US HST Final Exam
The most lucrative product of the Chesapeake colonies
Tobacco
What was the main goal of the French in colonizing the Americas?
Trading, especially for furs
______ Became wealthy trading with the East
Venice
Which Southwestern tribe was first to build multi-room and -story dwellings from adobe?
the Anasazi
Where did the protestant reformation begin?
Northern Europe
Which culture developed the first writing system in the Western Hemisphere?
Olmec
Which of the following is NOT true of the Puritan religion?
Only men could participate.
What happened as a result of climate change in North America at the beginning of the Archaic Era?
People turned to hunting and gathering for food
Which spani
Ponce de León
Which country initiated the era of Atlantic exploration?
Portugal
The founders of Plymouth colony were
Puritans/Separatists.
Where did the first migrants to North America originate?
Siberia
Which country established the first colonies in the Americas?
Spain
Where did Christopher Columbus first land?
The Bahamas
What are some of the main differences between the Dutch, French, and English colonial efforts in the new world?
The Dutch and French colonies focused primarily on trade, mostly fur. English colonies varied in purpose, with one group focused solely on seeking profit and riches, and the Puritans in New England who went for religious purposes only. The Dutch and French also had somewhat of a positive relationship with the natives at times supplying them with weapons in exchange for fur.
The excavations of the Hopewell people's 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
Evidence of a turquoise trade indicates that the Aztec people probably migrated to central mexico from where?
The Southwest
Patroonships
a Dutch system of granting tracts of land in New Netherland to encourage colonization.
Coloumbian Exchange
an exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas
Which of the following nearly decimated the population of Hispaniola in the early 1500s?
disease
What was the primary cause of Bacon's rebellion?
former indentured servants wanted more opportunities to expand their territory
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
Middle Passage
the transatlantic journey that African slaves made to America
What was the chief goal of the Puritans?
to eliminate any traces of Catholicism from the Church of England
Which crop did the Europeans bring to the New World?
wheat
What evidence most clearly indicates that the Aztec people migrated to Mexico from the American southwest?
An active turquoise trade between the regions
Which of the following Indian peoples built homes in cliff dwellings that still exist?
Anasazi
How did the first people to migrate to North America reach it?
By crossing the Bering Strait from the west
What was the location of the largest mound building culture in early North America?
Cahokia
The Hohokam people of modern day Arizona were best known for?
Canal construction
What posed the biggest threat to early peoples of the American southwest prior to the year 1300?
Growing population
Which culture developed a road system rivaling that of the Romans?
Inca
Which of the following is FALSE regarding the Treaty of Tordesillas?
It settled a dispute between Spain and England
Which religious order joined the French settlement in Canada and tried to convert the natives to Christianity?
Jesuits
In 1492, the Spanish forced these two religious groups to either convert or leave
Jews and Muslims
What were the major differences between the societies of the Aztec/Inca/Maya and the indians of North America?
The former were very technologically advanced, with large cities and unified populations. They were ruled by one leader and heavily prioritized the church. The indians were nomadic and widespread. They weren't as advanced technology-wise and were hunter-gatherers. They also fought each other much more.
Why was finding an oceanic route to Asia important to the Europeans?
They wanted to circumvent Arabic merchants.
The city of _____ became a leading center for Muslim scholarship and trade
Timbuktu
Which crop did the Europeans first find in the New World?
potatoes
Which of the following was a goal of the Spanish in their destruction of Fort Caroline?
reducing the threat of French privateers
