AP US HISTORY EXAM REVIEW UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
Chapter 3: Discovering and Settling the New World 1492-1700
Answer:
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Question:
John Calvin
Answer:
French humanist whose theological writings profoundly influenced religious thoughts of Europeans.
Developed Calvinism at Geneva. Wrote Institutes of Christian Religion
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Martin Luther
Answer:
a German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he
wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices.
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John Smith
Answer:
..., Helped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict discipline helped the Virginia colony get
through the difficult first winter.
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Protestant Reformation
Answer:
..., a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic
Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches
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Treaty of Tordesillas
Answer:
..., Set the Line of Demarcation which was a boundary established in 1493 to define Spanish and
Portuguese possessions in the Americas.
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Roanoke
Answer:
..., Established in 1587. Called the Lost Colony. It was financed by Sir Walter Raleigh, and its leader in the
New World was John White. All the settlers disappeared, and historians still don't know what became of
them.
, Question:
Virginia Company
Answer:
..., Joint-stock company chartered by King James I of England; established the first permanent English
colony in America at Jamestown in 1607.
Question:
elect
Answer:
..., in Calvinist doctrine, those who have been chosen by God for salvation.
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encomienda
Answer:
..., a grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans
as laborers on it
Question:
Chapter 4: The Atlantic World 1600-1750
Answer:
...
Question:
John Winthrop
Answer:
..., Puritan Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, envisioned colony as a "city upon a hill"
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Anne Hutchinson
Answer:
..., She preached the idea that God communicated directly to individuals instead of through the church
elders. She was forced to leave Massachusetts in
1637. Her followers (the Antinomianists) founded the colony of New Hampshire in 1639.
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Roger Williams
Answer:
..., He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State. He believed that the Puritans were too
powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs.
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John Rolfe
Answer:
..., married Pocahontas and started the planting of tobacco in Jamestown
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Lord Baltimore
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
Chapter 3: Discovering and Settling the New World 1492-1700
Answer:
...
Question:
John Calvin
Answer:
French humanist whose theological writings profoundly influenced religious thoughts of Europeans.
Developed Calvinism at Geneva. Wrote Institutes of Christian Religion
Question:
Martin Luther
Answer:
a German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he
wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices.
Question:
John Smith
Answer:
..., Helped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict discipline helped the Virginia colony get
through the difficult first winter.
Question:
Protestant Reformation
Answer:
..., a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic
Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches
Question:
Treaty of Tordesillas
Answer:
..., Set the Line of Demarcation which was a boundary established in 1493 to define Spanish and
Portuguese possessions in the Americas.
Question:
Roanoke
Answer:
..., Established in 1587. Called the Lost Colony. It was financed by Sir Walter Raleigh, and its leader in the
New World was John White. All the settlers disappeared, and historians still don't know what became of
them.
, Question:
Virginia Company
Answer:
..., Joint-stock company chartered by King James I of England; established the first permanent English
colony in America at Jamestown in 1607.
Question:
elect
Answer:
..., in Calvinist doctrine, those who have been chosen by God for salvation.
Question:
encomienda
Answer:
..., a grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans
as laborers on it
Question:
Chapter 4: The Atlantic World 1600-1750
Answer:
...
Question:
John Winthrop
Answer:
..., Puritan Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, envisioned colony as a "city upon a hill"
Question:
Anne Hutchinson
Answer:
..., She preached the idea that God communicated directly to individuals instead of through the church
elders. She was forced to leave Massachusetts in
1637. Her followers (the Antinomianists) founded the colony of New Hampshire in 1639.
Question:
Roger Williams
Answer:
..., He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State. He believed that the Puritans were too
powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs.
Question:
John Rolfe
Answer:
..., married Pocahontas and started the planting of tobacco in Jamestown
Question:
Lord Baltimore
