StraighterLine Exam 1 Questions and
Answers
Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-Columbian North American
tribes? - Answer-In all tribes, women cared for the children and prepared meals.
Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city? - Answer-St.
Louis
The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the - Answer-Olmecs
In the Great Plains region, most pre-Columbian societies - Answer-Engaged in
sedentary farming
Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering Strait
occurred approximately - Answer-11,000 years ago
The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Pacific Northwest - Answer-Fished
salmon as their principal occupation.
An encomienda was a - Answer-License to exact tribute and labor from natives.
Land grant favored towards Spaniards
England's first experience with colonization came in - Answer-Ireland
When the House of Burgesses was created in Virginia in 1619, - Answer-Colonists were
given a share of local political representation.
Bacon's Rebellion - Answer-Was a conflict between eastern and western political forces
in Virginia.
The Massachusetts Bay Puritans - Answer-Created a colonial "theocracy."
When it was established in 1644, the colony of Rhode Island - Answer-Was notable for
its religious toleration.
During the seventeenth century, the Royal African Company of England - Answer-
Deliberately restricted the supply of slaves to the North American colonies.
In the seventeenth century, white women in the colonial Chesapeake - Answer-
Averaged one pregnancy for every two years of marriage.
The term middle passage refers to the movement of enslaved Africans - Answer-From
Africa to the New World.
Answers
Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-Columbian North American
tribes? - Answer-In all tribes, women cared for the children and prepared meals.
Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city? - Answer-St.
Louis
The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the - Answer-Olmecs
In the Great Plains region, most pre-Columbian societies - Answer-Engaged in
sedentary farming
Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering Strait
occurred approximately - Answer-11,000 years ago
The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Pacific Northwest - Answer-Fished
salmon as their principal occupation.
An encomienda was a - Answer-License to exact tribute and labor from natives.
Land grant favored towards Spaniards
England's first experience with colonization came in - Answer-Ireland
When the House of Burgesses was created in Virginia in 1619, - Answer-Colonists were
given a share of local political representation.
Bacon's Rebellion - Answer-Was a conflict between eastern and western political forces
in Virginia.
The Massachusetts Bay Puritans - Answer-Created a colonial "theocracy."
When it was established in 1644, the colony of Rhode Island - Answer-Was notable for
its religious toleration.
During the seventeenth century, the Royal African Company of England - Answer-
Deliberately restricted the supply of slaves to the North American colonies.
In the seventeenth century, white women in the colonial Chesapeake - Answer-
Averaged one pregnancy for every two years of marriage.
The term middle passage refers to the movement of enslaved Africans - Answer-From
Africa to the New World.
