History 1301 Exam UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Matrilineal - CORRECT ANSWER Based on or tracing the family through the mother.
Prevalent in Na tive American cultures.
Renaissance - CORRECT ANSWER "rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a
movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and
Rome
Prince Henry - CORRECT ANSWER Sent others to explore for him, made very first
explorer school, first person to value exploring
Pilgrims - CORRECT ANSWER English Puritans who founded Plymouth colony in
1620. Fled England to avoid persecution.
Mercantilism - CORRECT ANSWER An economic system (Europe in 18th C) to
increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
Continental Congress - CORRECT ANSWER Response to the Intolerable Acts,
representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies met to discuss the colonial troubles and complaints
in 1774.
Proclamation of 1763 - CORRECT ANSWER A proclamation from the British
government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains,
and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east.
Battle of Concord - CORRECT ANSWER April 19, 1775 - The British leave
Lexington and head to Concord to take the weapons and gunpowder from the colonists. The
British were burning the town when the colonists began firing on soldiers. The British were
chased out of town turning the road into a 20 mile battlefield. Colonists win this battle.
, Southern Agriculture - CORRECT ANSWER Soil perfect for farming, cash crops,
plantations
Glorious Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER A reference to the political events of
1688-1689, when James II abdicated his throne and was replaced by his daughter Mary and
her husband, Prince William of Orange.
Stamp Act - CORRECT ANSWER 1765, A tax that the British Pariliament placed on
newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies
English Settlements - CORRECT ANSWER Political instability, reformation,
overpopulation. Establishment of colonies on east coast.
French Settlements - CORRECT ANSWER Along Mississippi river (Detroit, St. Louis,
New Orleans), Canada, trading posts in India. Canada. Friendly with natives.
LaSalle - CORRECT ANSWER French explorer who claimed Louisiana and
Mississippi river mouth for France (1643-1687)
Timbuktu - CORRECT ANSWER Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and
islamic learning
Age of Exploration - CORRECT ANSWER A period from about the 1400's-1600's in
which European countries seek new trade routes, explore, and ultimately settle colonies in the
Americas.
New Netherlands - CORRECT ANSWER A Prosperous Dutch colonization that
experienced success and peace (except for New Amsterdam). This colony was easily taken
over with little resistance by the British in 1664
Seven Years War - CORRECT ANSWER (1756-1763 CE) Known also as the French
and Indian war. It was the war between the French and their Indian allies and the English that
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Matrilineal - CORRECT ANSWER Based on or tracing the family through the mother.
Prevalent in Na tive American cultures.
Renaissance - CORRECT ANSWER "rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a
movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and
Rome
Prince Henry - CORRECT ANSWER Sent others to explore for him, made very first
explorer school, first person to value exploring
Pilgrims - CORRECT ANSWER English Puritans who founded Plymouth colony in
1620. Fled England to avoid persecution.
Mercantilism - CORRECT ANSWER An economic system (Europe in 18th C) to
increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
Continental Congress - CORRECT ANSWER Response to the Intolerable Acts,
representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies met to discuss the colonial troubles and complaints
in 1774.
Proclamation of 1763 - CORRECT ANSWER A proclamation from the British
government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains,
and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east.
Battle of Concord - CORRECT ANSWER April 19, 1775 - The British leave
Lexington and head to Concord to take the weapons and gunpowder from the colonists. The
British were burning the town when the colonists began firing on soldiers. The British were
chased out of town turning the road into a 20 mile battlefield. Colonists win this battle.
, Southern Agriculture - CORRECT ANSWER Soil perfect for farming, cash crops,
plantations
Glorious Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER A reference to the political events of
1688-1689, when James II abdicated his throne and was replaced by his daughter Mary and
her husband, Prince William of Orange.
Stamp Act - CORRECT ANSWER 1765, A tax that the British Pariliament placed on
newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies
English Settlements - CORRECT ANSWER Political instability, reformation,
overpopulation. Establishment of colonies on east coast.
French Settlements - CORRECT ANSWER Along Mississippi river (Detroit, St. Louis,
New Orleans), Canada, trading posts in India. Canada. Friendly with natives.
LaSalle - CORRECT ANSWER French explorer who claimed Louisiana and
Mississippi river mouth for France (1643-1687)
Timbuktu - CORRECT ANSWER Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and
islamic learning
Age of Exploration - CORRECT ANSWER A period from about the 1400's-1600's in
which European countries seek new trade routes, explore, and ultimately settle colonies in the
Americas.
New Netherlands - CORRECT ANSWER A Prosperous Dutch colonization that
experienced success and peace (except for New Amsterdam). This colony was easily taken
over with little resistance by the British in 1664
Seven Years War - CORRECT ANSWER (1756-1763 CE) Known also as the French
and Indian war. It was the war between the French and their Indian allies and the English that
