Exam study guide Flashcards
How would climate change have affected Paleo-Indians’ way of life?
The extinction of large mammals forced them to seek other sources of food.
Trading routes linked the kingdoms of West Africa most directly to cultures in which region?
Northern Africa
Which of the following spiritual practices would most likely have been a feature of the cultures of both West Africans and American Indians before 1500?
rituals honoring deceased ancestors
Which reason best explains why Columbus believed he had reached the East Indies?
He mistook the islands he reached for islands off the Asian mainland
Amerigo Vespucci’s explorations of South America had what effect on Europeans’ knowledge of the globe?
They recognized South America as a new continent.
Which of the following developments resulted from the spread of European diseases among American Indians?
An increase in the number of imported enslaved Africans.
What objection did American Indians most likely have to the work of Spanish missionaries?
Missionaries forced Indians to give up their traditions.
Which of the following developments caused the Spanish to initially lose interest in northern lands such as Florida and Texas?
Explorers failed to find gold or silver in this region
Which of the following was a main characteristic of both Spanish and French colonization?
desire to find wealth and resources
How did the settlement of Louisiana benefit France?
France established important treaties with Native Americans
For what key reason might the English have supported colonial expansion south of Virginia?
to provide a buffer against the Spanish in Florida
What immediate impact did English colonists most likely have on the physical environment of North America?
They cleared some of the forests for farming
Relations among American Indians and the Puritans in the seventeenth century could best be described as
contentious.
For what reason did New Netherland fail to attract as many colonists as the English colonies?
inadequate push factors
Which statement best summarizes the position of enslaved African Americans in the colonies?
They were treated by law mostly as property.
Why did most enslaved Africans live in the Southern Colonies?
The Southern Colonies depended more heavily on labor-intensive agriculture.
What key purpose did the Navigation Acts serve?
to reinforce mercantilism
Which of the following best describes the status and role of most colonial women?
They contributed to the economic activities of their families but had no political rights.
How did New Amsterdam become New York?
The English gain Dutch colonies in North America after defeating the Dutch at sea
How did the Great Awakening affect colonial society?
The demand to increase the role of the government in religious organizations increases.
Which factor gave France the greatest advantage over Britain in the competition for territory in North America?
The good relations France had with American Indians.
What change in British policy resulted from the end of the French and Indian War?
The government began enforcing tax laws that had largely been ignored in the past.
Which of these assumptions was fundamental to Patrick Henry’s Virginia Resolves?
Taxation without representation is illegitimate.
Which of the following was the most widespread form of protest against the new laws passed by Parliament after the French and Indian War?
refusing to buy British-made goods
One source of resentment among colonists in the late 1760s was the British government’s use of tax money to pay
public officials who were loyal to the British government.
Unlike the First Continental Congress, the Second Continental Congress
took direct action to prepare for war.
Many Loyalists resented the Patriots’ willingness to
violate the colonists’ individual rights.
How was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point in the Revolutionary War?
It brought the Patriots foreign support.
What was Spain’s main motivation for helping the Patriots during the Revolutionary War?
To weaken its main competitor for territory in North America.
The changes brought by the Treaty of Paris did the most to expand the political power of
property-owning men.
Why were many southern whites against the practice of manumission following the Revolution?
They were fearful that freed slaves would seek revenge.
What effect did the American Revolution have on the world?
Achieving liberty and equality became realistic goals and inspired other revolutions
Which of these political reforms would have led conservative Patriots to worry about the “tyranny of the majority”?
abandoning a bicameral legislature in favor of a unicameral legislature
How did Congress under the Articles of Confederation differ from the state legislatures that operated in the United States during the 1780s?
Representation in Congress was not proportional to the population.
Which new problem was created by states’ solutions to the issues raised by Shays’ Rebellion?
Creditors faced the loss of investments.
The representatives from five states that gathered at Annapolis asked Congress to call another meeting because they
knew that the consent of every state would be needed to change the Articles of Confederation
The outcome of the Constitutional Convention differed from the original purpose of the meeting because the meeting was originally intended to
amend rather than completely replace the Articles of Confederation.
Which of the following people would have been most likely to serve as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787?
a wealthy white plantation owner from Virginia
At the Constitutional Convention, discussions of slavery were tied up with debates about which other issue?
congressional representation
The Constitution created a bicameral legislature because the delegates reached a compromise about
how states should be given Congressional representation
Which of the following did the ratification of the Constitution by Virginia and New York do?
It reaffirmed popular support for the new federal government
Which statement explains why Federalists promised to add a bill of rights once the Constitution was ratified?
They wanted to assure Antifederalists that the new federal government would respect individual liberties.
The Bill of Rights most likely would not have been ratified by enough of the states if it had included which of the following?
a blanket statement about the equality of all humans
The requirement that the ratification of the Constitution take place in state ratifying conventions is an example of which Constitutional principle?
federalism
