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GACE HISTORY 534 Questions and Correct
Answers
Which of the following best describes the Eastern Woodland
peoples, such as the Iroquois and Algonquin, before European
colonization? Ans: Agriculturalists who supplemented their diet
with hunting and gathering
Which of the following initiatives was a Progressive Era response
to the threat of environmental degradation? Ans: The creation of
the national park system
The statement above was made to Queen Elizabeth I of England in
support of Walter Raleigh's effort to found a colony in the New
World.Which of the following social conditions in sixteenth-
century England does the quotation reference as a reason why the
monarch should support permanent settlements in North
America? Ans: The private ownership of formerly communal
farmland and pasture had created a landless peasantry.
Which of the following caused Spanish, British, and French forces
to fight wars in North America prior to the American Revolution?
Ans: . Disputes about controlling territory in the colonies
. Religious and cultural differences among colonists of different
nationalities
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. International tensions caused by competing alliances among the
three nations
The movement for the independence of the Canadian province of
Quebec in the late twentieth century had its roots in which of the
following events? Ans: The loss in 1763 of New France to the
British as a result of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War)
After 1720 immigrants from Ireland and Germany tended to favor
relocating to Ans: the Middle Atlantic colonies, because of their
expanding economic opportunities
Which of the following most likely led to the shift in human
societies from hunting and gathering to agriculture beginning circa
8,000 B.C.E. ? Ans: Climate change
Which of the following regions was the first to develop settled
agriculture? Ans: Middle East
In the above passage, the historian argues that the Code of
Hammurabi illustrates which of the following developments in
Mesopotamia? Ans: Patriarchy
Which of the following was a direct result of the Neolithic
Revolution? Ans: The growth of agricultural communities
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Which of the following was most significant in allowing river valley
civilizations to flourish? Ans: Agricultural production from
relatively enriched soils
Which of the following statements best describes the importance
of Nubia from 3100 B.C.E. to350 C.E.? Ans: Nubia was the only
consistently inhabited territory that connected sub-Saharan Africa
and North Africa.
Which of the following peoples created the first civilizations in
Mesopotamia? Ans: Sumerians
Which of the following significantly contributed to the decline of
both the Western Roman Empire and the Han dynasty? Ans:
Nomadic invasions and internal unrest
The spread of Greek culture into North Africa and Southwest Asia
during the fourth century B.C.E. was the result of the Ans:
conquests of Alexander the Great
Which of the following best characterizes the political structures
of the Greek city-states of Sparta and Athens in the classical
period (circa 510 B.C.E. to 323 B.C.E.) ? Ans: Sparta was a military
encampment that required citizens to serve as soldiers most of
their lives; Athens was a limited democracy in which citizens
participated in government, including the military, but performed
other work too.
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GACE HISTORY 534 Questions and Correct
Answers
Which of the following best describes the Eastern Woodland
peoples, such as the Iroquois and Algonquin, before European
colonization? Ans: Agriculturalists who supplemented their diet
with hunting and gathering
Which of the following initiatives was a Progressive Era response
to the threat of environmental degradation? Ans: The creation of
the national park system
The statement above was made to Queen Elizabeth I of England in
support of Walter Raleigh's effort to found a colony in the New
World.Which of the following social conditions in sixteenth-
century England does the quotation reference as a reason why the
monarch should support permanent settlements in North
America? Ans: The private ownership of formerly communal
farmland and pasture had created a landless peasantry.
Which of the following caused Spanish, British, and French forces
to fight wars in North America prior to the American Revolution?
Ans: . Disputes about controlling territory in the colonies
. Religious and cultural differences among colonists of different
nationalities
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, 2 | Page
. International tensions caused by competing alliances among the
three nations
The movement for the independence of the Canadian province of
Quebec in the late twentieth century had its roots in which of the
following events? Ans: The loss in 1763 of New France to the
British as a result of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War)
After 1720 immigrants from Ireland and Germany tended to favor
relocating to Ans: the Middle Atlantic colonies, because of their
expanding economic opportunities
Which of the following most likely led to the shift in human
societies from hunting and gathering to agriculture beginning circa
8,000 B.C.E. ? Ans: Climate change
Which of the following regions was the first to develop settled
agriculture? Ans: Middle East
In the above passage, the historian argues that the Code of
Hammurabi illustrates which of the following developments in
Mesopotamia? Ans: Patriarchy
Which of the following was a direct result of the Neolithic
Revolution? Ans: The growth of agricultural communities
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Which of the following was most significant in allowing river valley
civilizations to flourish? Ans: Agricultural production from
relatively enriched soils
Which of the following statements best describes the importance
of Nubia from 3100 B.C.E. to350 C.E.? Ans: Nubia was the only
consistently inhabited territory that connected sub-Saharan Africa
and North Africa.
Which of the following peoples created the first civilizations in
Mesopotamia? Ans: Sumerians
Which of the following significantly contributed to the decline of
both the Western Roman Empire and the Han dynasty? Ans:
Nomadic invasions and internal unrest
The spread of Greek culture into North Africa and Southwest Asia
during the fourth century B.C.E. was the result of the Ans:
conquests of Alexander the Great
Which of the following best characterizes the political structures
of the Greek city-states of Sparta and Athens in the classical
period (circa 510 B.C.E. to 323 B.C.E.) ? Ans: Sparta was a military
encampment that required citizens to serve as soldiers most of
their lives; Athens was a limited democracy in which citizens
participated in government, including the military, but performed
other work too.
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