WGU ACADEMY US HISTORY 1 STUDY
GUIDE 2026 FULL CONTENT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS COMPLETE SET
◉ During the American Revolution, Loyalists
Answer: constituted perhaps as many as one-third of the white
colonial population
◉ In early 1778, France
Answer: recognized the United States as a sovereign nation to help
prevent it from abandoning the war effort.
◉ Under the federal structure first implemented in the Constitution,
the people would directly elect
Answer: members of the House of Representatives
◉ At the Philadelphia convention, James Madison argued that the
ultimate authority of the federal government came from the
Answer: Congress
◉ The land bridge between Alaska and Siberia that Northeast Asians
crossed over between 15,000 and 20,000 years ago.
, Answer: Beringia
◉ The Native American crops of maize (corn), beans, and squash
that grew effectively together.
Answer: Three Sisters
◉ A major city on the Mississippi (near present-day St. Louis) that
was a major political, economic, and religious center. It held a
population of about 40,000 people in 1200 A.D.
Answer: Cahokia
◉ Aztec capital city holding more than 100,000 people.
Answer: Tenochtitlan
◉ Tenochtitlan had a population of over _________ people around the
time of Columbus's discovery.
Answer: 100,000
◉ The English were late at colonization because they were lazy.
Answer: False
◉ Some of the problems that the English faced at home were
inflation, population explosion, and religious strife.
GUIDE 2026 FULL CONTENT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS COMPLETE SET
◉ During the American Revolution, Loyalists
Answer: constituted perhaps as many as one-third of the white
colonial population
◉ In early 1778, France
Answer: recognized the United States as a sovereign nation to help
prevent it from abandoning the war effort.
◉ Under the federal structure first implemented in the Constitution,
the people would directly elect
Answer: members of the House of Representatives
◉ At the Philadelphia convention, James Madison argued that the
ultimate authority of the federal government came from the
Answer: Congress
◉ The land bridge between Alaska and Siberia that Northeast Asians
crossed over between 15,000 and 20,000 years ago.
, Answer: Beringia
◉ The Native American crops of maize (corn), beans, and squash
that grew effectively together.
Answer: Three Sisters
◉ A major city on the Mississippi (near present-day St. Louis) that
was a major political, economic, and religious center. It held a
population of about 40,000 people in 1200 A.D.
Answer: Cahokia
◉ Aztec capital city holding more than 100,000 people.
Answer: Tenochtitlan
◉ Tenochtitlan had a population of over _________ people around the
time of Columbus's discovery.
Answer: 100,000
◉ The English were late at colonization because they were lazy.
Answer: False
◉ Some of the problems that the English faced at home were
inflation, population explosion, and religious strife.
