chap 1&2 quiz

Why did the explorer Henry Hudson sail into New York Harbor in 1609?

He was trying to find a northwest passage to Asia.

One change in Indian life after the English colonists settled was that

Indian use of alcohol became increasingly common and disruptive to Native American culture.

The reconquista was the reconquest of

Spain from the Moors.

England's ongoing struggle to subdue Ireland delayed its entry into New World colonization.

True

A "visible saint" was the term Puritans used to describe

a person who had experienced a conversion experience.

Dutch shareholders were called patroons because they

agreed to transport tenants for agricultural labor.

In 1498, the explorer Vasco de Gama proved that

an eastern sea route existed to Asian countries.

In 1600s Virginia, a feme sole could perform which of the following tasks?

aquire land

A child born of an Indian and a mestiza in the Spanish colonies was a

coyote.

Slaves, in the traditional African example, tended to be

criminals, debtors, and captives in war.

Women in Dutch settlements

enjoyed more independence than in other colonies.

Which of the following was a characteristic of early New England society?

extensive autonomy and self-government in local affairs

A common conception throughout Europe was that freedom was more political or social in status than a moral or spiritual condition.

false

After four trips across the Atlantic, Columbus recognized he had not reached Asia.

false

England's king enticed his relatives and allies to the New World by granting them slaves in Europe.

false

In 1508, Spain established the first permanent colony in the Americas in what is now Cuba.

false

In the 1600s in Massachusetts, full church membership was not required to vote in colony-wide elections.

false

Modern Brazilians continue to venerate the Virgin of Guadalupe, who originated in the colonial era as a vision of the Virgin Mary with dark skin.

false

The Half-Way Covenant (1662) held that membership should come from religious conversion rather than ancestry if one hoped to become one of the elect.

false

The early settlers of English America enjoyed the least amount of rights compared to colonists of other empires.

false

The system by which Indian villagers remained legally free and entitled to wages but were still required to perform a fixed amount of labor each year was called hacienda.

false

Which of the following was a trend of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English society?

increase in urban population

For centuries before the conquest of the Americas, Europeans had intersected with__________ populations in North Africa and Eurasia.

muslim

Which of the following was a feature of Native American civilization prior to the voyages of Columbus?

opulous urban centers

Because French and Dutch settlements were more dependent on Indians as trading partners and allies than the English, Native Americans exercised more

power and freedom with Europeans in relations with these settlements.

This dwelling structure in New Mexico stood five stories high and had more than 600 rooms.

pueblo bonita

Colonial Virginia's economic substitute for gold was

tobacco

Africans enslaved other Africans long before the arrival of European traders.

true

Anne Hutchinson scandalized Massachusetts's authorities both for her unorthodox religious ideas and for her "unwomanly" engagement in public issues.

true

At the end of their period of indenture, indentured servants were often given "freedom dues," and became free members of society.

true

Because Jamestown was settled next to a malarial swamp, many settlers died.

true

Colonial America was a hierarchical society in which some European colonists were indentured servants, Indians were held in forced labor, and Africans were slaves.

true

In Puritan New England, a husband's authority in his house was nearly absolute; genuine freedom for a woman was understood to come from her subjection to her husband's will and desires.

true

Most Indian tribes were matrilineal.

true

On the eve of colonization of the Americas, freedom in Europe was framed in hierarchical, top-down terms, with each level of society enjoying its own degree of freedom.

true

Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts for advocating freedom of individual conscience and religious choice.

true

The "Rights of Englishmen" were established in the Magna Carta.

true

In what century did England grant most working-class men the right to vote?

19th century

) Another name for the Church of England was the

Anglican Church

) Among the suggested reasons why the English should colonize the New World were that

English settlements would reduce the Spanish empire and the influence of Catholicism.