Hist 1301 quiz(1) - CH1,2

between 1492 and 1820, approximately 20 million African slaves came from the Old World to the New World.

false

which was not a characteristic of Roger William's Rhode Island colony?

it required citizens to attend church.

which of the following was not a prominent cultural belief among Indian societies of North America?

only holders of property should take part in tribal governance.

in which country did the Reconquista occur?

spain

colonial Virginia's economic substitute for gold was:

tabacco

which of the following crops did John Rolfe introduce to the English colonies?

tabacco

which of the following was a characteristic or action of the zuni Indians of the Southwest?

the peak of their culture and population occurred about the years 900 to 1200.

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

true

during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, all European nations had established churches, and religious wars between nations (and sometimes within...)

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

john Rolfe married powhatan's daughter.

true

most new England colonists sided with parliament during the English Civil War.

true

perhaps 80 million Native Americans died in the century and a half following first contact in consequence of diseases carried by Europeans.

true

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

true

the typical seventeenth-century woman in New England gave birth seven times.

true

at the tome of first contact between Europeans and Native Americans, Native American had not developed:

wheeled transportation

in the religious view of the Puritans, you would get to heaven if:

God predestined you to heaven or hell no earthly act could change that.

who was the English-speaking American Indian the pilgrims encountered at Plymouth Bay in 1620?

Squanto

A strong immunity to European diseases strengthened Indian resistance to the conquistadors.

False

prior to 1800, the largest settled community in what is now the United States was:

cahokia