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Midterm Study Quiz #1

Frage 1 von 43

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In the Micmac Indian response (outside reading) to the French belief in their superiority, which of the following is NOT a statement made by the Indians to show that they are happier and have better lives than the French?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • They are content in what they have

  • They believe their country is better than France

  • They believe their women are more attractive than French women

  • The French work all day and just barely get enough fish to eat and have to ask the Indians for help and additional food while the Indians have plenty of food and leisure time.

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Frage 2 von 43

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A study of the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan civilizations of Latin America shows that these groups

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • developed advanced and complex societies before the arrival of the Europeans

  • were large, but not well organized

  • established extensive trade with Pacific Rim nations

  • were strongly influenced by their contact with Asian and African civilizations, which allowed them to maintain some autonomy when Europeans arrived

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Frage 3 von 43

1

The French and English colonists both created settler societies where they lived closely with and often intermarried with the American Indians.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 4 von 43

1

Which of the following was a cause for the European era exploration?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Renaissance

  • Monarch and trade routes

  • Landless population

  • Reformation

  • All of the above

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Frage 5 von 43

1

Unlike the Spanish who had plantations and enslaved the native people, the French were more interested in commerce and focused on trading with the native people.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 6 von 43

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Which of the following was NOT a reason for Spain's exploration of the Americas?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Search for wealth

  • Religious conversion of native people to Catholicism

  • Desire of exotic women

  • National glory

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Frage 7 von 43

1

To Quakers, liberty was

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • limited to white, landowning men

  • strictly and narrowly defined

  • a universal entitlement

  • extended to women, but not blacks

  • limited to the spiritually inclined

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Frage 8 von 43

1

Like the settlers of Massachusetts, the early settlers in Virginia were mostly families

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 9 von 43

1

Bacon's Rebellion was caused by a conflict between enslaved blacks and free whites in Virginia.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 10 von 43

1

Puritans believed that the Church of England needed reform, and all of them wanted to separate from the church.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 11 von 43

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In the Pequot War of 1637

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the Pequots defeated the colonists in a battle that temporarily drove back the Massachusetts Bay settlers

  • Connecticut and Massachusetts soldiers teamed with Narragansett allies to set the main Pequot village on fire and kill 500 Pequots

  • the Narragansetts joined the Pequots to fight the Puritans, leading to the elimination of both tribes

  • the barbarity of the Native Americans surprised the colonists

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Frage 12 von 43

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Maryland was similar to Virginia in that

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • both started out as proprietary colonies

  • tobacco provided crucial to its economy and society

  • John Smith had to take over both colonies and organize the settlers to work

  • the king approved the creation of each colony only because of pressure from Parliament

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Frage 13 von 43

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The practice of "salutary neglect" meant

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • leaving the slaves alone to live as they wished in their quarters

  • the British government left the colonies largely alone to go themselves

  • failing to quarter British troops was a punishable offence for colonists

  • colonial legislatures were supposed to meet only when absolutely necessary

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Frage 14 von 43

1

Thomas Jefferson took many of the ideas from John Locke when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. However, Jefferson wrote that man had the unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, rather than Locke's version with the pursuit of

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • property

  • freedom

  • politics

  • wealth

  • religion

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Frage 15 von 43

1

Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party was

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the Townshend Acts

  • the Intolerable Acts

  • A declaration of war

  • the Suffolk Resolves

  • the Boston Massacre

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Frage 16 von 43

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Which of the following is NOT true of the Great Awakening?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • It presented a new style of preaching that was far more stoic and subdued than the old style

  • It provided colonists with new ideas about democracy and rebellion

  • It led to the emergence of new denominations

  • It increased societal tensions because Old Lights were placed against the New Lights

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Frage 17 von 43

1

During the early and mid-eighteenth century (the period of salutary neglect), colonial assemblies

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • lost political power to colonial governors

  • remained purely advisory bodies to the royal government

  • became more powerful and assertive

  • rejected the ideas of the Enlightenment and refused to listen to the colonial population.

  • worked closely with Parliament

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Frage 18 von 43

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What major event led the British government to start actively seeking ways to make the colonies bear part of the cost of empire?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The English Civil War

  • The Pequot War

  • The Seven Years War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Glorious Revolution

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Frage 19 von 43

1

Virtual representation meant that

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the colonies elected representatives to the House of Commons

  • the colonial governor served as the colony's representative in London

  • members of the British parliament represented the entire empire

  • the King appointed representatives for the colonies

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Frage 20 von 43

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Which of the following acts did NOT actually tax the colonists

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The Sugar Act

  • The Declaratory Acts

  • The Townshend Acts

  • The Stamp Act

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Frage 21 von 43

1

The Constitution did not mention slavery by name

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 22 von 43

1

The Constitution was signed in 1787, and all thirteen states ratified it by mid-1788, in less than a year's time

