exam 1 Flashcards
both the aztec and in a empires were:
large, wealthy, and sophisticated
before the arrival of columbus, native north americans
had elaborate trade networks
native american religious ceremonies
we’re related to the native american belief that sacred spirits could be found in living and inanimate things
how did native americans conceive of property?
families might use a specific plot of land for a season
true or false:
for most native americans societies tribal leaders were almost always women
false
true or false:
in the religion in seventeenth century europe the churches condemned dissenters but the governments protected them
true
under english law in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, women:
surrendered their legal identities when they married
why did european exploration of the new world proceed so rapidly after columbus’s discoveries?
gutenberg’s invention of the printing press enabled the rapid dissemination of information
in 1519, who became the first europe an explorer to encounter the aztec empire?
hernan cortez
the transatlantic flow of people and goods such as corn, potatoes, horses, and sugarcane is called:
the columbian exchange
in 1517, the german priest ____ began the protestant reformation by posting his ninety-five these, which accused the catholic church of worldliness and corruption.
martin luther
the 104 settlers who remained in virginia after the ships that brought them from england returned home:
we’re all men, reflecting the virginia company’s interest in searching for gold as opposed to building a functioning society.
why did king henry viii break from the catholic church
he wanted a divorce, and the pope refused to grant it
why did england consider spain its enemy by the late 1500s?
because of religiöse differences: england has officially broken w the roman catholic church, while spain was devoutly catholic
as leader of jamestown colony, john smith:
used rigorous military discipline to hold the colony together
why was the death rate in early jamestown so high?
it lay beside a malarial swamp
to entice settlers, the virginia company established the head right system, which:
provided land to settlers who paid their own passage
it can be argued that conflict between the english settlers and local indians in virginia became inevitable when:
the native americans realized that england wanted to establish a permanent and constantly expanding colony, not just a trading post
maryland was established as a refuge for which group?
catholics
in contrast to life in the chesapeake region, life in new england:
was more family-oriented
the mayflower compact established:
a civil government for the plymouth colony
in its early years, carolina was the “colony of a colony” bc it’s original settlers included many:
landless sons of wealthy planters in barbados
williams penn obtained the land for his pennsylvania colony because:
the king wanted to cancel his debt to the penn family and bolster the english presence in north america
pennsylvania’s treatment of native americans was unique in what way?
pennsylvania purchased indian land that was then resold to colonists and offered refuge to tribes driven out of other colonies
