US History Midterm

Which of the following are true about how European imported diseases affected Native Americans?

*(A) Death rates among some infected communities could reach as high as 95% *(C) Many historians attribute the ability of Spanish conquistadors to take over the Aztec and Incan civilization in large part to smallpox

What did King Henry VIII do after he made himself head of the Church of England?

*(A)Closed Catholic monasteries *(B)Seized Catholic lands across England

Which of the following were problems with the French fur trade for Native Americans?

*(A)French traders could spread diseases (such as smallpox) to numerous villages on their annual circuits. *(C)French fur traders could resort to violence if diplomacy failed.

What year was Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English colony, established?

1607

In what year did the French and Indian War end?

1763

In what year did the Battles of Lexington and Concord occur?

1775

In what year was the Declaration of Independence written?

1776

In what year was the Treaty of Paris signed?

1783

How many voyages did Columbus make to the Caribbean?

4

Who was Henry VIII's first wife?

Catherine of Aragon

Scientists have attributed the decline of southwest cultures (Hohokam; Anasazi; Mogollon), Cahokia, and warfare on the Great Plains due to ______.

Drought

With a few exceptions, relations between English colonists and Native American tribes were peaceful and cooperative.

False

Paleo-Indians did which of the following.

Hunted megafauna such as mammoths, mastodons, and large ancestors of the bison and beaver.

Which Act(s) of Parliament followed the Boston Tea Party?

Intolerable Acts

The British strategy in the early part of the war was to:

Isolate New England from the rest of the colonies

Cited and quoted by the likes of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, Two Treatises of Government, a 1690 book written by ________, brought the idea of the "social contract" to the public mind.

John Locke

Who was the Englishman who first cultivated tobacco in Virginia?

John Rolfe

What was proportionately the deadliest war in American History?

King Philip's War

Imagine you stepped into a time machine that could bring you any time or place in pre-contact North America. Which of the following would you never have seen?

Large hunting parties on horseback

Which European nation initially developed a strong naval and exploratory record and later dominated trade routes along the African coast?

Portugal

In anthropology, a "leveling mechanism" is a practice designed to ensure social and economic equality. Which of the following practices from this chapter is an example of this?

Potlatch ceremony

What widespread "myth" about pre-contact North America does the following quote - taken from a 1991 book - perpetuate?

Pristine Myth

Jamestown residents found themselves surrounded by which powerful confederation of Native American tribes?

The Powhatan

Which of the following does not involve relations between Native Americans and colonists in New England?

The Powhatan Confederacy

Which of the following are true about the map illustrated below?

The map illustrates that cartographers underestimated the distance from Europe to Asia.

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

Puritan missionaries translated the Bible and other religious readings into the Massachusetts language so that Native Americans could contemplate religious texts on their own.

True

Those colonists who continued to support King George III were called ________.

loyalists

Unlike the success of ________ as the primary crop in Virginia, the ________ trade in New York provided remarkable profits without requiring the clearing of large fields.

tobacco, fur

Slaves were generally transported from what location to the mainland colonies?

"MAP" Caribbean

Locate the oldest British North American colony on the map.

"MAP" Virginia

Scholars continue to debate a variety of topics pertaining to Native American tribes and their histories. What, however, can they agree on?

Native peoples developed diverse and sophisticated populations

Put the following historical periods in order, from earliest to latest.

1- (A) Paleo-Indians 2- (B) Archaic Indians 3- (D) Poverty Point Culture 4- (C) Mississippian Culture 5- (E) Columbus arrives in the Americas

Sort the following individuals living in colonial Virginia by the legal and social freedoms that they would have enjoyed, from greatest to least.

1-(A) A wealthy plantation owner in 1680 2-(C)An indentured servant brought from England in 1630 3-(B)An indentured servant brought from Africa in 1630 4-(D)A slave brought from Africa in 1700

Sort the following causes of the Revolutionary War, from remotest to most immediate.

1-(A)The French and Indian War 2-(B)The Stamp Act 3-(D)The Battle of Bunker Hill 4-(C)The Declaration of Independence

Sort the following efforts to unite the colonies chronologically, from earliest to latest.

1-(D)Albany Plan on Union 2-(B)Stamp Act Congress 3-(C)Committees of Correspondence 4-(A)First Continental Congress

Put the following colonies in chronological order based on the year they were founded.

1-(E)Virginia 2-(C)Plymouth 3-(A)Massachusetts Bay Colony 4-(D)Maryland 5-(B)Rhode Island

Match the following trait with the correct culture area.

