WGU ACADEMY US HISTORY 1 EXAMINATION
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ The Native American crops of maize (corn), beans, and squash that
grew effectively together. Answer: Three Sisters
◉ A major city on the Mississippi (near present-day St. Louis) that was a
major political, economic, and religious center. It held a population of
about 40,000 people in 1200 A.D. Answer: Cahokia
◉ Aztec capital city holding more than 100,000 people. Answer:
Tenochtitlán
◉ Tenochtitlán had a population of over _________ people around the
time of Columbus's discovery. Answer: 100,000
◉ The English were late at colonization because they were lazy. Answer:
False
◉ Some of the problems that the English faced at home were inflation,
population explosion, and religious strife. Answer: True
, ◉ The English monarchy created joint stock companies. Answer: False
◉ Puritans wanted to explore the New World for strictly commercial
purposes. Answer: False
◉ There were earlier botched attempts at colonization, but Jamestown
would be the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
Answer: True
◉ Spanish conquerors, usually soldiers, who invaded and colonized
Spanish America. Answer: Conquistadors
◉ American plantations where Indians were forcibly employed; the
plantations were given as gifts to favored nobles. Answer:
◉ The exchange of people, food, plants, weeds, bacteria, diseases, trade
goods, and other elements between Native Americans and Europeans
after Christopher Columbus's discovery. Answer: Columbian Exchange
◉ A massive epidemic, such as smallpox, that devastates civilizations
that previously had no immunity to it. Answer: Virgin Soils Epidemics
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ The Native American crops of maize (corn), beans, and squash that
grew effectively together. Answer: Three Sisters
◉ A major city on the Mississippi (near present-day St. Louis) that was a
major political, economic, and religious center. It held a population of
about 40,000 people in 1200 A.D. Answer: Cahokia
◉ Aztec capital city holding more than 100,000 people. Answer:
Tenochtitlán
◉ Tenochtitlán had a population of over _________ people around the
time of Columbus's discovery. Answer: 100,000
◉ The English were late at colonization because they were lazy. Answer:
False
◉ Some of the problems that the English faced at home were inflation,
population explosion, and religious strife. Answer: True
, ◉ The English monarchy created joint stock companies. Answer: False
◉ Puritans wanted to explore the New World for strictly commercial
purposes. Answer: False
◉ There were earlier botched attempts at colonization, but Jamestown
would be the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
Answer: True
◉ Spanish conquerors, usually soldiers, who invaded and colonized
Spanish America. Answer: Conquistadors
◉ American plantations where Indians were forcibly employed; the
plantations were given as gifts to favored nobles. Answer:
◉ The exchange of people, food, plants, weeds, bacteria, diseases, trade
goods, and other elements between Native Americans and Europeans
after Christopher Columbus's discovery. Answer: Columbian Exchange
◉ A massive epidemic, such as smallpox, that devastates civilizations
that previously had no immunity to it. Answer: Virgin Soils Epidemics
