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LATEST Attempt 1 54 minutes 81.8 out of 100
Exam 1
Due Jul 20 at 9pm Points 100 Questions 50 Available Jul 17 at 12pm Jul 20 at 9pm 3 days Time Limit 55 Minutes
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Score for this quiz: 81.8 out of 100Submitted Jul 20 at 1:58amThis attempt took 54 minutes.
Please read each question and its directions carefully! Most of the questions are multiple choice, but some may contain multiple answers and some may also beTrue/False. Each question is worth 2 points for a total of 100 pts. Good Luck!
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 1
1) In his letter to King Charles V, Cortes describes:
The great size of the Aztec Empire's pyramids at Cahokia.
The Aztec Empire's bridges, aqueducts, and busy central marketplace. Correct!
The Aztec Empire's mumification process of Montezuma as before he was sacrificed to the Sun God
The Aztec Empire's intricate encomienda system in which the Spanish were forced to labor in the fields in return forprotection from warring Toltec tribes.
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 2
2) Which Spanish explorer raided and brought disease to the Aztec capital in 1521?
Hernando DeSoto
Amerigo Vespucci
Hernan Cortes Correct!
Vasgo Degama
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 3
3) The main cash crop of South Carolina was:
rice Correct!
cotton
tobacco
potatoes
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 4
4) Which disease brought by Spainish explorers helped wipeout the Aztec people?
Dysentary
The black plague
Syphillis
Small pox Correct!
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 5
5) Which Spanish explorer hoped to find a city of gold as he marched up the Mississippi River, destroying many native American tribes ashe drove further into North America?
Hernan Cortes
Ponce de Leon
Hernando de Soto Correct!
Bartolome de las Casas
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 6
6) During the Triangle Trade’s first four centuries, approximately how many slaves were forced from Africa to the Americas (All theAmerica'sNot just North America)?
300,000
5 million
1015 million Correct!
100,000
see chart page 112.
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 7
7) Nathaniel Bacon’s Rebellion revealed:
that the Indians did not have gold
class tensions in Jamestown Correct!
the weakness of chief Powhatan
both A and C
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 8
8) All are true of the founding of the colony of Pennsylvania except
It was founded to establish sugar plantations Correct!
The Quakers believed in spiritual equality regardless of race or sex
The Quakers paid for Indian land
The Quakers had laws outlawing vice such as swearing, lying, and drunkedness
see pages 9293
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 9
9) The colony of Massachusetts Bay was settled mainly by
soldiers
single men
families Correct!
hutterites
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 10
10) In 1607, Jamestown was settled mainly by
gentlemen and their servants Correct!
families
religious desserters
The decedents of the Roanoke Colony
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 11
11) The _____ were the first Europeans to profit from the Atlantic Slave Trade. (Read this question carefully)
British
Dutch
Spanish
Portuguese Correct!
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 12
12) Which of the following identifies John Rolfe
The colonist who founded Pennsylvania
The colonists who introduced tobacco into Jamestown Correct!
The colonist who wanted to create a "New England" in the New World
The French colonist who oversaw the construction of St. Augustine
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 13
13) Which of the following correctly identifies Anne Hutchinson:
The first woman to colonize Jamestown
Johnathan Wintrhop's daughter who was hanged as a witch
The accuser of George Burroughs
The women who argued that the Puritan leaders were teaching the Bible incorrectly. Correct!
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 14
14) Which is the best summary of Bartolome de las Casa's writings regarding Indians?
He harshly criticized the practices of conquistadors in dealing with Native Americans Correct!
He suggested that Indians be allowed to practice polygomy
He agreed that Indians needed to be disciplined in order to make encomiendas profitable
He worried that enslaved Africans would deprive local indians of paying jobs.
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 15
15) This staple crop in the Caribbean created a large and brutal system of plantation slavery
tobacco
sugar Correct!
rice
coconuts
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 16
16) What was the name of the group that first settled Pennyslvania under William Penn?
The Pilgrims
The Puritans
The Quakers Correct!
The Huegonauts
See page 9293.
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 17
17) What did Puritan leader Jonathan Winthrop mean by a “city upon a hill”?
He wanted to build a city in the New World to compete with English trade.
He wanted to build a new city, breaking all ties with Jamestown
He wanted to build a better, reformed England in the New World Correct!
He wanted to build a fur trading post to rival the French
None of the Above
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 18
18) The first African slaves were brought to Jamestown in what year?
