Hist Exam 1 Questions with Complete
Solutions9
Primary Source - ANSWERS-Historical evidence that is contemporary or nearly contemporary
with the subject or event being studied
Secondary Source - ANSWERS-Historical evidence that occurs after the person or event being
studied
John Rolfe - ANSWERS-Jamestown colonist who developed tobacco as Virginia's first profitable
crop
House of Burgesses - ANSWERS-Who first elected legislature with what was to become the USA
Puritan Separatists - ANSWERS-those unhappy with the church of England and seeking to
separate from it
The Great Awakening - ANSWERS-?
First Continental Congress (1774) - ANSWERS-??
Lexington and Concord - ANSWERS-The first battles of the American Revolution
The _________________________ is a scholarly term for the early history of humans in
America, beginning around 8000 BCE. - ANSWERS-Archaic Period
, __________________, of course, requires people to stay in one place. - ANSWERS-Farming
Organized societies emerged around 10,000 BCE, in ________________________, a region
comprising Mexico and much of Central America. - ANSWERS-Mesoamerica
________________________, a catastrophic epidemic of the __________________ that began
in Constantinople in 1347, had killed more than a third of the people on the Continent. -
ANSWERS-The Black Death
But the ____________________, not the Portuguese, were the first to encounter the New
World, the term Europeans applied to the ancient lands previously unknown to them. -
ANSWERS-Spanish
Ultimately, Columbus was even unable to give his name to the land he had revealed to the
Europeans. That distinction went instead to a Florentine merchant
________________________________. - ANSWERS-Amerigo Vespucci
In 1518, __________________________, who had been an unsuccessful Spanish government
official in Cuba for 14 years, led a small military expedition of about 600 men against the Aztecs
in Mexico and their powerful emperor, ___________________. - ANSWERS-Hernando Cortes;
Montezuma
In 1565, the Spanish established the fort of ________________________ in Florida, their first
permanent settlement in what is now the United States. - ANSWERS-St. Augustine
In the sixteenth century, however, the market for slaves increased dramatically as a result of the
growing European demand for ___________________. - ANSWERS-sugarcane
There were also religious motives for colonization - a result of the
___________________________________. - ANSWERS-Protestant Reformation
Solutions9
Primary Source - ANSWERS-Historical evidence that is contemporary or nearly contemporary
with the subject or event being studied
Secondary Source - ANSWERS-Historical evidence that occurs after the person or event being
studied
John Rolfe - ANSWERS-Jamestown colonist who developed tobacco as Virginia's first profitable
crop
House of Burgesses - ANSWERS-Who first elected legislature with what was to become the USA
Puritan Separatists - ANSWERS-those unhappy with the church of England and seeking to
separate from it
The Great Awakening - ANSWERS-?
First Continental Congress (1774) - ANSWERS-??
Lexington and Concord - ANSWERS-The first battles of the American Revolution
The _________________________ is a scholarly term for the early history of humans in
America, beginning around 8000 BCE. - ANSWERS-Archaic Period
, __________________, of course, requires people to stay in one place. - ANSWERS-Farming
Organized societies emerged around 10,000 BCE, in ________________________, a region
comprising Mexico and much of Central America. - ANSWERS-Mesoamerica
________________________, a catastrophic epidemic of the __________________ that began
in Constantinople in 1347, had killed more than a third of the people on the Continent. -
ANSWERS-The Black Death
But the ____________________, not the Portuguese, were the first to encounter the New
World, the term Europeans applied to the ancient lands previously unknown to them. -
ANSWERS-Spanish
Ultimately, Columbus was even unable to give his name to the land he had revealed to the
Europeans. That distinction went instead to a Florentine merchant
________________________________. - ANSWERS-Amerigo Vespucci
In 1518, __________________________, who had been an unsuccessful Spanish government
official in Cuba for 14 years, led a small military expedition of about 600 men against the Aztecs
in Mexico and their powerful emperor, ___________________. - ANSWERS-Hernando Cortes;
Montezuma
In 1565, the Spanish established the fort of ________________________ in Florida, their first
permanent settlement in what is now the United States. - ANSWERS-St. Augustine
In the sixteenth century, however, the market for slaves increased dramatically as a result of the
growing European demand for ___________________. - ANSWERS-sugarcane
There were also religious motives for colonization - a result of the
___________________________________. - ANSWERS-Protestant Reformation
