AAS 33A - FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ALL
CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
(CHAPTER 1:)
Because Native Americans established their states, empires, and civilizations before Europeans came,
the idea that Columbus "discovered" America is inaccurate and misleading. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 1:)
It is safe to say that potato was the most important crop for the creation and maintenance of Native
American empires such as Aztec and Inca; potato was used as currency as well. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 1:)
The Spanish military that used bronze weapons were able to easily defeat the Inca soldiers who used
Iron weapons in the 16th century. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 1:)
The population increase was the prime causal factor that motivated Native Americans in central or
south America to build the state (empire). Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 1:)
It is safe to say that European societies during their colonial times saw America as a solution for their
social problems such as increasing poor population and potential "social trouble makers." Correct
answer-T
(CHAPTER 2:)
Dutch settlers where equally brutal as English settlers were in the 17th century in treating Native
Americans; it is safe to say that Dutch colonists did not tolerate ethnic diversity in The New
Netherlands and New Amsterdam. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 2:)
It is safe to say that French settlers in Nova Scotia were very interested in farming; they maintained
their farming communities from the very beginning of their early settlement up until today. Correct
answer-F
(CHAPTER 2:)
Tobacco plantation was one of the major reasons for the early English settlers to settle down in
Jamestown Virginia in the early 17th century. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 2:)
It is safe to say that English applied the policy of the Frontier of Exclusion and the French applied the
policy of the Frontier of Inclusion in America in the 17th century. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 2:)
The overall thesis of chapter 2 is that Europeans' zeal to find a place to practice religions freely was
the major reason for the massive migration from Europe to America in the 17 and 18th century.
Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 3:)
What was the major plantation crop in Virginia in the 17th century? Correct answer-Tobacco
(CHAPTER 3:)
,Farm/agricultural industry around the Michigan Lakes became the major source of tax revenue for
French government in the 17th and 18th century. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 3:)
The "Enclosure Movement" in England was one of the pushes (motivating) factors for English
migration to America in the 17th century. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 3:)
In Louisiana, Native Americans replaced Africans as sugar cane workers/slaves in the 17th century.
Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 3:)
It is safe to say that religious enthusiasm was considerably greater motivating factor than
economic/financial motivation for French, Dutch and English settlement in America in the 17th and
18th century. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 4:)
It is safe to say that Anthony Johnson was an African slave from the beginning of his arrival in North
America until he died in the late 17th century; his case shows that all Africans were legally slaves and
treated as a commodity as soon as they arrived in North America. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 4:)
It is safe to say that Virginia Colony's need to have disciplined, coerced labour in plantation fields
necessitated the legalization of African Slavery; enslavement did not happen in one year rather it
took many years and various legislation efforts to finalize the enslavement of Africans. Correct
answer-T
(CHAPTER 4:)
It is safe to say that the judicial judgement on a runaway/fugitive African indentured servant in
Virginia in the 17th century set a model for enslavement of Africans in North America who could
have been free after serving their terms of labour; the judge's different judicial treatment/sentencing
to an African and other indentured servants of European descents could be considered as an
institutional step toward a complete enslavement. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 4:)
It is safe to say that in the early 17th century Africans' landownership in some places in North
America was not completely impossible. (Be careful about the double negative. Some fall into the
trap.) Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 4:)
After understanding the content on slavery, individual person's personal prejudice/hatred toward
Africans played a less role than an economic need for American southern society's plantation
economy in establishing slavery; if all white settlers were small scale farmers who just produced
crops for their self-subsistence, their need for slavery would not be as desperate as their need for
slavery in the plantation southern society or such need did not even exist. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 5:)
Throughout the 18th century, the immigrants from England were the vast majority of immigrant
population in North American British Colony. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 5:)
, The definition of "white people" expanded and North American British Colony included non-Anglo
populations from non-British European nations into the "white people" as American colonists
needed to battle against potentially dangerous African and Native American populations in the 18th
century. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 5:)
Primogeniture was one of the causal factors of Northwestern Europeans' emigration to North
America in the 18th century; children who did not inherit property from their parents would be more
eager to emigrate to America than children who inherited parents' property. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 5:)
Many of the master craftsmen in Northwestern Europe who were no longer needed due to
mechanization/industrialization came to America to find a decent living, using their skills and
experiences in the 18th century. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 5:)
The 18th century migration from Europe to America was considerably more motivated by Europeans'
craving for places to practice religion freely than their economic/financial needs. Correct answer-F
(Coming to America)
According to the film, indentured servitude typically lasted between 20 and 30 years; in some cases,
white indentured servants became slaves by judicial decisions. Correct answer-F
(Coming to America)
Plantation works in America were so gruelling that planters and slave traders did not need/want
African women from Africa; they only wanted to trade or own African men. Correct answer-F
(Coming to America)
In a colonial society where, social order was not guaranteed, stable family life was needed so that
British colonies such as Virginia colony wanted to bring more white women from Europe. Correct
answer-T
(Coming to America)
Southern planters did not consider at all the possible contribution that African slaves could make;
white planters exclusively thought of the use of labour only for tobacco and cotton plantation works.
Correct answer-F
(Coming to America)
The marriage during the colonial time was solely based upon individual person's romantic
relationships without considering any economic/financial obligation. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 6:)
Russia in the 18th century hired Italian navigators to explore Alaska; Russian fur traders eventually
settle down in Alaska and respected Native Americans' way of living such as religious practice.
Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 6:)
The major reason for the Spanish to settle in the west and southwest was to earn profit from fur
trading in the 18th century. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 6:)
CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
(CHAPTER 1:)
Because Native Americans established their states, empires, and civilizations before Europeans came,
the idea that Columbus "discovered" America is inaccurate and misleading. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 1:)
It is safe to say that potato was the most important crop for the creation and maintenance of Native
American empires such as Aztec and Inca; potato was used as currency as well. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 1:)
The Spanish military that used bronze weapons were able to easily defeat the Inca soldiers who used
Iron weapons in the 16th century. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 1:)
The population increase was the prime causal factor that motivated Native Americans in central or
south America to build the state (empire). Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 1:)
It is safe to say that European societies during their colonial times saw America as a solution for their
social problems such as increasing poor population and potential "social trouble makers." Correct
answer-T
(CHAPTER 2:)
Dutch settlers where equally brutal as English settlers were in the 17th century in treating Native
Americans; it is safe to say that Dutch colonists did not tolerate ethnic diversity in The New
Netherlands and New Amsterdam. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 2:)
It is safe to say that French settlers in Nova Scotia were very interested in farming; they maintained
their farming communities from the very beginning of their early settlement up until today. Correct
answer-F
(CHAPTER 2:)
Tobacco plantation was one of the major reasons for the early English settlers to settle down in
Jamestown Virginia in the early 17th century. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 2:)
It is safe to say that English applied the policy of the Frontier of Exclusion and the French applied the
policy of the Frontier of Inclusion in America in the 17th century. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 2:)
The overall thesis of chapter 2 is that Europeans' zeal to find a place to practice religions freely was
the major reason for the massive migration from Europe to America in the 17 and 18th century.
Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 3:)
What was the major plantation crop in Virginia in the 17th century? Correct answer-Tobacco
(CHAPTER 3:)
,Farm/agricultural industry around the Michigan Lakes became the major source of tax revenue for
French government in the 17th and 18th century. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 3:)
The "Enclosure Movement" in England was one of the pushes (motivating) factors for English
migration to America in the 17th century. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 3:)
In Louisiana, Native Americans replaced Africans as sugar cane workers/slaves in the 17th century.
Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 3:)
It is safe to say that religious enthusiasm was considerably greater motivating factor than
economic/financial motivation for French, Dutch and English settlement in America in the 17th and
18th century. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 4:)
It is safe to say that Anthony Johnson was an African slave from the beginning of his arrival in North
America until he died in the late 17th century; his case shows that all Africans were legally slaves and
treated as a commodity as soon as they arrived in North America. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 4:)
It is safe to say that Virginia Colony's need to have disciplined, coerced labour in plantation fields
necessitated the legalization of African Slavery; enslavement did not happen in one year rather it
took many years and various legislation efforts to finalize the enslavement of Africans. Correct
answer-T
(CHAPTER 4:)
It is safe to say that the judicial judgement on a runaway/fugitive African indentured servant in
Virginia in the 17th century set a model for enslavement of Africans in North America who could
have been free after serving their terms of labour; the judge's different judicial treatment/sentencing
to an African and other indentured servants of European descents could be considered as an
institutional step toward a complete enslavement. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 4:)
It is safe to say that in the early 17th century Africans' landownership in some places in North
America was not completely impossible. (Be careful about the double negative. Some fall into the
trap.) Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 4:)
After understanding the content on slavery, individual person's personal prejudice/hatred toward
Africans played a less role than an economic need for American southern society's plantation
economy in establishing slavery; if all white settlers were small scale farmers who just produced
crops for their self-subsistence, their need for slavery would not be as desperate as their need for
slavery in the plantation southern society or such need did not even exist. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 5:)
Throughout the 18th century, the immigrants from England were the vast majority of immigrant
population in North American British Colony. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 5:)
, The definition of "white people" expanded and North American British Colony included non-Anglo
populations from non-British European nations into the "white people" as American colonists
needed to battle against potentially dangerous African and Native American populations in the 18th
century. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 5:)
Primogeniture was one of the causal factors of Northwestern Europeans' emigration to North
America in the 18th century; children who did not inherit property from their parents would be more
eager to emigrate to America than children who inherited parents' property. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 5:)
Many of the master craftsmen in Northwestern Europe who were no longer needed due to
mechanization/industrialization came to America to find a decent living, using their skills and
experiences in the 18th century. Correct answer-T
(CHAPTER 5:)
The 18th century migration from Europe to America was considerably more motivated by Europeans'
craving for places to practice religion freely than their economic/financial needs. Correct answer-F
(Coming to America)
According to the film, indentured servitude typically lasted between 20 and 30 years; in some cases,
white indentured servants became slaves by judicial decisions. Correct answer-F
(Coming to America)
Plantation works in America were so gruelling that planters and slave traders did not need/want
African women from Africa; they only wanted to trade or own African men. Correct answer-F
(Coming to America)
In a colonial society where, social order was not guaranteed, stable family life was needed so that
British colonies such as Virginia colony wanted to bring more white women from Europe. Correct
answer-T
(Coming to America)
Southern planters did not consider at all the possible contribution that African slaves could make;
white planters exclusively thought of the use of labour only for tobacco and cotton plantation works.
Correct answer-F
(Coming to America)
The marriage during the colonial time was solely based upon individual person's romantic
relationships without considering any economic/financial obligation. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 6:)
Russia in the 18th century hired Italian navigators to explore Alaska; Russian fur traders eventually
settle down in Alaska and respected Native Americans' way of living such as religious practice.
Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 6:)
The major reason for the Spanish to settle in the west and southwest was to earn profit from fur
trading in the 18th century. Correct answer-F
(CHAPTER 6:)
