WGU Academy US History 1 - Exam 1
In the Great Plains region, most pre-Columbian societies - answer engaged in
sedentary farming.
Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering Strait
occurred approximately - answer11,000 years ago
The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the - answer Olmecs
Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by - answer
common linguistic roots
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 origins of the majority of human existence in North America began - answerwith
migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait
What condition(s) in England in the sixteenth century provided incentive for
colonization? - answerThe availability of farmland was declining, while the population
was growing.
African and American Indian societies tended to be matrilineal, which means -
answerpeople traced their heredity through their mothers
Unlike Puritans, the Quakers - answerrejected the doctrine of original sin
King Charles I's treatment of Puritans could be characterized as - answerextremely
hostile
In 1620, the Puritan Pilgrims who came to North America - answerhoped to create their
ideal close-knit Christian community
During the early years, the survival and growth of the Plymouth colony - answerwas due
in large part to the assistance of the natives.
During the seventeenth century, English colonists in the Chesapeake saw - answera life
expectancy for men of just over forty years
The total number of Africans forcibly brought to all of the Americas as slaves is
estimated to have been as many as - answer11 million.
In the Great Plains region, most pre-Columbian societies - answer engaged in
sedentary farming.
Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering Strait
occurred approximately - answer11,000 years ago
The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the - answer Olmecs
Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by - answer
common linguistic roots
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 origins of the majority of human existence in North America began - answerwith
migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait
What condition(s) in England in the sixteenth century provided incentive for
colonization? - answerThe availability of farmland was declining, while the population
was growing.
African and American Indian societies tended to be matrilineal, which means -
answerpeople traced their heredity through their mothers
Unlike Puritans, the Quakers - answerrejected the doctrine of original sin
King Charles I's treatment of Puritans could be characterized as - answerextremely
hostile
In 1620, the Puritan Pilgrims who came to North America - answerhoped to create their
ideal close-knit Christian community
During the early years, the survival and growth of the Plymouth colony - answerwas due
in large part to the assistance of the natives.
During the seventeenth century, English colonists in the Chesapeake saw - answera life
expectancy for men of just over forty years
The total number of Africans forcibly brought to all of the Americas as slaves is
estimated to have been as many as - answer11 million.
