Straighterline Exam 1 (History of the Americas) Questions With Complete Solutions

The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the correct answer: olmecs Native American religions were closely linked to correct answer: the natural world The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began correct answer: with migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Pacific Northwest correct answer: fished salmon as their principal occupation In the Great Plains region, most pre-Columbian societies correct answer: engaged in sedentary farming Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city? correct answer: St. Louis Christopher Columbus called the native people he encountered on his voyages "Indians" because correct answer: he believed they came from the East Indies in the Pacific Which of the following was NOT introduced by Europeans to the New World? correct answer: corn In 1620, the Puritan Pilgrims who came to North America correct answer: hoped to create their ideal close-knit Christian community One reason Roger Williams was deported from the Massachusetts colony was that he correct answer: was a confirmed Seperatist Which of the following statements best characterizes the first years of Jamestown's existence? correct answer: the settlement survived despite an enormous loss of life The "starving time" in Jamestown during the winter of was partly the result of correct answer: a barricade set up by the Indians, which kept the colonists from hunting and cultivating food inland In the seventeenth century, white women in the colonial Chesapeake correct answer: averaged one pregnancy for every two years of marriage In comparing the colonial societies of Spanish America and