American History 1301 - Unit 1: Chapter 1 & 2
What was the driving force behind the Europeans' desire to find an oceanic route to Asia?
being able to circumvent Arabic merchants
How did the first people to migrate to North America reach it?
by crossing the Bering Strait from the west
Which New World crop soon became a dietary staple for Europeans?
potatoes
Which crop did the Europeans first find in the New World?
potatoes
Slaves who were brought from West Africa to the southern plantations were the first on North America to cultivate which crop?
rice
Which crop became popular with Europeans after slaves brought it from Africa and began growing it on southern plantations?
rice
What belief did the Quakers hold that other Protestant groups did not?
that war and aggression were wrong under all circumstances
Which Southwestern tribe was first to build multi-room and -story dwellings from adobe?
the Anasazi
On which modern day location did Christopher Columbus's fleet first land in the New World?
the Bahamas
To which colonies were the largest number of slaves transported from West Africa during the transatlantic slave trade?
the British and French West Indies
The excavations of the Hopewell peoples' 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
Which extensive tribe forged a political confederacy to strengthen their influence and resolve internal disputes?
the Iroquois
Evidence of a turquoise trade indicated that the Aztec people probably migrated to central Mexico from what area?
the Southwest
The law that caused the greatest change to the legal status of Africans in North America involved which of the following?
the declaration of slavery as a hereditary condition
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
What was the most significant change produced by human populations on the environment and biodiversity of North America during the Paleo-Indian Era?
the overhunting of large animals
Why did slavery play a larger role in driving economic expansion in the southern colonies than those further north?
the southern colonies' economies depended more heavily on agriculture
After explorers were unable to find a passage to Asia through Florida, what led the Spanish crown to continue financing the Florida colony?
the work of the Franciscan missionaries with the native peoples
Which crop did the Europeans bring to the New World?
wheat
What was the location of the largest mound-building culture in early North America?
Cahokia
The Western European curiosity that led to the Columbian Exchange originated with which explored travels?
Marco Polo
Which European's travels first provoked the Western European curiosity for exploration and expansion?
Marco Polo
Why did European colonists choose to replace the slave labor of native peoples with that of West Africans?
Native Americans were not able to resist diseases carried by Europeans
What happened in the late 1600s that led to changes in the legal status of Africans in the United States?
Other forms of inexpensive labor were becoming scarce
What happened as a result of climate change in North America at the beginning of the Archaic Era?
People turned from hunting and gathering to farming and herding for food
The Flushing Remonstrance was a petition for freedom of religion written by people from what religion?
Quakers
From where did the first migrants to North America originate?
Siberia
Why did the Spanish crown continue to finance the Florida colony even after the explorers failed to find a passage to Asia?
The colony had become an important base for missionaries
What gave Western Europe an advantage over other world powers when it came to exploration of the New World?
They had the greatest ambition and willingness to take risks
What was a consequence of the fact that the early people of the Americas did not have horses or oxen?
They never developed wheeled vehicles
Why was finding an oceanic route to Asia important to the Europeans?
They wanted to circumvent Arabic merchants
Why were West Africans preferred over the native people of the Americas for enslaved labor?
They were able to resist diseases that had affected the native peoples
How were the Quakers different form other Protestant groups?
They were the pacifists who were against fighting wars
The 1657 petition known as the Flushing Remonstrance concerned which of the following?
a freedom of religion
Which of the following characterized the post-Archaic phase in North America?
a sedentary village life
What evidence most clearly indicates that the Aztec people migrated to Mexico from the American Southwest?
an active turquoise trade existed between the regions
The Hohokam people of modern-day Arizona were best known for which of the following?
canal construction
Which of the following most drove the governments of European nation states in colonizing the Americas?
competition with each other
What posed the biggest threat to the early peoples of the American Southwest prior to the year 1300?
environmental changes
The Columbian Exchange between Western Europe and the native people of the New World thrived mainly due to which of the following?
established Native American trade routes
Which of the following was most helpful to the success of the Columbian Exchange in the New World?
established Native American trade routes
The first migrants to North America reached it form which direction?
from the west
