Question 1

by the time the eurpoeans arrived in the western hemisphere in the 1490s, most native americans lived in and along what region?

Accepted Answer

mesoamerica and the western coast of south america

Question 2

what was the foundation for the prosperous native american societies in mexico, peru, and the mississippi river valley?

Accepted Answer

the cultivation of maize

Question 3

the hohokams, mogollon, anasazi peoples who lived in present day arizona and new mexico around ad 1000?

Accepted Answer

employed irrigation to grow four or five crops a year

Question 4

what was a characteristic of both the mississippian and pueblo peoples?

Accepted Answer

elaborate ceremonial and urban sites

Question 5

what pueblo peoples built hundreds of miles of straight roads across the desert in the american southwest to facilitate trade?

Accepted Answer

anasazis

Question 6

what describes native american peoples east of the mississippi river?

Accepted Answer

they had no political organization

Question 7

what was a characteristic of the aztec, mayan, and iroquois civilizations?

Accepted Answer

reliance on agriculture

Question 8

what describes trading relationships among native americans in the period before the eurpoean contact?

Accepted Answer

native americans developed expansive trade networks that spanned great distances

Question 9

what statement describes the statues of eurpoean monarchs in 1450?

Accepted Answer

the authority of the monarchs was often challenged by local nobles

Question 10

the social order in europe around 1450 can be described as?

Accepted Answer

hierarchical and authoritarian

Question 11

typically when an english woman of the fifteenth century married, she?

Accepted Answer

owned property jointly with her husband

Question 12

on the eve of european colonization of the americans, most western europeans lived in?

Accepted Answer

small, relatively isolated rural communities

Question 13

merchants from what country made inroads in the arab dominated trade route of the mediterranean in the 12 century?

Accepted Answer

italy

Question 14

most of the people living in west africa when european trade began in the early 15th century were?

Accepted Answer

animists

Question 15

what did cortes explore?

Accepted Answer

conquered the aztec empire in mexico

Question 16

why were the modern day countries of mexico and peru originally spain\'s most significant conquests?

Accepted Answer

the inca, aztecs, and mayans had great wealth, particularly in gold

Question 17

what statement characterizes the legacy of the spanish conquest in the new world in the 16th century?

Accepted Answer

the spanish government and missionaries waged a campaign to suppress indigenous cultures

Question 18

during most of the sixteenth century, what was the wealthiest nation in europe?

Accepted Answer

spain

Question 19

how did the spanish conquistador francisco pizarro conquer the incans by 1535?

Accepted Answer

the incans were already weakened militarily and divided because of rival claimants to the throne

Question 20

by the mid 15oos, spains main goal in north america was to?

Accepted Answer

maintain its dominance and power in the region

Question 21

what statement describes the significance of the arrival of new world crops including maize and potatoes, in Europe and Asia after the 1500s?

Accepted Answer

american crops increased agricultural yield and population growth in the old world

Question 22

what was an outcome of elizabath 1s compromise on the church of england in the late 1500s?

Accepted Answer

it angered english people who supported radical protestantism

Question 23

the main motive for king philip 2s attacks on england in 1588 was to?

Accepted Answer

eradicate protestantism in england and holland

Question 24

two hundred thousand spaniards from castile migrated to american in the 1500w in order to escape?

Accepted Answer

high taxes on agriculture and military service

Question 25

what was true of the english outwork textile industry that emerged around 1500?

Accepted Answer

landless peasants in small cottages spun and wove wool into cloth

Question 26

what group provided the labor for brazil\'s profitable plantations in 1620?

Accepted Answer

african slaves

Question 27

what statement describes the english migrants who initially settled in the jamestown colony in the early 1600s?

Accepted Answer

early jamestown settlers expected to profit from gold and indian labor

Question 28

what accounted for the uneasy relations that persisted between powhatans people and the jamestown settlers for more than a decade after 1607?

Accepted Answer

both groups inability to reach an agreement about who would pay tribute to whom

Question 29

the economic livelihood of the virginia colony in the 1700s depended on what products?

Accepted Answer

tobacco

Question 30

what developments fostered the flow of migrants into the virginia colony between 1617 and 1622?

Accepted Answer

the virginia company began to allow individual settlers to own land

Question 31

what effect did american tobacco have in england during the early colonial period?

Accepted Answer

the english developed a huge appetite for tobacco, which stimulated the english economy and bolstered England\'s treasury

Question 32

in what ways did the plantation colonies of barbados differ from those in the chesapeake in the 17th century?

Accepted Answer

the chesapeake adopted slavery gradually and barbados did so quickly

Question 33

what statements describes africans in virginia after the 1660s?

Accepted Answer

africans found themselves more entrenched in slavery as a permanent condition

Question 34

in contrast to the spanish missionaries of the 16th century, the 17th century french jesuits?

