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Questão 1

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

Questão 2

Questão
This was a series of paths that crisscrossed the Atlantic Ocean for purpose of transporting goods between Africa, Europe, and the Americas
Responda
  • The Middle Passage
  • The Northwest Passage
  • The Silk Road
  • The Triangular Trade route

Questão 3

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

Questão 4

Questão
Slave communities on plantations often
Responda
  • 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

Questão 5

Questão
Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?
Responda
  • George Washington
  • John Adams
  • James Madison
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Benjamin Franklin

Questão 6

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

Questão 7

Questão
Which of the following statements describes the Stamp Act
Responda
  • 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

Questão 8

Questão
What was the purpose of the Tea Act?
Responda
  • 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

Questão 9

Questão
The First Continental congress was created in response to which of the following?
Responda
  • The Tea Act
  • The Coercive Act
  • The Stamp Act
  • The Townshend Act

Questão 10

Questão
The Coercive Acts did which of the following to the English colonies
Responda
  • Closed the port of Boston
  • Reorganized provincial charters
  • Provided for the housing of troops
  • All of the above
  • None of the above

Questão 11

Questão
As a form of civil disobedience, John Dickinson wrote which of the following manuscripts to urge colonist to unite during their struggles
Responda
  • Letters from a Farmer in Massachusetts
  • Letters from a Slave in Massachusetts
  • Letters from a Slave in Pennsylvania
  • Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania

Questão 12

Questão
Which of the following were the advanced tribe of the Yucatan region of Mexico
Responda
  • Mayans
  • Aztecs
  • Incans
  • Iroquois

Questão 13

Questão
What country encouraged and funded the exploration of Christopher Columbus
Responda
  • Italy
  • Portugal
  • France
  • Spain

Questão 14

Questão
Most Native tribes found sacred spirits in
Responda
  • Animals
  • Trees
  • Water
  • Explorers
  • None of the above
  • All of the above

Questão 15

Questão
Governors that established rule in the Americans were called?
Responda
  • Kings
  • Encomiendas
  • Czars
  • Viceroys

Questão 16

Questão
Archaeological evidence suggests that Native Americans were descendants of Asains which who arrived during the ice age by crossing the
Responda
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Glacial Land bridge
  • Mississipi Rives
  • Continent of Africa

Questão 17

Questão
Which of the following tribes were known for their sacred mounds
Responda
  • Pueblos
  • Iroquois
  • Hopi
  • Creek

Questão 18

Questão
Which of the following best describes native governments
Responda
  • Primitive and unorganized
  • Anarchical and without rule
  • Organized hiearchy of leaders and laws
  • Natives had no government until European colonization
  • None of the above

Questão 19

Questão
Which of the following conquistadors led devastating expeditions against the Incans and Aztecs
Responda
  • Cortez and Pizzaro
  • De Leon and Las Casas
  • Onate and Hudson
  • Columbus and Soto

Questão 20

Questão
French colonization focused mostly around the idea of finding
Responda
  • Africa and enslaving their people
  • Reaching the Northwest Passage to the Pacific and gold
  • New settlements to practice religious freedom
  • America and Conquering it

Questão 21

Questão
Who sailed into the New York Harbor and claimed the area for the Dutch?
Responda
  • Ponce De Leon
  • Samuel De Champlain
  • Henry Hudson
  • Bartolome De Las Casas

Questão 22

Questão
Indian tribes of the Americans did all of the following except
Responda
  • Build roads
  • Had massive trade networks
  • Built irrigation systems
  • Explored and colonized other continent
  • Developed large communal societies

Questão 23

Questão
Ferdinand Magellen lead a large expedition to
Responda
  • Circumnavigate the world
  • Find the northwest passage
  • Conquer the Americas
  • Find a shorter route to India

Questão 24

Questão
What was the location of the first permanent European settlement in the present-day United States?
Responda
  • Jamestown
  • Plymouth
  • MAssachusetts
  • Rhode Island
  • Connecticut

Questão 25

Questão
What was the name of the tribe that the settlers of Jamestown came in contact with?
Responda
  • Pequots
  • Powwows
  • Potawatomie
  • Powhatans

Questão 26

Questão
Which of the following terms describes a radical and conservative group of Protestants that demanded purification of the Anglican Church?
Responda
  • Puritans
  • Quakers
  • Catholics
  • Lutherans

Questão 27

Questão
Anne Hutchinson was put on trial for
Responda
  • acts of sedition against the church
  • worshipping a false god
  • adultery
  • treason against England

Questão 28

Questão
Cecilius Calvert wanted to establish a refuge for
Responda
  • puritan settlement
  • poor English exiles
  • protestants
  • persecuted Catholics
  • none of the above

Questão 29

Questão
Which of the following statements best describes predestination
Responda
  • a governing by moral liberty
  • seeking truth by reading the bible
  • Calvinsism guided teachings
  • determination of those who will be saved

Questão 30

Questão
Which of the following descriptions best describes life in Massachusetts Bay area?
Responda
  • healthier climate, equal balance of men and women, more families
  • illness, famine, and lack of government
  • tabacco cash crop, slavery, catholic domination

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