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Test 1

Pregunta 1 de 30

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Which one of the following best describes the difference between North American slavery in the North and in the South.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Slavery laws in the North were less restrictive than in the south

  • Slavery was highly agricultural in the north and urban labor in the south

  • Slavery was more prevalent in the north and indentured servants provided the south with more labor

  • In the South African Slaves had more rights than the white indentured servants in the north.

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 30

1

This was a series of paths that crisscrossed the Atlantic Ocean for purpose of transporting goods between Africa, Europe, and the Americas

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The Middle Passage

  • The Northwest Passage

  • The Silk Road

  • The Triangular Trade route

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 30

1

The United States acquired most of its slaves by what means?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The middle passage brought most of the African slaves to the US

  • Most slaves in the US were home grown through natural reproduction

  • Slavery in the US came mostly from Spanish colonies in the South

  • Slavery in the US came with the European colonists as they built settlements in the North

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 30

1

Slave communities on plantations often

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Retained cultural elements such as housing, child naming, and language.

  • Gave up all of their African ways of life to better survive white culture

  • Embraces and adored their new ways of "white life"

  • Only maintained a small amounts of their native languages

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 30

1

Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • George Washington

  • John Adams

  • James Madison

  • Thomas Jefferson

  • Benjamin Franklin

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 30

1

Paine published Common Sense in 1776 trying to convince colonists of what?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • That control by the Crown could be used as a compromise to help build America

  • That colonists should reconcile with Britain

  • That democracy was inferior to aristocracy

  • That America would become haven for liberty

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 30

1

Which of the following statements describes the Stamp Act

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Direct tax on all printed goods

  • A tax that was highly opposed by the colonists

  • First time taxes were used to raise revenue in North America

  • All of the above

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 30

1

What was the purpose of the Tea Act?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • To provide tea to the colonists at fair prices

  • To cut down on smuggling in the colonies

  • To pay for the 7 years war debt

  • None of the above

  • To support the almost bankrupt East India Company

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 30

1

The First Continental congress was created in response to which of the following?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The Tea Act

  • The Coercive Act

  • The Stamp Act

  • The Townshend Act

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 30

1

The Coercive Acts did which of the following to the English colonies

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Closed the port of Boston

  • Reorganized provincial charters

  • Provided for the housing of troops

  • All of the above

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 30

1

As a form of civil disobedience, John Dickinson wrote which of the following manuscripts to urge colonist to unite during their struggles

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Letters from a Farmer in Massachusetts

  • Letters from a Slave in Massachusetts

  • Letters from a Slave in Pennsylvania

  • Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 30

1

Which of the following were the advanced tribe of the Yucatan region of Mexico

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Mayans

  • Aztecs

  • Incans

  • Iroquois

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 30

1

What country encouraged and funded the exploration of Christopher Columbus

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Italy

  • Portugal

  • France

  • Spain

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 30

1

Most Native tribes found sacred spirits in

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Animals

  • Trees

  • Water

  • Explorers

  • None of the above

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 30

1

Governors that established rule in the Americans were called?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Kings

  • Encomiendas

  • Czars

  • Viceroys

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 30

1

Archaeological evidence suggests that Native Americans were descendants of Asains which who arrived during the ice age by crossing the

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Atlantic Ocean

  • Glacial Land bridge

  • Mississipi Rives

  • Continent of Africa

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 30

1

Which of the following tribes were known for their sacred mounds

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Pueblos

  • Iroquois

  • Hopi

  • Creek

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 30

1

Which of the following best describes native governments

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Primitive and unorganized

  • Anarchical and without rule

  • Organized hiearchy of leaders and laws

  • Natives had no government until European colonization

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 30

1

Which of the following conquistadors led devastating expeditions against the Incans and Aztecs

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Cortez and Pizzaro

  • De Leon and Las Casas

  • Onate and Hudson

  • Columbus and Soto

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 30

1

French colonization focused mostly around the idea of finding

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Africa and enslaving their people

  • Reaching the Northwest Passage to the Pacific and gold

  • New settlements to practice religious freedom

  • America and Conquering it

Explicación

Pregunta 21 de 30

1

Who sailed into the New York Harbor and claimed the area for the Dutch?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Ponce De Leon

  • Samuel De Champlain

  • Henry Hudson

  • Bartolome De Las Casas

Explicación

Pregunta 22 de 30

1

Indian tribes of the Americans did all of the following except

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Build roads

  • Had massive trade networks

  • Built irrigation systems

  • Explored and colonized other continent

  • Developed large communal societies

Explicación

Pregunta 23 de 30

1

Ferdinand Magellen lead a large expedition to

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Circumnavigate the world

  • Find the northwest passage

  • Conquer the Americas

  • Find a shorter route to India

Explicación

Pregunta 24 de 30

1

What was the location of the first permanent European settlement in the present-day United States?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Jamestown

  • Plymouth

  • MAssachusetts

  • Rhode Island

  • Connecticut

Explicación

Pregunta 25 de 30

1

What was the name of the tribe that the settlers of Jamestown came in contact with?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Pequots

  • Powwows

  • Potawatomie

  • Powhatans

Explicación

Pregunta 26 de 30

1

Which of the following terms describes a radical and conservative group of Protestants that demanded purification of the Anglican Church?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Puritans

  • Quakers

  • Catholics

  • Lutherans

Explicación

Pregunta 27 de 30

1

Anne Hutchinson was put on trial for

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • acts of sedition against the church

  • worshipping a false god

  • adultery

  • treason against England

Explicación

Pregunta 28 de 30

1

Cecilius Calvert wanted to establish a refuge for

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • puritan settlement

  • poor English exiles

  • protestants

  • persecuted Catholics

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 29 de 30

1

Which of the following statements best describes predestination

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • a governing by moral liberty

  • seeking truth by reading the bible

  • Calvinsism guided teachings

  • determination of those who will be saved

Explicación

Pregunta 30 de 30

1

Which of the following descriptions best describes life in Massachusetts Bay area?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • healthier climate, equal balance of men and women, more families

  • illness, famine, and lack of government

  • tabacco cash crop, slavery, catholic domination

Explicación

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