Discovery and Settlement of the Americas
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AP World History: Modern › Discovery and Settlement of the Americas
Where were the first European colonies in the New World established?
Hispaniola
Florida
Virginia
Brazil
Honduras
Explanation
The first European colonies in the New World were established in Hispaniola on the initial voyages of Columbus in 1492 and 1493. The island of Hispaniola is now shared by the modern-day countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Which of these groups were the first to settle the Hudson River Valley?
The Dutch
The English
The Portuguese
The Spanish
The French
Explanation
The Dutch were the first to found colonies in the Hudson River Valley, the area comprising most of modern-day New York. They founded the colony of New Amsterdam, which would become New York City, in the early seventeenth century.
Prior to the arrival of Columbus in the fifteenth century, which of these groups is believed to have arrived in North America?
The Vikings
The French
The Chinese
The Celts
The Gauls
Explanation
The Vikings, led by the famous Leif Erikson, are believed to have arrived in what is modern-day Nova Scotia and Newfoundland in the eleventh century, four centuries before the arrival of the Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Manifest Destiny states that __________.
the United States is fated to spread across the whole North American continent
the British will one day return to claim their former American colonies
there is fluidity and mobility in the American social and economic system
the United States should police the involvement of European nations in Central and South America
the United States should avoid getting involved in European conflicts
Explanation
Manifest Destiny is an important and influential mythology of the early American Republic. Proponents of Manifest Destiny argued that the United States was fated to spread and expand across the whole North American conflict. Manifest Destiny was an important driving myth in the massive westward expansion of American settlers in the nineteenth century.
According to the Monroe Doctrine, the United States
Would intervene if any European power tried to establish new colonies in the American hemisphere.
Had a divine right and mandate to expand across the whole of the North American continent.
Would aid Britain in any future conflict with another European power.
Would aid France in any future conflict with another European power.
Could establish imperial colonies in the South Pacific.
Explanation
The Monroe Doctrine was issued in 1823 following the independence of several South American countries. It stated that if the European powers tried to reestablish colonial control over South or Central America then the United States would intervene.