Question 1

Food crops exported from the Americas:

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allowed a population explosion

Question 2

European exploration of the Americas was greatly assisted by:

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the Reformation

Question 3

Columbus succeeded in:

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inspiring subsequent European explorations

Question 4

After the arrival of Europeans, the greatest number of Indians died as a result of:

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disease

Question 5

The first Europeans to sail around Africa and on to India were the:

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English

Question 6

"Right of Discorvery":

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gave the explorers the right to keep the land for themselves because they had discovered it

Question 7

"Matrilineal" means:

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you trace your heritage through the mother's blood line

Question 8

The Protestant Reformation in England:

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was led by John Calvin

Question 9

A central element of John Calvin's theology was his belief in:

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predestination

Question 10

Martin Luther translated the Bible to:

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German

Question 11

By the early 18th Century, the English colonies in North America:

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had eliminated their French and Spanish rivals

Question 12

The Jamestown colony finally attained a measure of prosperity form:

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tobacco

Question 13

The first commercially important natural resource in the Indian-English dynamic was:

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furs

Question 14

the headright system adopted for the Virginia colony consisted of:

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giving fifty acres of land to anyone who would transport himself to the colony and fifty more for any servants he might bring

Question 15

The Mayflower Compact:

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provided the original government for the Plymouth colony

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT true of Georgia

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it succeeded in keeping out slavery

Question 17

The colony of Pennsylvania was:

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open to all religious believers

Question 18

Maryland was established in 1634 as a refuge for:

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English Catholics

Question 19

One outstand characteristic of Jamestown in its initial years was:

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the high mortality rate among its settlers

Question 20

A large number of South Carolina's original settlers were British planters from:

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Barbados

Question 21

Early settlers of Puritan New England typically lived:

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in communities where church and state were not separate

Question 22

Of the following colonies, which one most embraced religious and ethnic diversity?

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Pennsylvania

Question 23

In regard to religion, women:

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were more likely to be churchgoers than men

Question 24

Legally speaking , slaves were:

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property

Question 25

New England's most important commodity was:

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fish

Question 26

The Stono Rebellion:

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tightened controls on slaves

Question 27

Although diseases were widespread in North America, colonists were less susceptible because:

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Americas had been exposed to most diseases in Europe and had build immunity

Question 28

The witch craze in Salem started when:

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adolescent girls began to exhibit strange afflictions

Question 29

Slave codes:

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outlined the local laws that governed slave life and ownership

Question 30

Education in the colonies was:

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usually seen as the responsibility of family and church

Question 31

The French and Indian War was triggered by:

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conflicting French and English claims to the Ohio Valley

Question 32

The Royal Proclamation of 1763:

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prohibited American settlement west of the Appalachians

Question 33

All of the following were true of the early Revolution EXCEPT:

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Patriots were universally united behind the cause of independence

Question 34

The purpose of the Coercive Acts was to:

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punish Boston for the Tea Party

Question 35

Perhaps the most radical of the American rebels was Bostonian:

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Samuel Adams

Question 36

Colonial royal governors:

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had veto power over colonial assemblies

Question 37

At the end of the war, New Orleans and all of the French lands west of the Mississippi:

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went to Spain

Question 38

One of the chief objectives of policy under George Grenville was to:

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reduce Britain's enormous debt

Question 39

The major object of the Tea Act of 1773 was to:

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bail out the East India Company

Question 40

Which is true of the Boston Tea Party?

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Americans destroyed forty-six tons of tea.

Question 41

The American victory at Saratoga resulted in:

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France's entry on the American side.

Question 42

On Christmas night 1776, Washington crossed the Delaware to defeat the:

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Hessians

Question 43

The war in the South was characterized by"

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killing of prisoners by both sides

Question 44

Benedict Arnold became notorious late in the war by:

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defecting to the British

Question 45

Abigail Adams's appeal to her husband, John, to "Remember the Ladies":

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was basically ignored

Question 46

which of the following statements was NOT true of women during the Revolutionary era?

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on at least one occasion, commanded an artillery company in Washington's army

Question 47

Because of associations with the British, the Revolution was especially detrimental to the status of the:

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Anglicans

Question 48

The colonists who wanted to remain part of the British Kingdom were:

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loyalists

Question 49

In an effort to grow enlistment in the Continental Army, men were

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encouraged by an enlistment of $20

Question 50

In its winter camp at Valley Forge, Washington's army was decimated by all of the following EXCEPT:

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enemy attack

Question 51

The Constitution was to be considered  ratified as soon as it had been approved by:

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nine of the states

Question 52

In regard to religion, the Constitution:

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prevents Congress from establishing an official religion

Question 53

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787:

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banned slavery in the Northwest

Question 54

Shay's Rebellion was led by:

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Indebted farmers

Question 55

On the question of women's rights, the proposed Constitution:

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said nothing

Question 56

The Great compromise:

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settled the question of congressional representation

Question 57

When Britain and France went to war in 1793, the United States:

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expressed neutrality, warning Americans not to aid either side

Question 58

One key element of Hamilton's program to encourage manufacturing was his proposal for:

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high protective tariffs

Question 59

The convention, which assembled in May 1787, was supposed to:

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revise the Articles of Confederation

Question 60

Which one of the following gave the Confederation government the most trouble?

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finances

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