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.