HIUS 221 Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
15th Century Correct Answers With the loss of the Silk Road
and the rise of stable nations, Europeans monarchies were
looking for new wealth and ways to trade.
1681 Correct Answers William Penn founds Pennsylvania
colony
1733 Correct Answers Georgia colony founded (last of the
British mainland colonies)
Adena-Hopewell and Mississippi Valley peoples Correct
Answers built towns and vast trade networks
African Americans Correct Answers They fought on both sides
of the war
- the British promised freedom
- Many enslaved fought in place of their masters
- some earned their freedom
African Males to New World Correct Answers The Africans
taken to the New World were mostly males, reducing the male
population in Africa as much as 20%
Africans Correct Answers Largely agricultural people,
underneath the 3 main empires participated in overseas trading
Their leaders were both their political and spiritual authority
,Age of Exploration Correct Answers The period from c. 1450
to 1600 when European navigators discovered and charted new
lands to the West and East
Algonquian Societies Correct Answers Included the tribes
Lenapes and the Powhatan
- divided by gender
- women were responsible for agriculture
- men were largely responsible for hunting
- in Algonquian Tribes, a man was the leader aka sachem
Algonquin and Iroquois Societies Correct Answers Women:
- responsible for agricultural and domestic tasks
- built homes, raised kids, cooked, and made clothes
Men:
- responsible for hunting and fishing
- protecting the tribe
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) Correct Answers Italian
explorer who was the first person to realize that the Americas
were separate from Asia, stating that the Americas were not the
East Indies. In 1507, a mapmaker named the Americas after
him.
approximately how many natives resided in America by 1492?
Correct Answers 58 - 113 Million people
Articles or Confederation 1776 Correct Answers - A precursor
to the Constitution
- Under the Articles, each state existed as a sovereign power =
they had the power to raise taxes
, Atlantic Slave Trade Correct Answers In the 1440s, Portugal
initiated the trans-Atlantic trade that lasted four centuries.
During that time, other European nations participated in this
commerce, which took more than 10 million people from Africa.
Aztec Civilization Correct Answers - 1200
- primarily an agricultural civilization
- gained wealth and power by conquering neighboring societies
- empire extended across Mexico, from Gulf Coast to Pacific
Ocean
- rule lasted 300 yrs before they were conquered by the Spanish
- practiced human sacrifice
Aztec Empire Correct Answers Developed a society based on
military strength
Bacon's Rebellion (1676) Correct Answers Colonial revolt led
by Nathaniel Bacon, in which landless freemen attacked
neighboring Indians and burned Jamestown in an attempt to gain
land and greater participation in the Virginia government.
Bill of Rights, 1791 Correct Answers Popular term for the first
ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The amendments
secure key rights for individuals and reserve to the states all
powers not explicitly delegated or prohibited by the
Constitution.
Boston Massacre (1770) Correct Answers The colonials hated
the British soldiers in the colonies because the worked for very
low wages and took jobs away from colonists. On March 4,
15th Century Correct Answers With the loss of the Silk Road
and the rise of stable nations, Europeans monarchies were
looking for new wealth and ways to trade.
1681 Correct Answers William Penn founds Pennsylvania
colony
1733 Correct Answers Georgia colony founded (last of the
British mainland colonies)
Adena-Hopewell and Mississippi Valley peoples Correct
Answers built towns and vast trade networks
African Americans Correct Answers They fought on both sides
of the war
- the British promised freedom
- Many enslaved fought in place of their masters
- some earned their freedom
African Males to New World Correct Answers The Africans
taken to the New World were mostly males, reducing the male
population in Africa as much as 20%
Africans Correct Answers Largely agricultural people,
underneath the 3 main empires participated in overseas trading
Their leaders were both their political and spiritual authority
,Age of Exploration Correct Answers The period from c. 1450
to 1600 when European navigators discovered and charted new
lands to the West and East
Algonquian Societies Correct Answers Included the tribes
Lenapes and the Powhatan
- divided by gender
- women were responsible for agriculture
- men were largely responsible for hunting
- in Algonquian Tribes, a man was the leader aka sachem
Algonquin and Iroquois Societies Correct Answers Women:
- responsible for agricultural and domestic tasks
- built homes, raised kids, cooked, and made clothes
Men:
- responsible for hunting and fishing
- protecting the tribe
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) Correct Answers Italian
explorer who was the first person to realize that the Americas
were separate from Asia, stating that the Americas were not the
East Indies. In 1507, a mapmaker named the Americas after
him.
approximately how many natives resided in America by 1492?
Correct Answers 58 - 113 Million people
Articles or Confederation 1776 Correct Answers - A precursor
to the Constitution
- Under the Articles, each state existed as a sovereign power =
they had the power to raise taxes
, Atlantic Slave Trade Correct Answers In the 1440s, Portugal
initiated the trans-Atlantic trade that lasted four centuries.
During that time, other European nations participated in this
commerce, which took more than 10 million people from Africa.
Aztec Civilization Correct Answers - 1200
- primarily an agricultural civilization
- gained wealth and power by conquering neighboring societies
- empire extended across Mexico, from Gulf Coast to Pacific
Ocean
- rule lasted 300 yrs before they were conquered by the Spanish
- practiced human sacrifice
Aztec Empire Correct Answers Developed a society based on
military strength
Bacon's Rebellion (1676) Correct Answers Colonial revolt led
by Nathaniel Bacon, in which landless freemen attacked
neighboring Indians and burned Jamestown in an attempt to gain
land and greater participation in the Virginia government.
Bill of Rights, 1791 Correct Answers Popular term for the first
ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The amendments
secure key rights for individuals and reserve to the states all
powers not explicitly delegated or prohibited by the
Constitution.
Boston Massacre (1770) Correct Answers The colonials hated
the British soldiers in the colonies because the worked for very
low wages and took jobs away from colonists. On March 4,