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 23 von 43

1

Which of the following clauses relating to slavery was NOT included in the Constitution

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Slave Trade Clause

  • Fugitive Slave Clause

  • Thee-Fifths Clause

  • Human Nature Clause

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Frage 24 von 43

1

During the Revolutionary War period, Thomas Paine's Common Sense was important because it

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • described a military plan for the defeat of England

  • convinced many Americans who had been undecided to support independence

  • contained an outline for a new form of government, which became the Articles of Confederation

  • argued for the addition of a bill of rights to the Constitution

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Frage 25 von 43

1

The central government under the Articles of Confederation could raise money by levying taxes.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 26 von 43

1

For the Constitution to go into effect, how many states had to ratify it?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • a majority

  • 9

  • 13

  • 15

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Frage 27 von 43

1

The Articles of Confederation

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • gave the central government complete power over the states and citizens

  • included an independent executive branch

  • never went into effect because it was not ratified

  • created a central government that was weaker than the individual states

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Frage 28 von 43

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One factor that led to the formation of the first two political parties in the United States in the 1790s was the conflict over the

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • distribution of power between the federal and state governments

  • spread of slavery into the western territories

  • control of interstate commerce and the right of the national government to tax

  • acquisition of lands from France and Spain

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Frage 29 von 43

1

Thomas Jefferson justified the purchase of Louisiana from France because

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • it was a power clearly outlined for executive in the Constitution

  • he believed it was important for the success of the country as an agricultural nation

  • he saw in was a way to undermine the power of the Federalists and eliminate them as a political threat

  • he saw it as land available for the new factories created during early industrialization

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Frage 30 von 43

1

The winner of the presidential election of 1800 was

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Thomas Jefferson

  • John Adams

  • Aaron Burr

  • George Washington

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Frage 31 von 43

1

The different English people who went to America during the early colonial period wanted which of the following?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Religious freedom

  • land

  • Wealth

  • All of the above

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Frage 32 von 43

1

The transition from hunting/gathering to farming among the American Indians (precolonization) led to a more sedentary lifestyle. Which of the following was NOT an effect of this?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • It led to larger populations

  • It made society more stable

  • It led to hierarchies and divisions of labor

  • It led to people having and wanting larger families

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Frage 33 von 43

1

Which heading best completes this partial outline?
-Vast timber resources
-Rocky soil
-Rich ocean fishing grounds
-Single family farms

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Factors in the economic development of colonial New England

  • reasons for the development of southern plantations

  • Features contributing to Dutch Success in Colonial New Amsterdam

  • components of the british system of mercantilism

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Frage 34 von 43

1

The Glorious Revolution witnessed uprisings and conflicts in colonial America, especially in

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • New Hampshire

  • Maryland

  • the Carolinas

  • Pennsylvania

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Frage 35 von 43

1

A much higher percentage of the population was able to vote in England than in the American colonies

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 36 von 43

1

The Quebec Act of 1774

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • added Canada to the British empire in North America

  • was part of a British effort to force the New England colonies to stop their protests against the empire

  • extended Quebec's border south and took land away from Massachusetts

  • convinced colonists that the British government hoped to strengthen its power throughout all of its colonial holdings, including America

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Frage 37 von 43

1

Which of the following acts did NOT actually tax the colonists

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The Sugar Act

  • The Declaratory Act

  • The Townshend Acts

  • The Stamp Act

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Frage 38 von 43

1

John Adams recommended George Washington as commander of the Continental Army because

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • he knew that Washington was a military genius

  • he shared Washington's view of the importance of natural rights

  • Washington was from Virginia, and he could help unify the colonists

  • he knew Washington hated the British after his involvement in the Seven Years War.

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Frage 39 von 43

1

The central government under the Articles of Confederation could raise money by levying taxes

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 40 von 43

1

Shay's Rebellion convinced many leaders (especially Federalists) that a stronger central government was needed

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 41 von 43

1

One of the most serious criticisms of the Constitution during ratification was that it

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • did not create a standing army

  • did not include a specific list outlining citizens' rights

  • failed to designate a state capital

  • did not include enough direct references to God

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Frage 42 von 43

1

The end of the War of 1812 can best be described as

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • a British Victory

  • an American victory

  • an Indian Victory

  • a war without a true victor

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Frage 43 von 43

1

The War of 1812 has been called the "Second War for American Independence" primarily because the

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • British blocked United States access to the port of New Orleans

  • United states continued to have to resist taxes imposed by Great Britain

  • British government had never fully respected the United States as a free nation until them

  • United States and Great Britain had not signed a peace treaty after the Revolutionary war

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