QUESTIONS+ANSWERS
Before-the-coming-of-Europeans,-the-peoples-who-lived-in-what-is-now-the-United-States-
had-not-developed---ans-✔✔A-common-language
The-first-European-country-to-launch-long-ocean-voyages-of-exploration-was---ans-
✔✔Portugal
When-Christopher-Columbus-made-his-famous-voyages-to-the-New-World,-he---ans-
✔✔Believed-that-he-had-reached-the-Far-East
The-Spanish-conquest-of-the-Aztecs-was,-in-part,-due-to---ans-✔✔The-diseases-the-
Spaniards-had-given-the-Indians
Before-the-arrival-of-the-Europeans,-the-political-system-of-southern-and-western-Africa-
was-composed-of---ans-✔✔A-number-of-small--and-medium-sized-regional-kingdoms
According-to-the-principles-of-mercantilism,---ans-✔✔A-successful-nation-should-export-
its-own-goods-in-exchange-for-gold-and-silver
The-religious-dissatisfactions-that-ultimately-propelled-English-"Separatists"-into-the-New-
World-can-be-traded-to-the-1517-protests-of-the-German-priest---ans-✔✔Martin-Luther
Henry-VIII-started-the-English-Reformation-because-he---ans-✔✔Required-a-divorce-in-
order-to-marry
The-majority-of-English-Puritans-were-religious-dissenters-who---ans-✔✔Wished-to-purify-
Anglican-forms-of-worship
The-most-important-single-event-influencing-England's-decision-to-begin-New-World-
colonization-was-the---ans-✔✔Defeat-of-the-Spanish-Armada-in-1588
The-first-permanent-English-settlement-in-the-New-World-was-established-at---ans-
✔✔Jamestown
,Civilizations-in-the-Americas-before-the-arrival-of-Columbus---ans-✔✔Included-elaborate-
and-sophisticated-cultures-that-rivaled-those-of-Europe
The-Treaty-of-Tordesillas-contained-a-provision-to---ans-✔✔Divide-the-Americas-between-
Spain-and-Portugal-to-colonize
The-Coureurs-des-Bois-relationship-with-Indians-differed-from-the-English-because---ans-
✔✔They-formed-successful-partnerships-with-Indians-by-becoming-a-part-of-native-
society-and-intermarrying
An-assumption-that-the-English-learned-in-Ireland-and-brought-to-their-American-
settlements-was---ans-✔✔English-colonial-settlements-must-remain-separated-from-
native-populations
Virginia-began-to-prosper-when-the-governor-changed-from---ans-✔✔A-communal-
system-of-labor-to-private-ownership
The-survival-and-expansion-of-Virginia-were-due,-in-part,-to---ans-✔✔The-discovery-that-
tobacco-would-grow-well-there
During-the-1600s,-the-rapid-growth-of-Virginia's-population-led-to-the---ans-✔✔Violation-of-
Indian-treaties-and-frequent-border-conflicts
Bacon's-Rebellion-began-as---ans-✔✔A-fight-between-Indians-and-frontiersman-over-
western-lands
The-Massachusetts-Bay-colony-was-founded-as---ans-✔✔A-business-venture
For-James,-the-Duke-of-York,-to-take-possession-of-the-colony-granted-to-him-by-his-
brother,-Charles-II,-he-had-to-use-military-force-against---ans-✔✔The-Dutch
The-colony-of-Georgia-was-founded-as-a---ans-✔✔Military-buffer-against-the-Spanish
The-English-colonization-of-North-America---ans-✔✔Established-trading-centers-in-cities-
on-the-eastern-seaboard
One-of-the-problems-in-Jamestown-that-led-to-a-high-mortality-rate-in-the-early-years-was---
ans-✔✔The-cultivation-of-the-staple-crop-tobacco-for-trade-instead-of-grain
Puritan-theology-included-a-belief-that---ans-✔✔God-chose-who-was-saved-before-they-
were-born
Slavery-emerged-in-the-Chesapeake-region---ans-✔✔Over-time-as-labor-demand-
increased-and-the-flow-of-indentured-servants-decreased
, Spanish-and-French-colonization-patterns-differed-from-those-of-the-English-by---ans-
✔✔Including-Indians-in-their-society-and-intermarrying-with-them
The-contention-that-colonial-events-were-directly-influenced-by-actions-and-events-in-
England-is-illustrated-by-which-of-the-following-correctly-paired-events?---ans-✔✔The-
Glorious-Revolution--Leisler's-Rebellion
The-Dominion-of-New-England-was-an-attempt---ans-✔✔To-rationalize-colonial-policy-
and-consolidate-it-in-the-Crown
John-Winthrop's-characterization-of-Massachusetts-Bay-as-a-"city-on-a-hill"-implied-that---
ans-✔✔Massachusetts-Bay-would-be-an-example-for-England-to-emulate
Roughly-one-fourth-of-indentures-in-the-Chesapeake-were---ans-✔✔Women
During-the-late-1600s,-the-system-of-indentured-servitude-became-less-popular-
because---ans-✔✔The-English-birth-rate-declined
In-the-late-1600s,-the-element-of-society-in-the-English-colonies-that-caused-the-greatest-
social-unrest-was---ans-✔✔Indentured-servants
Medical-care-in-early-colonial-America---ans-✔✔Revealed-that-there-was-little-use-of-the-
scientific-method
In-the-1600s,-the-high-sex-ratio-of-men-to-women-in-the-Chesapeake-meant-that---ans-
✔✔Females-had-much-latitude-in-the-choice-of-husbands
In-the-1600s,-Puritan-New-England-family-structure---ans-✔✔Was-more-stable-than-that-
of-southern-colonies
By-the-early-eighteenth-century,-Africans-in-North-America---ans-✔✔Began-more-
commonly-to-be-seen-as-inferior-by-whites
The-Making-of-New-World-Slavery,-by-Robin-Blackburn-stressed-a-theme-of---ans-
✔✔Economic-advantages-of-slavery
In-American-Slavery,-American-Freedom,-Edmund-S.-Morgan-suggested-that-the---ans-
✔✔American-colonies-were-new-in-creating-a-permanent-condition-of-servitude
In-South-Carolina-during-the-early-1740s,-a-new-staple-crop-was---ans-✔✔Indigo
The-rise-of-commerce-in-the-English-colonies-was-aided-by---ans-✔✔A-group-of-
adventurous-entrepreneurs
In-general,-plantations-in-the-American-South-can-be-described-as---ans-✔✔Self-
contained-communities