WGU Academy US History 1 - Exam 1 Solved 2026 update.

WGU ACADEMY US HISTORY 1 - EXAM 1 SOLVED 2026 UPDATE



WGU Academy US History 1 - Exam 1
Solved 2026 update

In the Great Plains region, most pre-Columbian societies - Correct

Answer ✔✔:-engaged in edentary farming.

Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the

Bering Strait occurred approximately - Correct Answer ✔✔:-11,000

years ago



During the seventeenth century, English colonists in the Chesapeake

saw - Correct Answer ✔✔:-a life expectancy for men of just over

forty years

During the early years, the survival and growth of the Plymouth colony -

Correct Answer ✔✔:-was due in large part to the assistance of the

natives.

King Charles I's treatment of Puritans could be characterized as -

Correct Answer ✔✔:-extremely hostile


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, WGU ACADEMY US HISTORY 1 - EXAM 1 SOLVED 2026 UPDATE


In 1620, the Puritan Pilgrims who came to North America - Correct

Answer ✔✔:-hoped to create their ideal close-knit Christian

community

The total number of Africans forcibly brought to all of the Americas as

slaves is estimated to have been as many as - Correct Answer ✔✔:-

11 million.

The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the - Correct

Answer ✔✔:-Olmecs

Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely

linked by - Correct Answer ✔✔:-common linguistic roots

Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today the United

States - Correct Answer ✔✔:-had the most abundant food resources

of any region of the continent.

The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began

- Correct Answer ✔✔:-with

migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait




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