US History 101 Straighterline - APUSH 1-4- EXAM 1 with complete solutions

Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by - ANSWER-Common linguistics roots. Many pre-Columbian North American people in the Southwest - ANSWER-Built large irrigation systems for farming. 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. The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Pacific Northwest - ANSWER-Fished salmon as their principal occupation. The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the - ANSWER-Olmecs. Which statement about French colonization in the New World is FALSE? - ANSWER-The French, like the English, tried to remain separate from native peoples. England's first experience with colonization came in - ANSWER-Ireland. In its beginning, the Maryland colony - ANSWER-Was a refuge for English Catholics. When it was established in 1644, the colony of Rhode Island - ANSWER-Was notable for its religious toleration. William Penn - ANSWER-Was a man of great wealth who converted to Quakerism. Which of the following does NOT describe the site chosen for the Jamestown settlement? - ANSWER-It was inaccessible by ship. The largest contingent of immigrants during the colonial period were the - ANSWER-Scotch-Irish In the seventeenth century, white women in the colonial Chesapeake - ANSWER-Averaged one pregnancy for every two years of marriage. The "triangular trade" in the Atlantic dealt with which commodity? - ANSWER-Rum, Sugar, Molasses, Slaves. ata 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. Rice production in colonial America - ANSWER-Was very difficult and unhealthy work. In English North American colonies, the application of slave codes was based on color and - ANSWER-Nothing more. Which statement regarding colonial higher education is true? - ANSWER-Most colleges were founded by religious groups. The Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s - ANSWER-Had particular appeal with women and young men. The verdict of the libel trial of New York publisher John Peter Zenger - ANSWER-Increased freedom of the press in the colonies. By 1776, what proportion of white males were literate in colonial America? - ANSWER-More than half. In colonial England, - ANSWER-Dowries were a common feature of marriage. Primogeniture refers to the - ANSWER-Passing of property to the firstborn son. In the 1760s, the revolutionary crisis in English North America began in cities because - ANSWER-Cities were the center of intellectual information. In the eighteenth century, religious toleration in the American colonies - ANSWER-ata. Class divisions in colonial North American cities were - ANSWER-More real and visible than in rural places. The Church of England was the official faith of - ANSWER-Virginia. According to the terms of the Peace of Paris of 1763, - ANSWER-France ceded Canada and all of its claims to land east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans, to Great Britain. Through the first half of the eighteenth century, the Iroquois Confederacy formed agreements and traded with - ANSWER-France and England at the same time. In the aftermath of King George's War - ANSWER-Relations among the French, English, and Iroquois deteriorated. The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 - ANSWER-Transferred territory from the French to the English in North America. For most Indians in North America, the British victory in the French and Indian War - ANSWER-Had disastorous effects on their future. In North America during the eighteenth century, French relations with the Indians differed from that of the English in that they - ANSWER-Were more tolerant of Indian cultures. Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by - ANSWER-Reducing the powers of self-government in Massachusetts. The leading colonial figure involved in the Boston Massacre was - ANSWER-Samuel Adams. The Stamp Act of 1765 - ANSWER-Helped to unite the colonies in opposition to the English government. In 1770, the Townshend Duties were ended by - ANSWER-Lord North Colonial protests directed against the Townshend Duties took the form of - ANSWER-A colonial nonimportation agreement. In the eighteenth century, the English constitution was - ANSWER-An unwritten document.