HST 101 Midterm 1 prep | Complete
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Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct-
Syracuse University
Quiz_________________?
Paleo Indians -
Answer☑️
Who/What: the first human beings who settled in the Americas
When: they migrated at least 13000 BCE; their culture was widespread by 11000
BCE
where: they migrated from northeast Asia across the americas
significance: as migratory hunters, they adapted to ice age condition and hunted
megafauna like mammoths. their arrival marks the beginning of human history
in the americas.
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Thomas Paine -
Answer☑️
1
, Who/What: author of the influential pamphlet common sense, he was an
englishman who had recently arrived in the american colonies.
when: common sense was published in january 1776
where: philadelphia with its message spreading throughout the 13 colonies.
why/how: the pamphlet used clear, accessible language to argue that
independence from the british was the only logical path for the colonies.
significance: common sense was a bestseller that played a crucial role in shifting
public opinion from reconciliation to revolution, galvanizing support for the
declaration of independence later that year.
Quiz_________________?
Marie Rouensa -
Answer☑️
who/what: daughter of the chief of the kaskaskia people and an important
christian convert for the jesuit missionary jaques gravier.
when: the account of her marriage is in 1694.
where: the illinois country.
why/how: her father pressured her into marrying michel assault, initially
rejecting him as she had given her heart to god. she eventually consented after
her parents agreed to be baptized, after her marriage she converted her
husband because of her prayers and exhortations.
significance: her story shows complex intersections between religion, trade, and
kinship in new france. she used her faith and marriage to gain authority in her
village, becoming a religious instructor to other women and children and
demonstrating how indigenous women shaped the colonial world.
Quiz_________________?
King Afonso I -
2
Guide | Comprehensive Questions &
Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct-
Syracuse University
Quiz_________________?
Paleo Indians -
Answer☑️
Who/What: the first human beings who settled in the Americas
When: they migrated at least 13000 BCE; their culture was widespread by 11000
BCE
where: they migrated from northeast Asia across the americas
significance: as migratory hunters, they adapted to ice age condition and hunted
megafauna like mammoths. their arrival marks the beginning of human history
in the americas.
Quiz_________________?
Thomas Paine -
Answer☑️
1
, Who/What: author of the influential pamphlet common sense, he was an
englishman who had recently arrived in the american colonies.
when: common sense was published in january 1776
where: philadelphia with its message spreading throughout the 13 colonies.
why/how: the pamphlet used clear, accessible language to argue that
independence from the british was the only logical path for the colonies.
significance: common sense was a bestseller that played a crucial role in shifting
public opinion from reconciliation to revolution, galvanizing support for the
declaration of independence later that year.
Quiz_________________?
Marie Rouensa -
Answer☑️
who/what: daughter of the chief of the kaskaskia people and an important
christian convert for the jesuit missionary jaques gravier.
when: the account of her marriage is in 1694.
where: the illinois country.
why/how: her father pressured her into marrying michel assault, initially
rejecting him as she had given her heart to god. she eventually consented after
her parents agreed to be baptized, after her marriage she converted her
husband because of her prayers and exhortations.
significance: her story shows complex intersections between religion, trade, and
kinship in new france. she used her faith and marriage to gain authority in her
village, becoming a religious instructor to other women and children and
demonstrating how indigenous women shaped the colonial world.
Quiz_________________?
King Afonso I -
2
