the american pageant 15th edition chapter review questions chapters 1-5 Flashcards

1641803811	Chapter 1: 1.The first European explorers reached the region that would become the Americas	More than 500 years ago	0
1641813623	2.What proof has lead researchers to conclude that the earth was once contained in a single continent	There are identical species of fish in freshwater lakes all around the globe	1
1641822334	3.What is the dominant theory about how the first people arrived in what we now call North America	They walked across a land bridge from Eurasia to North America	2
1641831123	4.The Incans, Mayans, and Aztecs owe the development of their sophisticated early civilization to	Agriculture, particularly the cultivation of corn or a maize	3
1641858796	5.What was three-sister farming?	An agricultural method in which corn beans and squash were grown together	4
1641877922	6.Native Americans did NOT make a major imprint on the land they used for all of the following EXCEPT they	feared changing it would impact their survival	5
1641886075	7.which of these reasons did NOT drive the europeans exploration that led to the "discovery" of the New World	Population surges and land shortages	6
1652275503	8.The plantation system was first developed	By portuguese explorers in west Africa	7
1652275504	9.All of the following events in the fifteenth century set the stage for the dramatic and unexpected discovery of the new world EXCEPT	Wars between rival european countries.	8
1652275505	10. What was the Columbian exchange?	The transfer of plants, animals, culture, and diseases that occurred after the Columbus's voyage.	9
1652275506	11. In the treaty of Tordesillas, Spain	divided up the so-called New World with Portugal	10
1652282082	12. Some of the scholars see the origins of modern capitalism in New World discoveries of precious metals for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that	they decreased the cost of consumer goods dramatically	11
1652639024	13. Spanish conquistadores, traveling to the New World, hoped to gain all of the following EXCEPT	the chance to organize an army	12
1652639025	14. Which of the following men was NOT an explorer for Spain	Hernan cortes	13
1652639026	15. how did the end of the ice age affect the peopling of the Americas.	It allowed settlers to roam east and south, reaching all points of the continent.	14
1652753854	16. the spanish empire in america imported old world culture and ideas by doing all of the following EXCEPT	shunning and isolating the Native Americans	15
1652753855	chapter 2 why did England show little interest in colonizing the New world during the 1500s	it didn't want to compete with its ally spain	16
1652753856	the event that signaled the beginning of the end of the Spanish empire in the New World was	the defeat of the Spanish Armada	17
1652753857	the English first attempted colonization in the americas in	plymouth	18
1652753858	which of the following did not influence the dramatic rise of England's colonization efforts in the early 1600s	Promised rewards for explorers from the crown	19
1652753859	what makes the Virginia company charter such a significant document to american history ?	It guaranteed jamestown colonists citizenship rights equal to those of Englishmen	20
1652753860	what single cause was responsible for the death of so many jamestown settlers in the early years	starvation	21
1652753861	after the arrival of the Europeans in North America which of the following did NOT negatively impact the Native American cultural life	the introduction of horses	22
1652753862	the primary labor source for the early development of the plantation colonies off Virginia and Maryland waas	indentured servants	23
1652753863	the Acts of Toleration (1649) granted the Maryland's was	Legal sanction for importing african slaves	24
1652756542	the struggling Virginia economy was ultimately saved by	peace treaties with local Native American nation	25
1652760658	the purpose of slave codes was to	limit the rights and behavior of Negro slaves	26
1653012220	Which of these was NOT a reason for the founding of Georgia?	to become a stronghold for the slave trade	27
1653019161	The Iroquois became powerful in the 1500s and 1600s by	merging with other branches of tribes	28
1653032696	Which of the following traits were NOT shared by all of England's plantation colonies(Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia)?	the birth of large urban port cities	29
1653043325	which of the following effects of excessive planting England's southern colonies contributed to westward expansion during colonial times and beyond?	soil butchery	30
1653105266	english settlers exerted their power over the Native Americans in all of the following ways EXCEPT by	destroying Native American customs in the Great-Lakes area	31
1653105267	Chapter 3 All of the following were tenets of Calvinism EXCEPT that	by doing good deeds in this life, people could earn a place in gods kingdom in the after life	32
1653105268	separatists were Puritans who broke away because they	disliked the fact that all English subjects, regardless of piety were automatically church members	33
1653105269	why did the Separatists who fled the London for Holland eventually settle in the New World?	They were worried about the "Dutchification" of their children and wanted to practice their religion as English citizens	34
1653285110	the mayflower compact is significant because it	included signatures of men and woman who arrived on the Mayflower	35
1653285111	The colony founded by the pilgrims in Plymouth bay was	prosperous within a year based on a bountiful harvest	36
1653285112	what did Massachusetts governor john Winthrop mean when he said " we shall be as a city on this hill "	He hoped the colony would become a holy society that would serve as a model for people everywhere	37
1653285113	what was the single most important qualification for voting above all others in the provincial governments of the Massachusetts Bay Colony	church membership	38