Accepted Answer

tried to understand the indians values and worldview

Question 35

john winthorp\'s phrase city upon a hill referred to what colony?

Accepted Answer

massachusetts bay

Question 36

for which reason was roger williams banished from massachuessets bay in 1636?

Accepted Answer

he questioned the english seizure of native people\'s lands

Question 37

anne hutchinson was banished from massachusetts bay for?

Accepted Answer

questioning the idea that good works led to salvation

Question 38

what caused the puritans\' errand into the wilderness to become permanent?

Accepted Answer

the failure of the english revolution

Question 39

the worldview of devout puritans, such as cotton mather, was based on what?

Accepted Answer

the notion that supernatural forces caused unusual events

Question 40

why did the largest landholdings in 17th century New England towns usually belong to wealthier families?

Accepted Answer

Men of higher social status tended to receive the largest land grants from their towns

Question 41

how did the puritans justify their invasion of the native americans\' land in the 17th century?

Accepted Answer

the puritans interpreted epidemics that devastated native american populations as a favorable sign from god

Question 42

what statement is true of metacom\'s war (king philip\'s war), which took place in 1675-1676?

Accepted Answer

the war was a last ditch attempt to save indian lands and culture in new england

Question 43

why was william berkely significant in the chesapeake region in the 17th century?

Accepted Answer

his political favoritism during his governorship aroused great resentment in virginia

Question 44

what was a consequence of bacon\'s rebellion of the 1670s?

Accepted Answer

slavery began to replace indentured servitude

Question 45

what describes the character of britain\'s empire in america before 1660?

Accepted Answer

the british ruled their american colonies in haphazard

Question 46

what was true of the restoration colonies of new york, pennsylvania, new jersey, and the carolinas in the 1660s?

Accepted Answer

they were created by charles 2 as he expanded english power in america

Question 47

what describes the dominant approach to settlement in North carolina in its early years?

Accepted Answer

the proprietors planned to set up a manorial system, but this plan failed

Question 48

what statements is true of the quaker religion in the 1660s?

Accepted Answer

it taught that god imbued all men and women with an inner light

Question 49

the navigation acts implemented in the american colonies by britain in the mid 17th century were originally intended to?

Accepted Answer

cut the dutch and french out of the colonial trade

Question 50

what was an outcome of the navigation acts in the mid 17th century?

Accepted Answer

colonists required to export their sugar and tobacco only to england

Question 51

what describes the change in english economic philosophy toward the colonies beginning in the 1650s?

Accepted Answer

no longer content with a favorable balance of trade with european countries, the english government controlled trade with the colonies

Question 52

what describes the significant of the glorious revolution of 1688 in england and america?

Accepted Answer

the change represented a major step toward democracy in both england and the north american colonies

Question 53

when the early 18th century anglo french was temporarily ended with the treaty of utrecht in 1713, britain had?

Accepted Answer

won major territorial and commercial gains, including newfoundland, acadia, and the hudson bay region as well as access to the western indian trade

Question 54

which agricultural product served as the foundation for the south atlantic system in the 18th century?

Accepted Answer

sugar

Question 55

what area imported the smallest number of slaves in the early 18th century?

Accepted Answer

north america

Question 56

what characterizes the impact of the slave trade on africa?

Accepted Answer

the slave trade hardened african class divisions and changed gender relations

Question 57

what characterizes adrian states\' involvement in the atlantic slave trade?

Accepted Answer

the asante kinds used the profits of slave trading to expand their political dominion

Question 58

what characterizes life for slaves in the west indies in the 1700s?

Accepted Answer

because the price of sales was low and the price of sugar was high, slave owners worked their slaves to death and then replaced them with new slaves

Question 59

what method did chesapeake planters use in the early 18th century to prevent slave revolts?

Accepted Answer

they bought slaves of different ethnic backgrounds to limit their ability to organize

Question 60

what explains why chesapeake planters treated their slaves less harshly that west indian farmers planters in the 18th century?

Accepted Answer

profits on sugar were considerably higher than those made through tobacco production

Question 61

the british colonists in 18th century north america enjoyed a significant degree of autonomy over their royal governors mainly due to?

Accepted Answer

their control over governors salaries

Question 62

what reason led to the war break out between england and spain in the late 1730s?

Accepted Answer

spain was angry over the english settlement of georgia

Question 63

how did farmwives throughout the colonies in the 18th century contribute to their families?

Accepted Answer

wives acted as helpmates to their husbands and performed both domestic and agricultural tasks

Question 64

in the 18th century new england, the notion that parents would pay grown children for their past labors in exchange for the privilege of choosing the children\'s spouses was known as?

Accepted Answer

the marriage portion

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