Unit 1 Test Flashcards
What temporary land mass linking Siberia and Alaska is thought to have allowed hunter-gatherers to migrate from Asia to North America?
Alaska Glacial Pathway
Siberian Connection
Beringia
Bering Strait
Beringia
Why is the information available to archaeologists about early Native American cultures very limited?
A pandemic of European diseases destroyed Native American cultures before information could be gathered.
Inter-tribal warfare eliminated large numbers of Native Americans, so little information was available.
Native American cultures were highly secretive, so it was not possible to locate information about their cultures.
The nomadic tribes burned all documents and selected artifacts before they moved to new locations, so no information was available.
A pandemic of European diseases destroyed Native American cultures before information could be gathered.
Which Native American Culture cultivated corn and built adobe structures?
Anasazi
Which Native American Culture held potlatches to share their abundance?
Pacific Coast
What mountain range extends from British Columbia to New Mexico?
Cascade Range
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains
White Mountains
Rocky Mountains
What river flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico and drains almost half of the United States in the process?
Columbia River
Ohio River
Missouri River
Mississippi River
Mississippi River
What did Captain John Smith require of colonists at Jamestown?
They grow only the crops he and the council leaders chose.
They worship regularly.
They work in order to eat.
They adopt Native American methods of cultivation.
They work in order to eat.
What was the main reason that Jamestown was founded?
to gain wealth
to gain land for agriculture
as a base for access to the Chesapeake Bay
to bring honor and glory to the king
to gain wealth
How did the Mayflower Compact affect the settlement of the Plymouth colony?
It served as a basis for passing laws for the good of the colony.
It spelled out the religious beliefs of the colonists.
It became the basis for trade agreements with Holland.
It set up the process for governing farming in the colony.
It served as a basis for passing laws for the good of the colony.
“Thousands of English Puritans arrived in Massachusetts Bay as they fled persecution in England.”
Which term is associated with this event?
the Age of Voyaging
the Great Migration
the Scientific Revolution
the Debtor’s Migration
the Great Migration
What was a major difference between the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Rhode Island?
Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, believed in religious toleration.
Squanto provided Massachusetts Bay with corn, but refused to do so in Rhode Island.
The majority of Rhode Island colonists were American born.
There was virtually no difference between the two colonies, since both were founded by Puritans.
Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, believed in religious toleration.
Which colony was founded by Catholic proprietors on land given to Cecilius Calvert in recognition of Catholic support for King Charles I?
Delaware
New Jersey
North Carolina
Maryland
Maryland
How did the colony of New Amsterdam become New York?
The Dutch sold it to the Duke of York because they were losing money there.
The Amsterdam family decided to return to Holland, so they sold the land to the highest bidder.
When the English captured the territory from the Dutch the king gave it to his brother, the Duke of York.
The Dutch and British agreed on the change as part of a treaty.
When the English captured the territory from the Dutch the king gave it to his brother, the Duke of York.
Which colony was founded as a haven for a religious group known as the Quakers?
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Vermont
Pennsylvania
What was the Middle Passage?
the transition from African to British slave traders who then transported the slaves to America
an agreement that allowed British ships to operate legally
the second leg of a triangular trip from Africa known for its inhumane conditions
the period when the slave trade was at its height, operating in the very worst conditions
the second leg of a triangular trip from Africa known for its inhumane conditions
Why did slavery replace indentured servitude in the colonies as time went on?
Indentured servants left plantations at the end of their servitude.
Slaves were more intelligent and could be easily trained to undertake plantation jobs.
Indentured servants often rebelled violently.
It cost the planters almost nothing to use slaves.
Indentured servants left plantations at the end of their servitude.
What did John Locke believe?
The survival of the fittest would lead to government by the most able.
Natural law required governments to protect citizens’ rights to life, liberty, and property.
Government was not necessary as long as people functioned reasonably.
Government should promote the health, welfare, and prosperity of its citizens.
Natural law required governments to protect citizens’ rights to life, liberty, and property.
What was a key belief of the Great Awakening?
Salvation did not depend on membership in a single church.
Non-believers were not in serious trouble with respect to salvation.
Government was more important than religion in people’s lives.
Generosity was the key to salvation.
Salvation did not depend on membership in a single church.
How did the French and Indian War affect the British and ultimately the colonies?
They formed an alliance with the French.
They increased Native American support.
They incurred debt and lost territory.
They gained land but incurred heavy debt.
They gained land but incurred heavy debt.
What was the major occupation in the middle colonies?
shipping
manufacturing
farming
growing cotton
farming
What was not a major cash crop in the South?
tomatoes
rice
corn
tobacco
tomatoes
What best describes the relationship between geography and economics in the thirteen British colonies?
Some colonies could not prosper because their geography limited their economic options.
All of the colonies benefited from good soil and a long growing season.
The diverse geography of the colonies encouraged different economic pursuits.
The geography of the colonies had little influence on the economies that developed.
The diverse geography of the colonies encouraged different economic pursuits.
On what characteristics is the division of the thirteen colonies into New England, middle, and southern regions based?
geography and economics
religion and philosophy
government and politics
ethnicity and race
geography and economics
Which statement best describes the relationship between colonists and Native Americans during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
Native Americans were hostile to British colonists from the start.
The two groups sometimes cooperated, but the colonists’ desire for more land led to conflict.
The colonists arrived in the Americas determined to exterminate the native population.
Native Americans and British colonists most often helped each other and learned from each other.
The two groups sometimes cooperated, but the colonists’ desire for more land led to conflict.
Which was not a reason for founding or settling any of the thirteen colonies?
desire for economic opportunity and wealth
plans to establish a democratic republic without a king
desire to practice an unpopular religion without persecution
hope for a better life than might be expected in Europe
plans to establish a democratic republic without a king