1492
1619 Correct!
1776
1785
see page 58 and my announcement on Ch 3
0 / 2 ptsQuestion 19
19) The 1692 Salem Witch Trials represented:
a cultural mistrust of women You Answered
an east/west land feud
the cultural mistrust of Pilgrims
both A and B Correct Answer
both A and C
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 20
20)Which intellectual of the Enlightenment not only drafted the Fundamental Constitutions of the Carolinas but is probably better knownfor his belief that individuals were endowed with inalienable rights of life, liberty, and property which should be protected by the state?
Jonathan Edwards
John Locke Correct!
Shubal Stevens
George Whitefield
see page 68 and my announcement for Ch. 5
0 / 2 ptsQuestion 21
21) Which of the following was NOT a feature of North American civilization before the Europeans?
The Natives originally migrated from a land bridge in Asia known as Beringia
Agricultural labor was done primarily by women. You Answered
The Aztec Empire was based in modern day Mexico
Large cities were unknown to the early American native populations. Correct Answer
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 22
22) After first "contact" between Native Americans and the Spanish, Spanish leaders such as Columbus and Cortes perceived the Nativesto be:
Militaristic
Savages Correct!
Highly Intelligent
Vengeful
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 23
23) Which war left the colonies of New England with a large war debt in which the monarchy decided that it was time to govern thecolonies more directly starting in 1684?
King Phillip's War Correct!
The Pequot War
The Revolutionary War
Opechancanough's War
see page 95 and my annoucement from ch 5.
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 24
24) Which caste system in New Spain forced natives to work for nearby Spanish lords?
Encomienda Correct!
Plantation Slavery
Esperanza
Frontier of Inclusion
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 25
25) The economy of early New England was based on?
Shipbuilding
cotton
Fishing
Both A and B
Both A and C Correct!
0 / 2 ptsQuestion 26
26) The colony of Georgia was originally founded in 1733 as a:
peach plantation
military buffer from Spain
A haven for debtors You Answered
Both A and B
Both B and C Correct Answer
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 27
27) Which of the following explains why Indentured Servitude fell out of favor as a labor source in the Chesapeake Region?
The falling price of African slaves in 1619.
Indentured servants were living longer and expected land at the end of their labor contracts. Correct!
Rising employment in England led to fewer indentured servants look for opportunities in the American colonies. Correct!
The Natives made excellent slaves
None of the above
0 / 2 ptsQuestion 28
28) The French came to the New World to create a system of:
conquest
trade Correct Answer
farming You Answered
slavery
very terrible military planning
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 29
29) What was the Enlightenment?
The end of African slavery in the American colonies.
An awakening of slaves to rebel against their masters
Another name for the movement of Quakers known as the Society of Friends into the Western Frontier
a movement that sought the encouragement of people to study the world around them while engaging in science andreason
Correct!
Let them eat cake
pg 119
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 30
30) What was the underlying importance of the Great Awakening?
It led to an influx of Catholics from Spain and Baptists from Germany into the British Colonies
It gave the colonists choice to choose which church/preacher they wanted to attend thus leading them to exercise choicein the consumption of religion as well as choice in other aspects of their lives.
Correct!
It led to a decrease in slavery into the Southern British colonies as colonists began to see slavery as morally wrong.
It quickly led to the Renaissance and Industrialization within North and South America
It led to a very sleepy British colonies for at least twenty years until the importation of coffee beginning in 1761
See page 120
0 / 2 ptsQuestion 31
31) African slaves brought the knowledge to cultivate which crop grown mostly in South Carolina?
Tobacco You Answered
Cotton
Wheat
Rice Correct Answer
Tobacco was grown mostly in the Norther Chesapeake region, cotton wasn't introduced until the late 18th century andwheat was grown mostly in the Midwest.
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 32
32) In Cortes's letter to Charles V, why did he think that the Aztecs were "uncivilized"?
They did not wear clothes
They did not have any kind of trade or communication system beyond their empire.
The women were the heads of the households and the high priestesses
They worshiped multiple gods and conducted human sacrifice. Correct!
0 / 2 ptsQuestion 33
33) Native American societies were relatively small and not technologically advanced before the Europeans arrived in the Americas.
True You Answered
False Correct Answer
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 34
34) The first settlers at Jamestown left England predominantly in search of religious freedom.
True
False Correct!
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 35
35) Why must historians rely on the work of archaeologists to write the history of ancient America?
Ancient Americans did not write down their history. Correct!
Ancient Americans historical writings were destroyed by European settlers.
Historians largely agree that Ancient American texts and scrolls were destroyed in a series of earthquakes that rockedNorth and South America in the 13th century AD.
