Straighterline US History 1 Final Exam Study Cards Questions & Answers(RATED A+)

The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began - ANSWERwith migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait. Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today the United States - ANSWERhad the most abundant food resources of any region of the continent. The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Pacific Northwest - ANSWERfished salmon as their principal occupation. Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering Strait occurred approximately - ANSWER11,000 years ago. Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-Columbian North American tribes? - ANSWERIn all tribes, women cared for the children and prepared meals. Native American religions were closely linked to - ANSWERthe natural world. The cause of the failure of the Roanoke colony - ANSWERis historically inconclusive. In what way did sixteenth-century Europeans benefit from trade between the Americas and Europe? - ANSWERA large number of new crops became available in Europe. In King Philip's War, Indians made effective use of a relatively new weapon, the - ANSWERflintlock rifle. Captain John Smith helped the Jamestown settlement survive by - ANSWERimposing work and order on the colonists. The New York colony - ANSWERemerged after a struggle between the English and the Dutch. Warfare between Englishmen and Powhatan Indians in Virginia - ANSWERincluded an Indian attack on Jamestown that killed hundreds of colonists. In the mid-1600s, New England Puritan ministers began preaching against the decline of - ANSWERpiety. During the seventeenth century, the Royal African Company of England - ANSWERdeliberately restricted the supply of slaves to the North American colonies. The "triangular trade" in the Atlantic dealt with which commodity? - ANSWERrum, sugar, slaves, & molasses The seventeenth-century medical practice of deliberately bleeding a person was based on - ANSWERthe belief that a person needed to maintain a balance of different bodily fluids. By 1700, English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery in part because - ANSWERof a declining birthrate in England. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, medical practitioners - ANSWERhad little or no knowledge of sterilization. During the eighteenth century, rising consumerism in the American colonies was encouraged by - ANSWERincreasing class distinctions within society and the association of material possessions with status in the upper class. The verdict of the libel trial of New York publisher John Peter Zenger - ANSWERincreased freedom of the press in the colonies. The proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a plantation of at least ten slaves was over - ANSWERthree-fourths. Which of the following statements about slave work is FALSE? - ANSWERColonial slave codes forbade teaching slaves skilled trades and crafts. In the English colonies, Roman Catholics - ANSWERsuffered their greatest persecution in Maryland. The first North American college was - ANSWERHarvard. Which statement regarding colonial higher education is true? - ANSWERMost colleges were founded by religious groups. In colonial New England Puritan communities, women - ANSWERwere expected to devote themselves to serving the needs of their husbands and households. By 1776, what proportion of white males were literate in colonial America? - ANSWERmore than half The witchcraft trials in Salem - ANSWERsaw the original accusers recant their charges. During the third phase of the French and Indian War, British leader William Pitt - ANSWERgradually loosened his tight control over the colonists. In North America during the eighteenth century, the most powerful native group was the - ANSWERIroquois. In the aftermath of King George's War - ANSWERrelations among the English, French, and Iroquois deteriorated. Through the first half of the eighteenth century, the Iroquois Confederacy formed agreements and traded with - ANSWERboth France and England at the same time. In North America as a result of the Seven Years' War, England - ANSWERconfirmed its commercial supremacy and increased its political control of the settled regions. For most Indians in North America, the British victory in the French and Indian War - ANSWERhad disastrous effects on their future. Who among the fo