what else was going on in the
world at that time with regard to the Protestant Reformation and the Inquisition.
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DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 3. Explain what impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic. | 4. Explain what
happened when the peoples of the Americas came in contact with Europeans.
TOP: Cultural History | Economic Development | Ethnicity | Global Awareness | Geographic Issues |
Political History | Changes | Social History | The Spanish Empire
MSC: Evaluating
8. What was a borderland? Compare the roles the French, Dutch, and Indians played in the borderlands
of North America. In the seventeenth century, did any group have an advantage? Explain your answer.
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DIF: Moderate
OBJ: 6. Identify the chief features of the French and Dutch empires in North America.
TOP: Cultural History | Economic Development | Ethnicity | Global Awareness | Geographic Issues |
Political History | Social History | The French and Dutch Empires
MSC: Analyzing