Test 1

Question 1

What Immigration theory is currently being put into question?

Answer 1

Bering land bridge

Question 2

Which of these settlements predates the alleged arrival of the Clovis People according to Bering Strait theory?

Answer 2

Monte Verde

Question 3

Native Americans viewed farming as a masculine occupation

Answer 3

False

Question 4

How many languages were spoken by the Native Peoples of America?

Answer 4

At least 300 languages spoken

Question 5

Native Americans living in Longhouses were commonly found in which region?

Answer 5

Northeast

Question 6

Animism is…

Answer 6

The belief that non human objects have souls

Question 7

Native Americans living in teepees lived in what region?

Answer 7

Great Plains

Question 8

Totems are most prevalent in which region?

Answer 8

Northwest

Question 9

Which European culture first discovered the Americas?

Answer 9

Vikings

Question 10

What happened in 1453 that lead to interest in exploring Westward?

Answer 10

Fall of Constantinople

Question 11

Which country hired Columbus to travel West?

Answer 11

Spain

Question 12

What is Encomienda?

Answer 12

System of forced labor imposed on indigenous workers by Spanish colonists. It was employed by the Spanish crown to encourage colonization

Question 13

How did the English claim land?

Answer 13

Squatting and building on unused land

Question 14

Did Columbus find large amounts of gold during his expeditions?

Answer 14

No

Question 15

What is the cash crop of the Bahamas

Answer 15

Sugar Cane

Question 16

People who funded English colonial charters are called

Answer 16

Counts

Question 17

What is an indentured servant?

Answer 17

People who signed a contract by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation (to Virginia) and food, clothing, and shelter once they arrived there

Question 18

The first Africans slaves to come to America arrived in…

Answer 18

1619

Question 19

The aftermath of Bacon’s Rebellion caused the colonies to institute racial laws

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Bacon’s Rebellion was solely an aristocratic movement

Answer 20

False

Question 21

British colonial charters needed the approval of the king

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Who is the religious head of the Anglican Church?

Answer 22

The British monarch

Question 23

The Massachusetts Bay Colony belongs to which group?

Answer 23

Puritans

Question 24

The colonies from Virginia and South identify themselves as religiously…

Answer 24

Anglican

Question 25

The Island of Manhattan was founded by

Answer 25

Peter Minuit

Question 26

What was not a key export in the Thirteen colonies?

Answer 26

corn

Question 27

Britain’s immense debt came from which conflict?

Answer 27

Seven Years’ War

Question 28

American colonists, after the Seven Years War, consider themselves for all intents and purposes Englishmen with all the rights and benefits

Answer 28

English citizens have but belong to the motherland

Question 29

Intercolonial identity was formed in part thanks to…

Answer 29

The American Revolution

Question 30

This Act from Parliament required all paper goods to be marked to prove the payment on such goods. What was it called?

Answer 30

The Stamp Act

Question 31

This battle convinced France and other Europeans to assist the American revolutionaries

Answer 31

Battle of Saratoga

Question 32

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 dictated

Answer 32

The settlement of the Appalachian mountains

Question 33

This battle started the Revolutionary War

Answer 33

Lexington and Concord

Question 34

The first Continental Congress was held in what year?

Answer 34

1774

Question 35

America decided on a Republic form of government in 1776

Answer 35

False

Question 36

The Constitution came before the Articles of Confederation

Answer 36

False

Question 37

This rebellion pushed the founding fathers to hold the Constitutional Convention

Answer 37

Shays Rebellion

Question 38

What is the name for the compromise between Madison’s Virginia Plan and William Patterson’s New Jersey Plan?

Answer 38

Connecticut Compromise

Question 39

This Founding Father is responsible for pushing for a Bill of Rights

Answer 39

George Mason

Question 40

Jay’s Treaty was an agreement that…

Answer 40

Removed British from US territory in Ohio and Michigan

Question 41

Known as the “Midnight Appointments”, this had John Adams doing…

Answer 41

Appointing supreme court justices

Question 42

Marbury v. Madison was a landmark decision that gave the Supreme Court the ability of…

Answer 42

Judicial Review