EVS 361 Final (1)

1.

1 point

The system in which natives at least 14 years of age would have to find gold or cotton to receive a token that lasts for 3 months.

Encomienda system

Tribute system

Columbus system

None of the above

2.

1 point

What was the first enumerated good under the Navigation Acts?

Gold

Rice

Cotton

Tobacco

3.

1 point

Which of the following created the formal definition of wilderness?

ORRRC

USFS

Wilderness Act

None of the above

4.

1 point

The East half of the Roman Empire is destroyed by Germans in 476 AD while the West half thrived for another 1,000 years.

True

False

5.

1 point

The London Company used a methodical approach to establishing villages where they would clone each town, moving inland across the landscape.

True

False

6.

1 point

In the 1600s, New England colonies were based on fishing and fur trade, not agriculture.

True

False

7.

1 point

Mercantilism is an open-loop system

True

False

8.

1 point

Pope Urban II finally pulls Europe out of the Dark Ages with the Church Crusades

True

False

9.

1 point

In the 1600s, plantations expand and more labor is needed, causing slavery to replace __________.

the Encomienda system

Indentured Servitude

the Tribute system

None of the above

10.

1 point

Pan is:

half human, half goat

half human, half demon

half human, half horse

half goat, half horse

11.

1 point

What is the correct order of events in the Roman Empire?

Empire splits, Dark Ages, Turks invade, Vikings invade, Hagia Sophia constructed, Civilization emerges again

Empire splits, Hagia Sophia constructed, Turks invade, Dark Ages, Civilization emerges again, Vikings invade

Vikings invade, Empire splits, Dark Ages, Turks invade, Civilization emerges again, Hagia Sophia constructed

None of the above are correct

12.

1 point

The Triangular Trade System was invented by

The Dutch

The English

Colonists

The Spanish

13.

1 point

What is it called when you buy things to show off your power and wealth?

Conspicuous Consumption

Discernable Consumption

Gluttony

Affluent Consumption

14.

1 point

The husk of rice was removed by

Sickles

Flail

Plows

All of the above

15.

1 point

More human modification of the environment means ______ goes down.

ease of travel

social organization

nature character

degree of development

government intervention

16.

1 point

"Paradise" is a Persian word for

perfect garden

wild place

enchanted place

luxurious garden

17.

1 point

What were freed indentured servants required to be provided with after their contract was up?

Tools

A year supply of grain

A rifle

A and B only

All of the above

18.

1 point

Which of the following is a portion of the definition of wilderness?

untrammeled by humans

humans cannot reside there

retains primeval character and influence

All are portions of the definition of wilderness

19.

1 point

Rice is introduced in the colonies in 1695 and comes from where?

China

England

Japan

France

20.

1 point

As a nation, we thought we had unlimited resources until ____

The frontier closes in 1890

John Wesley Powell publishes The Report on Arid Lands in 1878

World War II World War II World War II

The Great Depression

21.

1 point

The Justinian Empire completes the largest cathedral the world called Hagia Sophia, which means

Church of the people

Church of Wisdom

Church of Divinity

Church of Islam

22.

1 point

Christopher Columbus relied on the wrong philosopher with regards to Earth's size. Who had the correct estimation?

Plato

Ptolemy

Eratosthenes

None of the above

23.

1 point

What could be found in Naval Stores?

Pitch

Tar

Resine

Terpentine

All of the above

24.

1 point

Why is gold associated with power?

It is malleable

It doesn't tarnish

It is rare

All of the above

25.

1 point

Eliza Lucas domesticated

Indigo

Rice

Tobacco

None of the above

26.

1 point

Only __ of Europeans survived the passage to the new world.

15%

10%

30%

20%

27.

1 point

Taoists worshiped nature and believed that mountains, streams, forests, etc., are not just expressions of God, but are actual Gods.

True

False

28.

1 point

A Roman poet once said that Earth is defective because it contains so much wilderness & destruction of this wilderness is the only solution.

True

False

29.

1 point

Extensive land management consists of

small area and high inputs

enormous area and small inputs

30.

1 point

Autocratic control has historically been more effective than democratic control.

True

False

31.

1 point

Who's movement brings the bubonic plague into Europe?

Genghis Khan

Vikings

Christopher Columbus

Pope Urban II

32.

1 point

Bob Marshall and Aldo Leopold were both founders of what?

Fish and Wildlife Service

Boone and Crockett Club

ORRRC

Wilderness Society

Forest Service

33.

1 point

Only 1 in 5 indentured servants survived

True

False

34.

1 point

Masts are made out of what pine tree?

Long Leaf Pine

Black Pine

White Pine

Loblolly Pine

35.

1 point

Who was the Emperor at the time when the Roman Empire split in half?

Charlemagne

Theodosius

Diocletian

None of the above

36.

1 point

John Rolfe develops ______ suitable for growing in the colonies and saves the colony of Virginia.

Rice

Indigo

Tobacco

All of the above

37.

1 point

Who carries out Ethnic Cleansing?

Mongols

Vikings

Spanish

All of the above

38.

1 point

Peter Waldo was excommunicated from the Catholic Church for advocating a form of Christianity where you surrender all worldly possessions and move away from pleasure.

True

False

39.

1 point

In 1638, King Charles declares "all hats made in England shall be made with ______"

Deer skin

Beaver fur

Colonial furs

Feathers

40.

1 point

Sand County Almanac was written by Bob Marshall.

True

False