STRAIGHTERLINE US HISTORY 1
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 FINAL
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today the
United States. Answer: had the most abundant food resources of any
region of the continent.
⩥ The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Pacific Northwest.
Answer: fished salmon as their principal occupation.
⩥ Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the
Bering Strait occurred approximately. Answer: 11,000 years ago.
⩥ Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-Columbian
North American tribes?. Answer: In all tribes, women cared for the
children and prepared meals.
⩥ Native American religions were closely linked to. Answer: the natural
world.
⩥ The cause of the failure of the Roanoke colony. Answer: is historically
inconclusive.
,⩥ In what way did sixteenth-century Europeans benefit from trade
between the Americas and Europe?. Answer: A large number of new
crops became available in Europe.
⩥ In King Philip's War, Indians made effective use of a relatively new
weapon, the. Answer: flintlock rifle.
⩥ Captain John Smith helped the Jamestown settlement survive by.
Answer: imposing work and order on the colonists.
⩥ The New York colony. Answer: emerged after a struggle between the
English and the Dutch.
⩥ Warfare between Englishmen and Powhatan Indians in Virginia.
Answer: included an Indian attack on Jamestown that killed hundreds of
colonists.
⩥ In the mid-1600s, New England Puritan ministers began preaching
against the decline of. Answer: piety.
⩥ During the seventeenth century, the Royal African Company of
England. Answer: deliberately restricted the supply of slaves to the
North American colonies.
,⩥ The "triangular trade" in the Atlantic dealt with which commodity?.
Answer: rum, sugar, slaves, & molasses
⩥ 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.
⩥ By 1700, English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on
African slavery in part because. Answer: of a declining birthrate in
England.
⩥ In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, medical practitioners.
Answer: had little or no knowledge of sterilization.
⩥ During the eighteenth century, rising consumerism in the American
colonies was encouraged by. Answer: increasing class distinctions within
society and the association of material possessions with status in the
upper class.
⩥ The verdict of the 1734-1735 libel trial of New York publisher John
Peter Zenger. Answer: increased freedom of the press in the colonies.
⩥ The proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a plantation of at
least ten slaves was over. Answer: three-fourths.
, ⩥ Which of the following statements about slave work is FALSE?.
Answer: Colonial slave codes forbade teaching slaves skilled trades and
crafts.
⩥ In the English colonies, Roman Catholics. Answer: suffered their
greatest persecution in Maryland.
⩥ The first North American college was. Answer: Harvard.
⩥ Which statement regarding colonial higher education is true?. Answer:
Most colleges were founded by religious groups.
⩥ In colonial New England Puritan communities, women. Answer: were
expected to devote themselves to serving the needs of their husbands and
households.
⩥ By 1776, what proportion of white males were literate in colonial
America?. Answer: more than half
⩥ The witchcraft trials in Salem. Answer: saw the original accusers
recant their charges.
⩥ During the third phase of the French and Indian War, British leader
William Pitt. Answer: gradually loosened his tight control over the
colonists.
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 FINAL
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today the
United States. Answer: had the most abundant food resources of any
region of the continent.
⩥ The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Pacific Northwest.
Answer: fished salmon as their principal occupation.
⩥ Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the
Bering Strait occurred approximately. Answer: 11,000 years ago.
⩥ Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-Columbian
North American tribes?. Answer: In all tribes, women cared for the
children and prepared meals.
⩥ Native American religions were closely linked to. Answer: the natural
world.
⩥ The cause of the failure of the Roanoke colony. Answer: is historically
inconclusive.
,⩥ In what way did sixteenth-century Europeans benefit from trade
between the Americas and Europe?. Answer: A large number of new
crops became available in Europe.
⩥ In King Philip's War, Indians made effective use of a relatively new
weapon, the. Answer: flintlock rifle.
⩥ Captain John Smith helped the Jamestown settlement survive by.
Answer: imposing work and order on the colonists.
⩥ The New York colony. Answer: emerged after a struggle between the
English and the Dutch.
⩥ Warfare between Englishmen and Powhatan Indians in Virginia.
Answer: included an Indian attack on Jamestown that killed hundreds of
colonists.
⩥ In the mid-1600s, New England Puritan ministers began preaching
against the decline of. Answer: piety.
⩥ During the seventeenth century, the Royal African Company of
England. Answer: deliberately restricted the supply of slaves to the
North American colonies.
,⩥ The "triangular trade" in the Atlantic dealt with which commodity?.
Answer: rum, sugar, slaves, & molasses
⩥ 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.
⩥ By 1700, English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on
African slavery in part because. Answer: of a declining birthrate in
England.
⩥ In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, medical practitioners.
Answer: had little or no knowledge of sterilization.
⩥ During the eighteenth century, rising consumerism in the American
colonies was encouraged by. Answer: increasing class distinctions within
society and the association of material possessions with status in the
upper class.
⩥ The verdict of the 1734-1735 libel trial of New York publisher John
Peter Zenger. Answer: increased freedom of the press in the colonies.
⩥ The proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a plantation of at
least ten slaves was over. Answer: three-fourths.
, ⩥ Which of the following statements about slave work is FALSE?.
Answer: Colonial slave codes forbade teaching slaves skilled trades and
crafts.
⩥ In the English colonies, Roman Catholics. Answer: suffered their
greatest persecution in Maryland.
⩥ The first North American college was. Answer: Harvard.
⩥ Which statement regarding colonial higher education is true?. Answer:
Most colleges were founded by religious groups.
⩥ In colonial New England Puritan communities, women. Answer: were
expected to devote themselves to serving the needs of their husbands and
households.
⩥ By 1776, what proportion of white males were literate in colonial
America?. Answer: more than half
⩥ The witchcraft trials in Salem. Answer: saw the original accusers
recant their charges.
⩥ During the third phase of the French and Indian War, British leader
William Pitt. Answer: gradually loosened his tight control over the
colonists.
