History 105 Questions with Correct Answers
True
When English colonists in Virginia could not profit from the kind of mineral wealth that
Spain was extracting from its colonies, they turned to tobacco as a desirable and profitable
commodity.
c.
Which of the following is false?
a. Within the center-periphery model for studying empires, strategic decisions were typically
made at the center while pragmatic decisions were typically made at the periphery.
b.
Pope Alexander VI settled a colonial dispute between Spain and Portugal by drawing a line
and declaring that Portugal could claim lands to the east of the line and Spain lands to the
west of it.
c.
England's early efforts in the Americas (Newfoundland, 1583 and Roanoke Island, 1585)
proved to be two of the most highly successful colonies in the New World.
d.
In examining empires in the period we are studying, we classify European nations as centers
and the New World as peripheries, the latter consisting of colonial centers and frontiers.
e.
,The availability of horses and firearms helped Hernán Cortés to conquer the Aztecs and
Francisco Pizarro to conquer the Incas.
a.
Which of the following statements is FALSE according to the Bushnell and Greene essay we
read?
a. David J. Weber argues that by the late eighteenth century, Europeans had achieved
hegemony over the entirety of the Americas.
b.
The political units that modern historians classify as colonies had political, legal,
constitutional, and economic attachments to a particular European state culture.
c.
In areas where there had been massive importations of Africans to work in mines or on
plantations, Africans and their creole descendants were numerically predominant.
d.
The defeat of France in the Seven Years' War deprived the French of their settlements in
North America.
a. hypothetical
In this course, we analyze history employing all characteristics except _____.
a. hypothetical
, b. social
c. political
d. cultural
e. economic
a.
In the chapter titled "You May Take Me," Akers states all of the following EXCEPT
a. Reverend Richard Cranch disappointed Abigail Adams because she considered him an
inept teacher.
b. Because there were few careers for upper-class women, remaining unmarried would leave
them economically dependent on relatives.
c. Abigail Adams was particularly fond of Samuel Richardson's novels because the author
treated the questions most on the minds of literate, sensitive young women.
d.Compared to Europe, the scarcity of women in the colonies temporarily raised the
importance of women - principally as wives and mothers - but it only slightly increased their
economic independence.
a
True
When English colonists in Virginia could not profit from the kind of mineral wealth that
Spain was extracting from its colonies, they turned to tobacco as a desirable and profitable
commodity.
c.
Which of the following is false?
a. Within the center-periphery model for studying empires, strategic decisions were typically
made at the center while pragmatic decisions were typically made at the periphery.
b.
Pope Alexander VI settled a colonial dispute between Spain and Portugal by drawing a line
and declaring that Portugal could claim lands to the east of the line and Spain lands to the
west of it.
c.
England's early efforts in the Americas (Newfoundland, 1583 and Roanoke Island, 1585)
proved to be two of the most highly successful colonies in the New World.
d.
In examining empires in the period we are studying, we classify European nations as centers
and the New World as peripheries, the latter consisting of colonial centers and frontiers.
e.
,The availability of horses and firearms helped Hernán Cortés to conquer the Aztecs and
Francisco Pizarro to conquer the Incas.
a.
Which of the following statements is FALSE according to the Bushnell and Greene essay we
read?
a. David J. Weber argues that by the late eighteenth century, Europeans had achieved
hegemony over the entirety of the Americas.
b.
The political units that modern historians classify as colonies had political, legal,
constitutional, and economic attachments to a particular European state culture.
c.
In areas where there had been massive importations of Africans to work in mines or on
plantations, Africans and their creole descendants were numerically predominant.
d.
The defeat of France in the Seven Years' War deprived the French of their settlements in
North America.
a. hypothetical
In this course, we analyze history employing all characteristics except _____.
a. hypothetical
, b. social
c. political
d. cultural
e. economic
a.
In the chapter titled "You May Take Me," Akers states all of the following EXCEPT
a. Reverend Richard Cranch disappointed Abigail Adams because she considered him an
inept teacher.
b. Because there were few careers for upper-class women, remaining unmarried would leave
them economically dependent on relatives.
c. Abigail Adams was particularly fond of Samuel Richardson's novels because the author
treated the questions most on the minds of literate, sensitive young women.
d.Compared to Europe, the scarcity of women in the colonies temporarily raised the
importance of women - principally as wives and mothers - but it only slightly increased their
economic independence.
a
