WGU ACADEMY US HISTORY 1 QUIZ 1
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
The land bridge between Alaska and Siberia that Northeast Asians crossed over betw
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een 15,000 and 20,000 years ago. - ans-Beringia
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The Native American crops of maize (corn), beans, and squash that grew effectively t
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ogether. - ans-Three Sisters 00 00 00
A major city on the Mississippi (near present-
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day St. Louis) that was a major political, economic, and religious center. It held a pop
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ulation of about 40,000 people in 1200 A.D. - ans-Cahokia
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Aztec capital city holding more than 100,000 people. - ans-Tenochtitlán
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Tenochtitlán had a population of over _________ people around the time of Columbu
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s's discovery. - ans-100,000
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The English were late at colonization because they were lazy. - ans-False
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Some of the problems that the English faced at home were inflation, population explo
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sion, and religious strife. - ans-True
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The English monarchy created joint stock companies. - ans-False
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Puritans wanted to explore the New World for strictly commercial purposes. - ans-
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False
There were earlier botched attempts at colonization, but Jamestown would be the first
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permanent English settlement in the New World. - ans-True
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Spanish conquerors, usually soldiers, who invaded and colonized Spanish America. -
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ans-Conquistadors
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American plantations where Indians were forcibly employed; the plantations were give
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n as gifts to favored nobles - ans-
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The exchange of people, food, plants, weeds, bacteria, diseases, trade goods, and ot
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her elements between Native Americans and Europeans after Christopher Columbus'
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s discovery. - ans-Columbian Exchange
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, A massive epidemic, such as smallpox, that devastates civilizations that previously ha
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d no immunity to it. - ans-Virgin Soils Epidemics
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Famous Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire around 1520. - ans-
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Hernan Cortes 00
A type of corporation that consists of individual investors who pool their money to red
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uce the risk. - ans-Joint stock companies
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A mysterious colony established by Sir Walter Raleigh and briefly commanded by Joh
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n White, which mysteriously disappeared in the 1580s. - ans-Roanoke
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The pilgrims were which type of Puritans? - ans-Separatists
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John Winthrop compared the Massachusetts Bay Colony to what? - ans-
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A city upon a hill
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What happened to Anne Hutchinson after her trial? - ans-She was banished
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Which colony was founded mainly upon the premise of religious toleration? - ans-
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Rhode Island 00
King Philip's War was named after whom? - ans-An Indian Chief
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The Caribbean colonies were not that profitable for the English. - ans-False
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Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Virginia are all examples of Restoration colonies. -
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ans-False
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The Pueblo Revolt temporarily halted the Spanish presence in the Southwest. - ans-
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True
French Jesuits were Catholic missionaries who attempted to spread Christianity to Ca
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nada's Indians. - ans-True
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Because the French had superior technology, they could do whatever they wanted to
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the Indians, especially in the Great Lakes region. - ans-False
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New Spain and New France had many more migrants than the English Colonies. -
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ans-False
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Mercantilist theorists assume that the world's wealth is finite and limited. - ans-True
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According to mercantilist theory, colonies were valued for their raw materials, not thei
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r finished goods. - ans-True
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AND CORRECT ANSWERS
The land bridge between Alaska and Siberia that Northeast Asians crossed over betw
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een 15,000 and 20,000 years ago. - ans-Beringia
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The Native American crops of maize (corn), beans, and squash that grew effectively t
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ogether. - ans-Three Sisters 00 00 00
A major city on the Mississippi (near present-
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day St. Louis) that was a major political, economic, and religious center. It held a pop
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ulation of about 40,000 people in 1200 A.D. - ans-Cahokia
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Aztec capital city holding more than 100,000 people. - ans-Tenochtitlán
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Tenochtitlán had a population of over _________ people around the time of Columbu
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s's discovery. - ans-100,000
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The English were late at colonization because they were lazy. - ans-False
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Some of the problems that the English faced at home were inflation, population explo
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sion, and religious strife. - ans-True
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The English monarchy created joint stock companies. - ans-False
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Puritans wanted to explore the New World for strictly commercial purposes. - ans-
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False
There were earlier botched attempts at colonization, but Jamestown would be the first
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permanent English settlement in the New World. - ans-True
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Spanish conquerors, usually soldiers, who invaded and colonized Spanish America. -
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ans-Conquistadors
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American plantations where Indians were forcibly employed; the plantations were give
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n as gifts to favored nobles - ans-
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The exchange of people, food, plants, weeds, bacteria, diseases, trade goods, and ot
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her elements between Native Americans and Europeans after Christopher Columbus'
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s discovery. - ans-Columbian Exchange
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, A massive epidemic, such as smallpox, that devastates civilizations that previously ha
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d no immunity to it. - ans-Virgin Soils Epidemics
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Famous Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire around 1520. - ans-
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Hernan Cortes 00
A type of corporation that consists of individual investors who pool their money to red
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uce the risk. - ans-Joint stock companies
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A mysterious colony established by Sir Walter Raleigh and briefly commanded by Joh
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n White, which mysteriously disappeared in the 1580s. - ans-Roanoke
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The pilgrims were which type of Puritans? - ans-Separatists
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John Winthrop compared the Massachusetts Bay Colony to what? - ans-
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A city upon a hill
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What happened to Anne Hutchinson after her trial? - ans-She was banished
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Which colony was founded mainly upon the premise of religious toleration? - ans-
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Rhode Island 00
King Philip's War was named after whom? - ans-An Indian Chief
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The Caribbean colonies were not that profitable for the English. - ans-False
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Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Virginia are all examples of Restoration colonies. -
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ans-False
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The Pueblo Revolt temporarily halted the Spanish presence in the Southwest. - ans-
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True
French Jesuits were Catholic missionaries who attempted to spread Christianity to Ca
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nada's Indians. - ans-True
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Because the French had superior technology, they could do whatever they wanted to
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the Indians, especially in the Great Lakes region. - ans-False
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New Spain and New France had many more migrants than the English Colonies. -
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ans-False
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Mercantilist theorists assume that the world's wealth is finite and limited. - ans-True
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According to mercantilist theory, colonies were valued for their raw materials, not thei
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r finished goods. - ans-True
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