US HST Final Exam

The most lucrative product of the Chesapeake colonies

Tobacco

What was the main goal of the French in colonizing the Americas?

Trading, especially for furs

______ Became wealthy trading with the East

Venice

Which Southwestern tribe was first to build multi-room and -story dwellings from adobe?

the Anasazi

Where did the protestant reformation begin?

Northern Europe

Which culture developed the first writing system in the Western Hemisphere?

Olmec

Which of the following is NOT true of the Puritan religion?

Only men could participate.

What happened as a result of climate change in North America at the beginning of the Archaic Era?

People turned to hunting and gathering for food

Which spani

Ponce de León

Which country initiated the era of Atlantic exploration?

Portugal

The founders of Plymouth colony were

Puritans/Separatists.

Where did the first migrants to North America originate?

Siberia

Which country established the first colonies in the Americas?

Spain

Where did Christopher Columbus first land?

The Bahamas

What are some of the main differences between the Dutch, French, and English colonial efforts in the new world?

The Dutch and French colonies focused primarily on trade, mostly fur. English colonies varied in purpose, with one group focused solely on seeking profit and riches, and the Puritans in New England who went for religious purposes only. The Dutch and French also had somewhat of a positive relationship with the natives at times supplying them with weapons in exchange for fur.

The excavations of the Hopewell people's burial sites in the Midwestern United States and the objects discovered within have indicated which of the following?

The Hopewell had a wide trade network

Evidence of a turquoise trade indicates that the Aztec people probably migrated to central mexico from where?

The Southwest

Patroonships

a Dutch system of granting tracts of land in New Netherland to encourage colonization.

Coloumbian Exchange

an exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas

Which of the following nearly decimated the population of Hispaniola in the early 1500s?

disease

What was the primary cause of Bacon's rebellion?

former indentured servants wanted more opportunities to expand their territory

Which law had the greatest impact on the legal status of Africans in North America in the 1600s?

the law making slavery a hereditary condition inherited through a child's mother

Middle Passage

the transatlantic journey that African slaves made to America

What was the chief goal of the Puritans?

to eliminate any traces of Catholicism from the Church of England

Which crop did the Europeans bring to the New World?

wheat

What evidence most clearly indicates that the Aztec people migrated to Mexico from the American southwest?

An active turquoise trade between the regions

Which of the following Indian peoples built homes in cliff dwellings that still exist?

Anasazi

How did the first people to migrate to North America reach it?

By crossing the Bering Strait from the west

What was the location of the largest mound building culture in early North America?

Cahokia

The Hohokam people of modern day Arizona were best known for?

Canal construction

What posed the biggest threat to early peoples of the American southwest prior to the year 1300?

Growing population

Which culture developed a road system rivaling that of the Romans?

Inca

Which of the following is FALSE regarding the Treaty of Tordesillas?

It settled a dispute between Spain and England

Which religious order joined the French settlement in Canada and tried to convert the natives to Christianity?

Jesuits

In 1492, the Spanish forced these two religious groups to either convert or leave

Jews and Muslims

What were the major differences between the societies of the Aztec/Inca/Maya and the indians of North America?

The former were very technologically advanced, with large cities and unified populations. They were ruled by one leader and heavily prioritized the church. The indians were nomadic and widespread. They weren't as advanced technology-wise and were hunter-gatherers. They also fought each other much more.

Why was finding an oceanic route to Asia important to the Europeans?

They wanted to circumvent Arabic merchants.

The city of _____ became a leading center for Muslim scholarship and trade

Timbuktu

Which crop did the Europeans first find in the New World?

potatoes

Which of the following was a goal of the Spanish in their destruction of Fort Caroline?

reducing the threat of French privateers