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
