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Summative assessment. Units 1-3.
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Question 1

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Earliest migrants to North America were required to adapt to which initial environmental challenge?
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  • Ice and glaciers
  • Drought and heat
  • Rising oceans
  • Shortages of game and herd animals

Question 2

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The maize culture of the Southwest was most similar to the pre-Columbian culture of the
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  • Cahokia
  • Pueblo
  • Algonquian
  • Creek

Question 3

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Before the arrival of Europeans, Great Basin and Western Plains Indians
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  • developed larger permanent communities.
  • responded to a lack of resources by developing mobile lifestyles.
  • became dependent on agriculture and maize cultivation.
  • created strong trade networks among North American tribes.

Question 4

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Fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Spanish exploration and conquest created a racially mixed culture known as
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  • mulatto
  • mestizo
  • Chicano
  • Latino

Question 5

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Which 15th-century European country dominated the African slave trade?
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  • Portugal
  • Holland
  • England
  • France

Question 6

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The encomienda system primarily relied on labor from
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  • African slaves.
  • Spanish indentured servants.
  • American Indians.
  • women

Question 7

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Since the 15th and 16th centuries, what has been the most enduring legacy from Spanish conquest and exploration of the Americas?
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  • Increased wealth for Spain
  • Promotion of a large empire
  • Converts to Christianity
  • Greater standing in the world

Question 8

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Juan de Oñate’s 1598 subjugation of natives who resisted Spanish rule is best illustrated by his attack against natives in
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  • Stono
  • Acoma
  • Santa Fe
  • San Antonio

Question 9

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Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English colonization differed from the Spanish, Dutch, and French because England
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  • eventually established colonies based primarily on agriculture.
  • did not seek to acquire land from the native populations.
  • exclusively used African slave labor for mining and agriculture.
  • was dedicated to the religious conversion and assimilation of native populations.

Question 10

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Which British North American colony violently confronted the Powhatan Indians and justified their actions by their strong belief in their racial and cultural superiority?
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  • Massachusetts Bay
  • Virginia
  • Rhode Island
  • Pennsylvania

Question 11

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Which of the following was the largest slave rebellion in the British North American colonies prior to the Revolutionary War?
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  • Stono Rebellion
  • Pope’s Rebellion
  • Bacon’s Rebellion
  • Shay’s Rebellion

Question 12

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Who, as governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony, claimed that Puritans should establish a “City upon a Hill”?
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  • John Wesley
  • Lord Baltimore
  • Roger Williams
  • John Winthrop

Question 13

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Before 1750, what was the most frequent reaction of British colonists in North America to increased trade regulations and a growing mistrust of England’s commitment to support the colonies?
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  • Compliance with the laws of England
  • Calls for a revolution
  • Increased smuggling
  • The creation of large-scale industries

Question 14

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Which American Indian confederation, reaching from the St. Lawrence Valley to the eastern Great Lakes, successfully resisted both native and colonial challenges during the 18th century?
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  • The Cherokee
  • The Iroquois
  • The Huron
  • The Ojibwa

Question 15

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Starting in the early 18th century, some southern British colonies adopted slave codes from Barbados that
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  • were similar to the French and Spanish standards for slave treatment
  • ensured the protection of basic human rights for slaves.
  • limited the total number of slaves on a plantation.
  • led to the emergence of strict racial categories in colonial society.

Question 16

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With the exception of the Dominion of New England, British governmental oversight of the North American colonies prior to 1750 was
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  • strong and consistent
  • closely aligned with colonial governments.
  • laissez-faire, or hands-off.
  • limited to the Southern colonies.

Question 17

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Which 18th-century religious movement in the British colonies most clearly signified growing religious independence, diversity, and uniqueness?
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  • Puritanism
  • Deism
  • The Enlightenment
  • The Great Awakening

Question 18

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The Proclamation of 1763 prohibiting colonial migration west of the Appalachian Mountains resulted from all of the following EXCEPT
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  • ongoing Indian uprisings such as Pontiac’s Rebellion.
  • Parliament’s decision to punish the colonies for their refusal to pay taxes.
  • British weariness to engage in further military conflicts.
  • British determination to reduce expenditures after the Seven Years’ War.

Question 19

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Which of the following set of historical events is in the correct chronological order?
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  • Stamp Act, Committees of Correspondence, Intolerable Acts, Boston Tea Party
  • Boston Tea Party, Committees of Correspondence, Intolerable Acts, Stamp Act
  • Stamp Act, Committees of Correspondence, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts
  • Committees of Correspondence, Intolerable Acts, Boston Tea Party, Stamp Act

Question 20

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Which of the following contributed the LEAST to the growing colonial sentiment toward independence in the 1770s?
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  • Anger over numerous attempts to tax the colonists and colonists’ perceived lack of political representation in Parliament
  • Frustration over the British government’s refusal to send troops to protect the colonies from Indian attacks
  • An emerging ideology of resistance based on English common law, Enlightenment ideals, and Whig political thought
  • A growing sense of American identity and grassroots movements of laborers, artisans, women

Question 21

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Which of the following is properly matched?
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  • The Treaty of Greenville—gave Americans free navigation on the Mississippi River and the right of deposit in New Orleans
  • Jay’s Treaty—the British promised to abandon their forts in the Northwest, which averted a possible war with England
  • The Neutrality Proclamation of 1793—Indian cession of present-day Indiana and Ohio to the United States
  • Pinckney’s Treaty—declared America’s refusal to get involved in European conflicts

Question 22

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The Alien and Sedition Acts did all of the following EXCEPT
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  • ease popular fears of an imminent war with France by quieting public criticism and opening direct negotiations with the French government.
  • prompt Jefferson and Madison to author the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions arguing that the states had the final authority over federal laws.
  • empower the president to deport “dangerous” foreigners and allow the prosecution of anyone who criticized the president or federal government.
  • create a constitutional crisis and backlash ultimately contributing to the election of Jefferson to the presidency in 1800.

Question 23

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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was
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  • written in response to the Declaration of Independence.
  • a widely read criticism of continued British rule of the colonies.
  • directly responsible for King George III formally declaring the colonies in rebellion.
  • seen as too radical by many of the founding fathers.

Question 24

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The Articles of Confederation suffered from all of the following weaknesses EXCEPT
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  • requiring a two-thirds majority vote to pass legislation.
  • lacking an executive branch and federal court system.
  • disallowing direct taxation of the states or individuals.
  • prohibiting amendments to the original articles.

Question 25

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Which of the following was NOT a provision of Hamilton’s financial plan?
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  • Taxing the states to pay off the war debt
  • Paying the full amount owed on confederation bonds
  • Placing an excise tax on whiskey
  • Creating a national bank

Question 26

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Which of the following was an outcome of the American Revolution?
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  • It generated a new spirit of equality, dramatically improving relations with Indian tribes.
  • It halted the westward movement of settlers for a generation.
  • It inspired a number of other independence movements.
  • It was widely condemned overseas for protecting the interests of colonial elites.

Question 27

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787, considered by many to be the greatest success of the Articles of Confederation Congress apart from the Declaration of Independence, did all of the following EXCEPT
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  • resolve the western land claims of the original 13 states and create a process for territories to eventually gain statehood.
  • set aside large reservations for Indian tribes in the area, guaranteeing a generation of mostly peaceful relations with American Indians.
  • prohibit slavery north of the Ohio River between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.
  • require the careful surveying of land to avoid property disputes and require that all larger townships set aside land for a public school.

Question 28

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In which area did the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans most agree?
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  • Foreign policy
  • Constitutional interpretation
  • Economics
  • Indian policy
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