1-California ==> (F) Acorns 2-Northwest Coast ==> (D) Totem Poles 3-Great Plains ==> (A) Buffalo Hunting 4-Eastern Woodlands ==> (C) Mounds 5-Columbia Plateau ==> (E)Salmon 6-Southwest ==> (B) Irrigation

Match the explorer with the country that he represented.

1-Columbus ==> (B)Spain 2-Cabot ==> (C) England 3-Cartier ==> (D) France 4-De Soto ==> (E) Spain 5-Hudson ==> (A) Holland 6-Coronado ==> (G) Spain 7-LaSalle ==> (F) France

Match the European explorer with their achievement.

1-Cortés ==> Conquered the Aztecs 2-Balboa ==> Crossed Panama to the Pacific Ocean 3-Coronado ==> Explored southwestern North America 4-De Champlain ==> Explored the St. Lawrence River 5-Pizarro ==> Conquered in Incas 6-De Soto ==> Explored the 7-La Salle ==> Explored the Mississippi River 8-De Gama ==> Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to India

Match each of the following modern places to the European nations that first colonized them.

1-Cuba ==> (C)Spain 2-Canada ==> (B)France 3-Brazil ==> (A)Portugal 4-New York ==> (D)Holland

Match the term with the word or phrase that is most closely associated with it.

1-John Burgoyne =>C 2-Benjamin Franklin =>F 3-Jean Rochambeau =>D 4-Joseph Brandt => A 5-Horatio Gates => G 6-Friedrich von Steuben => H 7-Charles Cornwallis => E 8-Benedict Arnold => B 9-George Washington => I

Match the regions to their average standards of community organization.

1-New England=> (B)Isolated townships with few central urban spaces. 2-New York and Middle Colonies=> (A) Large cities surrounded by farms and hunting villages. 3-Virginia and the Chesapeake=> (C) Large homesteads and farms with few urban spaces beyond coastal ports.

Match the following American colonists to their work designed to inspire the cause of revolution.

1-Paul Revere => (C) Portrayal of the Boston Massacre 2-Samuel Adams => (D) Newspaper essays 3-Thomas Paine =(A)Common Sense 4-Thomas Jefferson => (B) Declaration of Independence

Match the following items.

1-Stamp Act=> (D) "No Taxation without Representation" 2-Writs of Assistance=> (B) Search and seizure 3-Declaratory Act=> (J) Parliamentary right to legislate for the colonies 4-Spinning bees=> (E) Non-consumption 5-Committees of Correspondence=> (K) Samuel Adams 6-Quebec Act=> (C) Intolerable Acts 7-Lexington & Concord=> (A) Paul Revere 8-Declaration of Independence=> (G) Thomas Jefferson 9-Common Sense=>(L) Thomas Paine

Match the figure to the early English colony that they were a member of.

1-Virginia Dare => (A)Roanoke colony 2-John Rolfe => (C)Jamestown colony 3-John Winthrop => (D)Massachusetts Bay colony 4-Roger Williams => (B)Rhode Island colony 5-Miles Standish => (E) Plymouth colony

How did European imported animals affect Native Americans?

All answers are correct

What factors led to increased European interest in exploration in the fifteenth century?

All answers are correct

What new technologies allowed Europeans to expand the reach of their voyages and exploration?

All answers are correct

During the Revolutionary War, Benjamin Franklin served as

American envoy to France

During which period did the first Native American groups begin to farm, according to current archaeological evidence?

Archaic

What is the term for countries that bordered the Atlantic Ocean-including the two Americas, Europe, and Africa-that were linked together during the age of exploration?

Atlantic World

Which colonial city became the hotbed of anti-British activity?

Boston

Who did the majority of slaves side with in the Revolutionary War?

British

Cecilius Calvert hoped to establish Maryland as a haven for which persecuted group?

Catholics

What is the name that historian Alfred Crosby gave to the exchange between Europe and the Americas of plants, animals, and diseases?

Columbian Exchange

"MAP" Where is the Plains cultural region

Middle of the USA

The main source of food for native peoples of the Columbia Plateau was _______.

Salmon

"PICTURE" Which culture area utilized this boat?

Subarctic

Which of the following statements best describes the immediate legacy of Bacon's Rebellion?

Successful in forcing the government to take action against Native American raids, and question the future of indentured servitude, eventually promoting slavery as a safer, more justifiable form of labor.

Which Indian tribe helped the Plymouth settlers?

Wampanoag