1653285114	Today both Anne Hutchinson and Rodger Williams are considered heroes for all of these reasons EXCEPT	founded successful colonies elsewhere	39
1653285115	how did Indians resist English encroachment on their land?	By forming inter tribal alliances	40
1653285116	established in 1686 the Dominion of New England was	England's attempt to consolidate and better control its northeastern colonies	41
1653285117	the dutch colony of New Netherland finally became the english colony New York as a result of	a battle by the English against Dutch forces in New amsterdam	42
1653392298	which of the following statements about Pennsylvania colony is NOT true?	Relations between early colonists and Indians were initially tense	43
1653392299	the middle colonies New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania, all had which of the following traits in common	Rich fertile soil that enabled the region to produce and export vast quantities of grain	44
1653392300	What are blue laws	the rules that guided how large a tract of land a person would receive	45
1653392301	The mayflower compact, fundamental orders of Connecticut and the first frame of government in Pennsylvania are all evidence of	democracy in the british colonies	46
1653392302	the middle colonies are considered by some to be the most american part about america for all of the following reasons except that	settlers avoided purchasing and using slave labor	47
1653392303	early colonists in the Chesapeake struggled with all of the following EXCEPT	land that was difficult to farm	48
1653392304	what were freedom dues	farm implements, clothes, and sometimes land given to former indentured servants	49
1653392305	Bacon's rebellion was triggered by	land shortages and indian policies	50
1653392306	what was the middle passage	the transatlantic journey that brought slaves to the americas	51
1653392307	slave codes had all of the following except that	they were first implemented in the carolinas	52
1653393483	what is Gullah?	A slave language	53
1653405852	the stono rebellion was	an example of slaves anger at their treatment and permanent servitude	54
1653428690	all of the following are true about early slave EXCEPT that	slave imports continued to outnumber American-slaves well into the late 1700s	55
1653438493	how did slaves adapt the christian religion to make it their own?	They infuse their worship with singing and dancing	56
1653491611	the largest social group of white virginians were	small farmers	57
1653583211	the early puritans in New England lived	almost as long as Americans today	58
1653583212	why did New England leaders block women from retaining separate property and inheriting their husbands estates the way southern women did?	they feared that the family unity would be undermined	59
1653583213	all of the following statements about the witchcraft hysteria and trials in salem in the 1690s are true EXCEPT that	property owning women were often targets	60
1653583214	how did the New England settlers ideas about land differ from those of the indians they encountered	the indians used the land for farming while the English wanted it for livestock	61
1653583215	which of the following geographic features most contributed to New England settlers seeking new land in the west.	access to waterways	62
1653583216	what was not a difference between southern and New England society?	southerners emphasized farming over all other pursuits while New Englanders viewed education as essential	63
1653591922	what were the political ramifications of the surging population growth in the american colonies from 1700s to 1775	the ratio of american colonists to english subjects dramatically declined	64
1653619430	all of the following statements are true about scots-irish immigrants to Pennsylvania EXCEPT that	they were tolerant of local indians	65
1653632030	the ethnic diversity of the eighteenth-century american colonies is significant because it	Paved the way for a new multi cultural american identity	66
1653645103	which of these did not contribute to the increasing social stratification and declining opportunities for social mobility in pre-revolutionary america	the rising number of convicts sent to the colonies	67
1654355901	despite the constant threat of small pox american colonists resisted inoculation mainly because	ministers regarded inoculation as tampering with gods will	68
1654355902	which of the following was surest path to quick wealth in eighteenth century america	commerce and land speculation	69
1654355903	the term triangular trade describes	rum sent from New England to trade for slaves in Africa who were then exchanged for molasses in the West Indies that could be sold back to New England	70
1654355904	The single most important manufacturing activity in the colonies in the 1700s was	lumbering	71
1654355905	what did parliament hope to accomplish with the molasses act	cut off american trade with the french West Indies	72
1654362066	in the early eighteenth century the Puritan religion declined for all of the following reasons except	increased tithing(taxing) of church members	73
1654370920	which of these did not result from the great awakening	a heightened sense of sectional and regional differences developed	74
1654370921	early college education in New England was designed to	prepare young men to become ministers	75
1654375564	which of these is NOT numbered among Benjamin Franklins many contributions to america	writing the declaration of independance	76
1654378886	the Zenger case is significant for	establishing freedom of the press	77
1654404584	which of the following figures played a crucial role in developing american character	Benjamin Franklin	78
1654412193	all of the following are true about education and religion in the colonies except that	the majority of the faculty at each college comprised church officials	79