Questions with Correct Answers
The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began - Answer-with
migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait.
Native American religions were closely linked to - Answer-the natural world.
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
In the Great Plains region, most pre-Columbian societies - Answer-engaged in
sedentary farming
The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Pacific Northwest - Answer-fished
salmon as their principal occupation.
In his first voyage in 1492, Christopher Columbus - Answer-mistook Cuba for China.
In what chronological order, from earliest to latest, did European countries control the
African slave trade? - Answer-the Portuguese, the Dutch, the English
In King Philip's War, Indians made effective use of a relatively new weapon, the -
Answer-flintlock rifle.
Which of the following statements regarding Sir William Berkeley is FALSE? - Answer-
He extended political representation for frontier settlers.
The Massachusetts Bay Puritans - Answer-created a colonial "theocracy."
In the seventeenth century, English Quakers ( all answers) - Answer-granted women a
position within the church generally equal to that of men, had no paid clergy, were
pacifists, believed all could attain salvation.
Rice production in colonial America - Answer-was very difficult and unhealthy work.
The seventeenth-century medical practice of deliberately bleeding a person was based
on - Answer-the belief that a person needed to maintain a balance of different bodily
fluids