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US History - Unit 1
Colonial America to 1760 - "A City on a Hill"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| According to historians cited in the video of Lesson 1, the study of history should do all of the following EXCEPT___________. | Emphasize dates and battles |
| The basic reason for the early, prolonged absence of humans in the Western Hemisphere is that _______ | North and South America had become detached from the gigantic continent of Pangaea |
| About 11,000 years ago the Paleo-Indians faced a major crisis: | the large animals they hunted had difficulty adapting to a warming climate |
| The Northwest archaic peoples | constructed large, multifamily cedar houses adorned with totems |
| At Cahokia, Monk's Mound likely served as a site for | the ruling chief |
| The human sacrifices practiced by the Mexica are said to have been on a scale unequaled in human history; to the Mexica, human sacrifice was | a normal and reasonable activity to demonstrate their religious devotion |
| The greatest similarity among the diverse cultures that inhabited North America at the dawn of European colonization was that each | developed a distinct culture because of specific adaptations made to their own local natural environment |
| While it was unfortunate that the bubonic plague killed about a third of Europe's population, it was beneficial in that it | eased pressure on food resources and created greater opportunities for advancement |
| Columbus' first impression of the Tainos was that they | would be good and intelligent servants |
| Some historians believe that because of the effects of the Columbian exchange, the so-called discovery of America was | the most important event in the history of the world |
| If you were Martin Waldseemuller in 1500, you were among the very first to understand that | the discoveries of Columbus, Balboa, and Vespucci proved there was a continent which existed west of Europe and east of Asia |
| Hernan Cortes was eventually able to defeat the Mexicans in 1521 by enlisting the help of | tens of thousands of Indian allies who favored the destruction of the Aztecs |
| The Spanish introduced the encomienda as a way to | reward conquistadors who claimed territory in the New World |
| In the video for Lesson 2, Professor David Weber reminds us that in frontier regions | people tend to develop a new culture |
| In the video for Lesson 3, Professor Karen Kupperman speculates that the "lost" colonists of Roanoke likely | melded in with the Indian population in the area |
| The story of Pocahontas saving Captain John Smith from her father's death sentence was told to inform the reader | about how inadequately Englishmen understood Indian rituals |
| Relations between Jamestown colonists and Indians changed by 1622 because | expansion of the settlement now encroached on Indian land |
| Richard Hakluyt, a strong proponenet of colonization, argued that English colonies would | provide a market for English goods and a place for the unemployed |
| If you wanted to be a highly profitable tobacco farmer in the 1600s in Virgina, the biggest obstacle you were likely to face was | lack of workers |
| Bacon's Rebellion erupted in 1676 as a dispute over Indian policy, and it ended as a conflict between the | planter elite and the small farmers |
| It is important to study the economy and slave labor system of the Caribbean sugar islands because it helps us better understand | the first major settlement of slaves and slave owners in Carolina |
| In the video in Lesson 3, Professor Dan Littlefield observes that the shift in seventeenth century Virginia away from indentured servant labor was accompanied by | using race as a dividing line among the poor |
| Sixteenth-century English Puritanism | was a set of broadly interpreted ideas and religious principles held by those seeking to purify the Church of England |
| In the video for Lesson 4, historian Jim Baker observes that American Indians in the area of Plymouth colony signed a treaty of friendship with the Pilgrims because they | sought allies against neighboring Indian tribes |
| Anne Hutchinson's emphasis on the "covenant of grace" stirred religious controversy in early Massachusetts because | it was feared she was disrupting the good order in the colony |
| Metacomet (King Philip)led a war against New England settlers in the 1670s because | settlers continued to encroach upon Indian lands |
| By the 1680s New England's population had grown large and somewhat religiously splintered to the point that | heated debates between factions were common |
| In 17th century New England, accusing someone of witchcraft often became a useful way to | cast oneself as a victim and blame one's misfortuneon evil forces beyond the control of mere mortals |
| In the video in Lesson 4, Professor Curtis Thomas observes that the Puritan influence on Americans can still be seen in their tendency to assume | people are basically evil |
| The 17th century New England economy mainly consisted of | subsistence farming mixed with fishing and timber harvesting for markets in Europe and the West Indies |
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