Praxis 5901 Exam Questions with Complete Answers (Grade A+)
polytheism worship of or belief in multiple deities usually assembled into a pantheon of
gods and goddesses, along with their own religions and rituals-
Prince Henry of Portugal Infante Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu , better known as
Henry the Navigator , was an important figure in 15th-century Portuguese politics and in the
early days of the Portuguese Empire
Pocahontas a Native American notable for her association with the colonial settlement at
Jamestown, Virginia
wealth the abundance of valuable resources or valuable material possessions
Roger Williams was an American popular music pianist
Virginia Company refers collectively to two joint stock companies chartered by James I
on 10 April 1606 with the purposes of establishing settlements on the coast of North America
Richard Hakluyt was an English writer
Francisco Pizarro González was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that
conquered the Inca Empire
Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English
settlement in the Americas
Tenochtitlan was an Aztec altepetl located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of
Mexico
, Sir Francis Drake vice admiral was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and
politician of the Elizabethan era
John Cabot was a Genoese navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of
North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been
the first European exploration of the mainland of North America since the Norse Vikings' visits
to Vinland in the eleventh century
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony
The Northwest Passage is a sea route connecting the northern Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways
through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Slave codes were a set of laws that allowed a slave's master to retrieve their slave from
free states without their permission
Triangular trade or triangle trade is a historical term indicating trade among three ports
or regions
Age of Discovery/Exploration is an informal and loosely defined European historical
period from the 15th century to the 18th century, marking the time in which extensive overseas
exploration emerged as a powerful factor in European culture and globalization
William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and
founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Animism is the worldview that entities in nature-such as animals, plants, and often even
inanimate objects-possess a spiritual essence
polytheism worship of or belief in multiple deities usually assembled into a pantheon of
gods and goddesses, along with their own religions and rituals-
Prince Henry of Portugal Infante Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu , better known as
Henry the Navigator , was an important figure in 15th-century Portuguese politics and in the
early days of the Portuguese Empire
Pocahontas a Native American notable for her association with the colonial settlement at
Jamestown, Virginia
wealth the abundance of valuable resources or valuable material possessions
Roger Williams was an American popular music pianist
Virginia Company refers collectively to two joint stock companies chartered by James I
on 10 April 1606 with the purposes of establishing settlements on the coast of North America
Richard Hakluyt was an English writer
Francisco Pizarro González was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that
conquered the Inca Empire
Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English
settlement in the Americas
Tenochtitlan was an Aztec altepetl located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of
Mexico
, Sir Francis Drake vice admiral was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and
politician of the Elizabethan era
John Cabot was a Genoese navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of
North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been
the first European exploration of the mainland of North America since the Norse Vikings' visits
to Vinland in the eleventh century
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony
The Northwest Passage is a sea route connecting the northern Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways
through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Slave codes were a set of laws that allowed a slave's master to retrieve their slave from
free states without their permission
Triangular trade or triangle trade is a historical term indicating trade among three ports
or regions
Age of Discovery/Exploration is an informal and loosely defined European historical
period from the 15th century to the 18th century, marking the time in which extensive overseas
exploration emerged as a powerful factor in European culture and globalization
William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and
founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Animism is the worldview that entities in nature-such as animals, plants, and often even
inanimate objects-possess a spiritual essence
