Midterm Exam Flashcards
What was the chronological relationship in the rise of agriculture between the Western and Eastern hemispheres?
Agriculture arose at the same time
What crop was not prominent among the first Native Americans?
Which were prominent?
Wheat was not prominent (beans, maize and squash all were prominent)
What is the best term to describe the relationship between Native American ancestry/descent?
Matrilineal; off or based on kinship with the mother or the female line
Which monarchy benefited most from the Aztec and Incan Empires?
Spanish
The phrase “city on a hill” applies to which society?
Puritans in New England
What did grossman argue in favor of?
historical revisionism
According to Grossman, critics find issues with revisionism because
American history has become less comforting and more provocative
Which of the following is an example of a primary source?
- Biographies
- Atlases
- Scholarly Boooks
- Diaries
Diaries
What is an example of a secondary source?
Textbooks
(T/F): Historical interpretation changes over time.
True
During the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, how many Native Americans were forced into slavery in the southern colonies?
24,000 - 51,000
What is the term that slaves used for the voyage across the Atlantic?
Middle Passage
Between the 16th and 19th centuries, about how many Africans were forced across the Atlantic?
11,000,000 - 12,000,000
Which religious group first turned against slavery?
Quakers
What were the 3 main categories of political structures in the Colonial Era?
Provincial, Proprietary, and Charter
According to John Fea, what is not considered one of historical thinking?
Commonality
According to John Fea, why does revisionism carry a negative connotation?
because many believe facts are changed in order to fit an agenda
(T/F): One of the main differences between Native American conception of the land (North America) and European conception has to do with religion.
True
What items were considered economic incentive for European colonization?
Fur, tobacco, and iron
Who benefited from enslaving Africans?
African kings
Which was a characteristic that contributed to the failure of Britain to define the relationship of the colonies to the empire?
British officials had competing visions of empire
What was the initial post-war imperial act that targeted North American subordination?
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
Which delegates opposed the mention of slavery in the Declaration of Independence?
Delegates who represented slave trading merchants, Georgia, and South Carolina
The Bill of Rights covered what?
Covered a list of rights initially promised to Virginia constituents
