Ch 1-3 Quiz

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Asia
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Where did the first peoples to the Americas come from?
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Large, wealthy, sophisticated
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Both the Aztec and Inca empires were:
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In the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys
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Where did early mound building tribes flourish
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Were related to the Native American belief that sacred spirits could be found in living and inanimate things
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Native American religious ceremonies
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Families had the right to use land, but they did not actually own the land
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How did native Americans view the concept of land ownership?
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The chance to work with other tribe members to build a house
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And example of a freedom that most native Americans would hold in high esteem would be
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Mingled ideas of freedom with servitude to Jesus Christ-concepts that were seen as mutually reinforcing.
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In Europe on the eve of colonization one conception of freedom called "Christian liberty":
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A woman surrendering her legal identity when she marries.
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"Coverture" refers to:
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In the 15th century, a big impetus for European exploration was:
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Columbus wanted to convert Asians to Catholicism
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What role did religion play in Columbus's explorations?
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The transatlantic flow of plants, animals, and germs that began after Christopher Columbus reach the New World
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The Columbian exchange was:
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Centuries of continental isolation meant that Native Americans had no immunity
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When native Americans first encountered Europeans, what led to the European diseases being so deadly?
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Martin Luther
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In 1517, the German priest ___________ began the protestant reformation by posting his 95 theses, which accused the Catholic Church of worldliness and corruption.
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Spain had caused the deaths of millions of innocent people in the New World
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According to Bartolome' de Las Casas
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Very few French came to North America
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France's relations with native American tribes can be described as a marriage of necessity because:
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It's population was limited at best, because France feared that a significant immigration would undermine its role as a great European power
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Which statement is true of new France?
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The Netherlands
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Which European country dominated international commerce in the early 17th century?
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Married women retained a legal identity separate from that of their husbands
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Which of the following is true of freedom in new Netherland?
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England sent more people to the Americas in the 17th century
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When comparing English colonies to Spanish ones:
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Were in colder climates than Spanish colonies
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In regard to geography, English colonies:
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There were no more indentured servants in the Chesapeake region
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When comparing the Chesapeake colonies to the new England settlements:
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Does not resemble today's US government
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The separation of church and state in Massachusetts during the 17th century:
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Chose an inland site partly to avoid the possibility of attack by Spanish warships
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In 1607, the colonist who sailed to Jamestown on three small ships:
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He wanted a divorce, and the pope refused to grant it
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Why did King Henry VIII break from the Catholic Church?
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Ireland
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Just as the reconquest of Spain from the moors established patterns that would be repeated in Spanish New World colonization, the methods used in which of the following countries anticipated policies England would undertake in America?
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Because of religious differences: England had officially broken with the Roman catholic church, while Spain was devoutly Catholic.
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Why did England consider Spain its enemy by the late 1500s?
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England sent more people to the Americas in the 17th century.
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When comparing English colonies to Spanish ones:
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Suffered a high death rate
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During the 17th century, indentured servants:
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Although they felt the natives had no claims since they did not cultivate or improve the land, the English usually bought their land, albeit through treaties they forced on the Indians
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Which of the following best describes how the English viewed native American ties to the land?
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It lay beside a malarial swamp
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Why was the death rate in early Jamestown incredibly high?
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The Virginia House of burgesses:
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They put the colony under the control of the crown.
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To solidify control of Virginia, what did the English do?
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It ultimately did not make money.
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The Virginia company can be called a failure primarily because:
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Tobacco
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What was Virginia's "gold", which insured it's survival and prosperity?
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Catholics.
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Maryland was established as a refuge for which group?
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The church of England was firing their ministers and censoring their writings.
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Why did Puritans decide to immigrate from England in the late 1620s and 1630s?
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He saw two kinds of liberty: natural liberty, the ability to do evil; and moral liberty, the ability to do good.
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What was Puritan leader and Massachusetts Bay Governor John Winthrop's attitude toward liberty?
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In contrast to the Chesapeake region, the population in new England:
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To be unquestioned
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The Puritans believed that male authority in the household was:
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Intolerant.
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________ described best the actions of the Puritan leaders in Massachusetts Bay
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Church and state must be totally separated
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Roger Williams argued that
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Savagery
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Fore most New Englanders, Indians represented:
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The Magna Carta:
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The right to a trial by jury
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A central element in the definition of English liberty was:
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Remained an important and much debated concept even after Charles I was beheaded
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In the battles between Parliament and the Stewart kings, English freedom:
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Their officials in Massachusetts punished Quakers financially and physically, even hanging several of them
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Which of the following is true of the Puritans dealings with Quakers?
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What was the impact of king Phillips war?
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Aimed to wrest control of world trade from the Dutch
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In 1651 the first English navigation act:
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Control trade
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A goal for the English in gaining new Amsterdam and new Netherland from the Dutch was to
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Free blacks lost employment opportunities and skilled jobs
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When England gain control of New York from the dutch, what happened to African-Americans?
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Resulted in absolute power over slaves and indentured servant's
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The fundamental constitutions of Carolina:
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South Carolina rice planters
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Of colonists and British North America, which group was the wealthiest?
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William Penn did not allow the enslavement of Indians
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In Carolina, conflict with Indians occurred, but similar problems did not take place in Pennsylvania because:
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A universal entitlement
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To Quakers, liberty was:
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Pennsylvania purchased Indian land that was then re-sold to colonists and offered refuge to tribes driven out of other colonies.
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Pennsylvania's treatment of Native Americans was unique in what way?
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Slavery became perpetual, as the children of slaves were slaves too.
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What was key to making the enslavement of Africans and enduring economic and social institution in colonial America?
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The English word "slavery" derives from "slav", reflecting the slave trade in Slavic peoples until the 15th century.
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Which of the following is true of slavery?
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Was more likely to be based in the household then on agricultural plantation.
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Unlike slavery in America, slavery in Africa:
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Sugar
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Which commodity drove the African slave trade in Brazil and the west Indies during the 17th century?
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The West Indies
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A west African captured and sold into slavery in 1650 most likely ended up in:
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It meant that, under Virginia law, Christians could own other Christians
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When the Virginia House of burgesses decreed that religious conversion did not release a sleigh from bondage:
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The replacing of indentured servant's with African slaves on Virginia's plantations.
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Bacons rebellion contributed to which of the following in Virginia?
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Embedded the principle of white supremacy in law.
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The Virginia slave code of 1705:
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Resulted mainly from the fears of English aristocrats that the birth of James II's son would lead to a Catholic succession
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The glorious Revolution of 1688:
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Resulted from packs that women made with the devil to obtain supernatural powers or interfere with natural processes.
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According to new England Puritans, witchcraft:
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A woman beyond childbearing age who is outspoken, economically independent, or estranged from her husband.
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Which of the following fits the description of a person most likely to have been accused of witchcraft in the 17th century new England?
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The only way to avoid prosecution was to confess and name others
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Why did the accusations of witchcraft in Salem suddenly snowball in 1692?
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The Massachusetts governor
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Who finally ended the Salem witch trials?
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Were found in many colonial residence homes
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By the 18th century, consumer goods such as books and ceramic plates:
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Women's work became more clearly defined as tied closely to the home.
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As English colonial society became more structured in the 18th century, what were the effects on women?