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1
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Which group was primarily responsible for taking care of the people’s spirituality on the manor?

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clergy

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The Crusades were a series of religious wars fought between the Christians and the _____.

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Muslims

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3
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When did the medieval structure began to break down.

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learning and trade progressed

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4
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An economic system that favored exporting over importing and measured a country’s wealth in terms of how much gold and silver it possessed was known as what?

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mercantilism

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5
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What type of people were not allowed to keep their own land when they farm

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serfs

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6
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medieval society consisted of what three classes?

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clergy
serfs
nobles

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7
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Around 1440, the printing press was invented

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Gutenburg

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8
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What new social class emerged as a result of the Crusades?

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bourgeoisie

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9
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What are some characteristics of the Renaissance

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  • saw the invention of scientific instruments that brought about the age of exploration

began because of the rediscovery of learning

was hurried along by the invention of the printing press

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10
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During the period of the Crusades, warfare between the Christians and Muslims lasted nearly

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200 years

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11
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Before the Renaissance, learning was reserved for the:

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clergy

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12
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Which of the following Indigenous groups was the most influential in the Northeast region?

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Iroquois Confederacy

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13
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Indigenous people and European settlers struggled to come to an understanding regarding use and ownership of what resource?

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land

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14
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Which best explains archeologists’ beliefs on how migration between Asia and the Americas was possible?

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geography of the Bering Strait

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15
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A Chief or Council of Elders held what role in Indigenous society?

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led Tribes and Nations

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16
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A colony run by a governor who was directly responsible to the crown was called:

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a royal colony

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17
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The House of Burgesses was part of the first democratic government of the colony of:

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Virginia

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18
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The colony established by Roger Williams in which religious freedom for all was permitted was:

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Rhode Island

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19
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John Rolfe and John Smith were associated with the colony of:

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Virginia

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20
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The Renaissance began in what country?

A

Italy

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21
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What was an agreement to obey all laws made by the pilgrim government

A

Mayflower Compact?

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22
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What was the model of the consitutions in the colony

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

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23
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The first englishman to attempt to colonize the new world was

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sir walter raleigh

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24
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hte man who is credited with saving the settlement at jamestown is

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john smith

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25
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When was the first enslaved africans were brought to jamestown

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1619

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26
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Where were teh two men broke away from the catholic church in the sixteenth century

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luther and calvin

27
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first englishman to sail around the world

A

francis drake

28
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opposed martin luther

A

henry vIII

29
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signed law, making church of england official

A

elizabeth I

30
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also called the pilgrims

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separatist

31
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governor of massachusetts bay colony

A

john winthrop

32
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governor of the plymouth colony

A

william bradford

33
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founded connecticut

A

thomas hooker

34
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established settlements in main and new hamshire

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gorge and mason

35
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unpopular governor of the dominion of new england

A

edmund adros

36
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wanted to purify the church of england

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puritans

37
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properity came to virginia when john rolfe introduced what staple crop

A

tobacco

38
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What groups helped to populate new netherlands

A

swedes. norwegians, and jews

39
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after surrendering to england. what was new amsterdam renamed

A

new york

40
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spanish colonist s born in the americas were known as

A

criollos

41
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what was spain’s goal for the indigenous people of the americas

A

they wanted them to convert to catholicism and adpot spanish customs

42
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the exchanged of plants, animalsm, goods, and diseases between the “old world” and the new world is called

A

the columian exchange

43
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approcimately how much of the indigenous population of america had died from disease by 1650

A

90%

44
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What type of colony was governed directly by the king

A

royal colony

45
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What typed of colony was governed by the people

A

proprietary colonoy

46
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england became interested in colonization through the efforts of the grographer

A

richard hakluyt

47
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the geographucal dividing line between the tidewater and the piedmont in virginia was known as

A

fall line

48
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providence plantation was founded by

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roger williams

49
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who founded connecticut in 1636

A

thomas hooker

50
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What was the first proprierty lang

A

maryland

51
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what colony was establiushed as a refuge for catholics

A

maryland

52
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the colony of new netherland was taken over without firing a shot and was renamed

A

new yor

53
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in what colony did the quakers purchase land from Lord John Berkeley

A

new jersey

54
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what are the best options to describe the colyny of south caroina

A

indentured servants and the enslaved

  • wealthy virginians and englishmen
  • rice, indigo
  • large plantations
55
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what are the best options to describe the colony of north carolina

A

land worked by owners

tobacco corn and livestock

small farms

virginia frontiersmen, quakers, german farmers

56
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whcih group migrated to amercia due to the reasons of continual warefare regligious persecution and heavy taxation

A

germans

57
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who migrated to america because they faced economic ruin after they were forbidden to ship dairy products, linens, and woolens to english markets

A

scotish-irish

58
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the french huguenots migrated to america becaue they were persecuted for what reasons

A

their religious beliefs

59
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What was teh last of the thirteen colonies to be founded

A

georgia

60
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which of the following industries relied on enslafved labor in the caribbean

A

tobacco plantations
indigo plantations
sugar plantations

61
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approximately how many enslaved people traveled the middle passage

A

12.5 million

62
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which of the following statemnets is true about the practice of slavery throughout history

A

slavery was based on power, warefare, and ethnic identities

63
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in what year was teh trans atlantic slave trade outlawed in the united states

A

1808

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