WGU Academy US History 1 Quiz 1
Native American religions were closely linked to - answer the natural world
Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-Columbian North American
tribes? - answer In all tribes, women cared for the children and prepared meals
The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began - answer with
migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait
Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city? – answer St.
Louis
The pre-Columbian North American peoples in Southwest - answer build large irrigation
systems for farming
Christopher Columbus called the native people he encountered on his voyages
"Indians" because - answerhe believed they came from the East Indies in the Pacific
Like New York, the New Jersey colony - answerHad great ethnic and religious diversity.
Warfare between Englishmen and Powhatan Indians in Virginia - answerincluded an
Indian attack on Jamestown that killed hundreds of colonists
What became the dominant crop of the Caribbean colonies? - answerSugar
In the seventeenth century, the great majority of English immigrants who came to the
Chesapeake region were - answerindentured servants
In the English colonies, Roman Catholics - answersuffered their greatest persecution in
Maryland
The witchcraft trials in Salem - answersaw the original accusers recant their charges
Commerce in early colonial America relied in large part on - answerbarter
The Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s - answerhad particular appeal with
women and young men
In the outbreaks of witchcraft hysteria that marked New England colonial life, those
accused were most commonly - answerwomen of low social position
, The proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a plantation of at least ten slaves
was over - answerthree-fourths
The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 - answertransferred territory from the French to the
English in North America
In North America during the eighteenth century, the most powerful native group was the
- answerIroquois
The Stamp Act of 1765 - answerrequired colonists to pay taxes on most printed
documents
When George III assumed the throne of England, he - answerwas painfully immature
The Declaratory Act of 1766 - answerwas a sweeping assertion of Parliament's authority
over the colonies
The Paxton Boys and the Regulators both - answerdemanded tax relief
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
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 - answerOlmecs
Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by -
answercommon linguistic roots
Amerigo Vespucci - answerhelped spread recognition of the idea that the Americans
were new continents
In the 1640s, during the English Civil War, the Cavaliers were - answersupporters of
King Charles
William Penn - answerwas a man of great wealth who converted to Quakerism
During the early years, the survival and growth of the Plymouth colony - answerwas due
in large part to the assistance of the natives
King Charles 1's treatment of Puritans could be characterized as - answerextremely
hostile
In comparing the colonial societies of Spanish America and English America, people of
mixed races had a - answerhigher status than pure Africans in Spanish America
Native American religions were closely linked to - answer the natural world
Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-Columbian North American
tribes? - answer In all tribes, women cared for the children and prepared meals
The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began - answer with
migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait
Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city? – answer St.
Louis
The pre-Columbian North American peoples in Southwest - answer build large irrigation
systems for farming
Christopher Columbus called the native people he encountered on his voyages
"Indians" because - answerhe believed they came from the East Indies in the Pacific
Like New York, the New Jersey colony - answerHad great ethnic and religious diversity.
Warfare between Englishmen and Powhatan Indians in Virginia - answerincluded an
Indian attack on Jamestown that killed hundreds of colonists
What became the dominant crop of the Caribbean colonies? - answerSugar
In the seventeenth century, the great majority of English immigrants who came to the
Chesapeake region were - answerindentured servants
In the English colonies, Roman Catholics - answersuffered their greatest persecution in
Maryland
The witchcraft trials in Salem - answersaw the original accusers recant their charges
Commerce in early colonial America relied in large part on - answerbarter
The Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s - answerhad particular appeal with
women and young men
In the outbreaks of witchcraft hysteria that marked New England colonial life, those
accused were most commonly - answerwomen of low social position
, The proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a plantation of at least ten slaves
was over - answerthree-fourths
The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 - answertransferred territory from the French to the
English in North America
In North America during the eighteenth century, the most powerful native group was the
- answerIroquois
The Stamp Act of 1765 - answerrequired colonists to pay taxes on most printed
documents
When George III assumed the throne of England, he - answerwas painfully immature
The Declaratory Act of 1766 - answerwas a sweeping assertion of Parliament's authority
over the colonies
The Paxton Boys and the Regulators both - answerdemanded tax relief
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
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 - answerOlmecs
Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by -
answercommon linguistic roots
Amerigo Vespucci - answerhelped spread recognition of the idea that the Americans
were new continents
In the 1640s, during the English Civil War, the Cavaliers were - answersupporters of
King Charles
William Penn - answerwas a man of great wealth who converted to Quakerism
During the early years, the survival and growth of the Plymouth colony - answerwas due
in large part to the assistance of the natives
King Charles 1's treatment of Puritans could be characterized as - answerextremely
hostile
In comparing the colonial societies of Spanish America and English America, people of
mixed races had a - answerhigher status than pure Africans in Spanish America