Due to the destruction of the ozone layer with global warming the heat of the sun has destroyed the writing on ancientNative American scrolls.
See page 3.
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 36
36) Which of the following correctly identifies "Cahokia"?
A game played in which Native Americans rolled a concave stone disk while trying to throw a spear as close as possibleto where the stone stopped.
An ancient city in California where the Spanish Conquistadors established the first Spanish Mission, San Jose.
An ancient Native American church in which female chiefs chose local males as the tribes new warriors.
An ancient city near present day St. Louis that was influenced by Mexican culture and was known for its woodhenges andlarge mounds in which local chiefs conducted ceremonies and local inhabitants played "chunkey".
Correct!
see pages 1314
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 37
37) About 80% of the immigrants to the Chesapeake Bay in the 17th century were:
women
those seeking religious freedom
indentured servants Correct!
slaves
see page 57
0 / 2 ptsQuestion 38
38) In reading about the Spanish conquest of the Natives, it becomes clear that the Spanish conquistadorssuch as Corteswheresuccessful not only because of superior weaponry and disease, but what other factor?
The disunity among warring Native tribes, especially the Aztecs tributary system. Correct Answer
The childlike optimism of the Natives
The lack of intelligence of Native Chiefs You Answered
The illiteracy of the Natives
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 39
39) The settlers of Jamestown imported large numbers of white slaves from England, France, Germany, and Scotland.
True
False Correct!
See page 69 as we see that whites were indentured servants but never slaves. Black meant not free and white meant free.We will see this later as history progresses until the Civil War.
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 40
40) Which of the following would be a good academic source for a student writing a research paper in a history class?
Wikipedia
Spark Notes
Mitchell Memorial Library at Mississippi State University Correct!
The History Channel
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 41
41) The slave labor system in the Chesapeake polarized the society along lines of race.
True Correct!
False
see page 69. This is so very important to understanding American history. Even if a white man did not own a slave, he stillhad power over other slaves that were not his and he owned the privileges of freedom.
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 42
42) Male slaves worked in the fields and female slaves worked in the master's house.
True
False Correct!
See the Berkin article. False, regardless of sex, males and females worked in both the fields and in the master's house.Probably one of the worse places to work for a female was the master's house as she was always under the prying eye ofher male master...and perhaps subject to jealousy of the female mistress.
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 43
43) The first people who came to the Americas migrated across a landbridge called ________ located in _________.
Bering; Asia
Beringia; Asia Correct!
Cahokia; Mississippi
Anasazi; New Mexico
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 44
44) Which correctly identifies The Middle Passage?
The exchange of goods and ideas from the Old World to the New World
The time in a young man's life in which he devotes himself entirely to the Covenant of Works
The movement of gold and diamonds from the African Cost, along the Cape of Good Hope and into the Middle East
The horrific trip that chained slaves sides by side in the belly of a ship across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the NewWorld
Correct!
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 45
45) Puritans wanted:
To break with the Church of England
To Purify the Church of England Correct!
To spread Puritanism to the Spanish colonies
To reject all teachings of John Calvin
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 46
46) Pilgrims:
Wanted to separate from the Church of England Correct!
Wanted to Purify the Church of England
Wanted to spread their religion to the Spanish Colonies
Wanted to embrace Catholicism
Yes, the Pilgrims wanted to separate from the Church of England because they deemed it way to corrupted and beyondsavingthey thought the same of English society.
0 / 2 ptsQuestion 47
47) Slavery existed in all 13 original colonies
True Correct Answer
False You Answered
0.8 / 2 ptsQuestion 48
48) Which of the following were part of the Columbian Exchange?
Crops such as tobacco, sugar, potatoes, and rice Correct Answer
Disease such as malaria, small pox, measles, and syphillis Correct!
Technology such as guns, wheeled vehicles, iron, and horses (yes, horses are technology) Correct!
slaves Correct Answer
Christianity Correct Answer
1 / 2 ptsQuestion 49
49) Which of the following is true of the Spanish encounter with the Aztecs?
The Spanish noted a large marketplace in the center of the capital Correct Answer
The Spanish noted technological advances such as bridges and aquaducts Correct!
The Spanish brought smallpox to the Aztecs Correct Answer
The Spanish found gold in the capital city (Tenochtitlan) Correct!
2 / 2 ptsQuestion 50
50) Wikipedia is an acceptable academic source for a student writing a research paper in a history class.
True
False Correct!
Quiz Score: 81.8 out of 100