TTU Hist 2300 Midterm Review Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Land Bridge Theory -
correct answer ✅The theory that Native Americans crossed into
North America from Asia over a land bridge that once connected
North America and Asia.
Missisippian Culture -
correct answer ✅a mound-building Native American civilization
that flourished in what is now the Midwestern, Eastern, and
Southeastern United States from approximately 800 CE to 1600 CE,
varying regionally.
Colonialism -
correct answer ✅Attempt by one country to establish settlements
and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in
another territory.
Columbian Exchange -
correct answer ✅The exchange of goods and ideas between
Native Americans and Europeans
Iroquois -
correct answer ✅A later native group to the eastern woodlands.
,TTU Hist 2300 Midterm Review Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
They blended agriculture and hunting living in common villages
constructed from the trees and bark of the forests
Christopher Columbus -
correct answer ✅An Italian navigator who was funded by the
Spanish Government to find a passage to the Far East. He is given
credit for discovering the "New World," even though at his death he
believed he had made it to India. He made four voyages to the
"New World." The first sighting of land was on October 12, 1492,
and three other journies until the time of his death in 1503.
Encomienda System -
correct answer ✅A system whereby the Spanish crown granted
the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of Indians; it was
a disguised form of slavery.
East India Company -
correct answer ✅a British trading company that set up large,
profitable trading post colonies in India
Roanoke Colony -
correct answer ✅The first attempted colony in the Americas
(1584). it ultimately failed
, TTU Hist 2300 Midterm Review Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
John Smith -
correct answer ✅English explorer who helped found the colony at
Jamestown, Virginia
Headright System -
correct answer ✅The Virginia Company's system in which settlers
and the family members who came with them each received 50
acres of land
Pilgrims -
correct answer ✅English Puritans who founded Plymouth colony
in 1620
Great Migration -
correct answer ✅movement of over 300,000 African American
from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920
Squanto -
correct answer ✅Native American who helped the English
colonists in Massachusetts develop agricultural techniques and
served as an interpreter between the colonists and the
Wampanoag.
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Land Bridge Theory -
correct answer ✅The theory that Native Americans crossed into
North America from Asia over a land bridge that once connected
North America and Asia.
Missisippian Culture -
correct answer ✅a mound-building Native American civilization
that flourished in what is now the Midwestern, Eastern, and
Southeastern United States from approximately 800 CE to 1600 CE,
varying regionally.
Colonialism -
correct answer ✅Attempt by one country to establish settlements
and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in
another territory.
Columbian Exchange -
correct answer ✅The exchange of goods and ideas between
Native Americans and Europeans
Iroquois -
correct answer ✅A later native group to the eastern woodlands.
,TTU Hist 2300 Midterm Review Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
They blended agriculture and hunting living in common villages
constructed from the trees and bark of the forests
Christopher Columbus -
correct answer ✅An Italian navigator who was funded by the
Spanish Government to find a passage to the Far East. He is given
credit for discovering the "New World," even though at his death he
believed he had made it to India. He made four voyages to the
"New World." The first sighting of land was on October 12, 1492,
and three other journies until the time of his death in 1503.
Encomienda System -
correct answer ✅A system whereby the Spanish crown granted
the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of Indians; it was
a disguised form of slavery.
East India Company -
correct answer ✅a British trading company that set up large,
profitable trading post colonies in India
Roanoke Colony -
correct answer ✅The first attempted colony in the Americas
(1584). it ultimately failed
, TTU Hist 2300 Midterm Review Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
John Smith -
correct answer ✅English explorer who helped found the colony at
Jamestown, Virginia
Headright System -
correct answer ✅The Virginia Company's system in which settlers
and the family members who came with them each received 50
acres of land
Pilgrims -
correct answer ✅English Puritans who founded Plymouth colony
in 1620
Great Migration -
correct answer ✅movement of over 300,000 African American
from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920
Squanto -
correct answer ✅Native American who helped the English
colonists in Massachusetts develop agricultural techniques and
served as an interpreter between the colonists and the
Wampanoag.
