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American Civilization
The American Journey Concise Edition
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History
Undergraduate 1
02/27/2011

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Native American societies in North America consisted of hundreds of groups, each with its own language or dialect, history, and way of life.

 

 

 

True or False?

Definition

True

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Native American communities participated in a complex trade network that included:

 

A. Material goods

B. Marriage partners

C. Laborers

D. Ideas and religious practices

E. All of the above

Definition

 

 

 

 

E. All of the above

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By the 1430's, the Portuguese had discovered the greatest source of wealth they could extract from Africa was:

 

A. Gold

B. Slaves

C. Sugar

D. Tobacco

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B. Slaves

Term

African slavery was not necessarily a permanent status and did not automatically apply to the slaves' children.

 

 

 

True or False?

Definition

 

 

 

 

True

Term

Most European lived as peasants in agricultural communities.  Their societies differed from Native American and West African societies because:

 

A. Men performed most of the heavy work of farming.

B. Women focused on caring for the family.

C. Europeans  lived in rigid hierarchies.

D. Europeans society was patriarchal, with men dominating political and economic life.

E. All of the above.

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E. All of the above.

Term

The Reformation:

 

A. Initiated a century of warfare and fragmented Europe into warring camps.

B. Led to peaceful reform of the Catholic Church.

C. Is a Native American prophet that believed Indians needed to reform their values.

D. Was a non-religious movement that united many Europeans.

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A. Initiated a century of warfare and fragmented Europe into warring camps.

Term

On his second trip to meet the Aztecs, Hernan Cortez won a decisive victory because:

A. He brought more men and more weapons from Europe

B. The Aztecs were caught off-guard. They had believed the Conquistadors would never return.

C. Cortez allied himself with enemies of the Aztecs, and many of the Aztecs had died from diseases.

D. The Aztecs believed Cortez was actually Columbus and they had heard that Columbus as a friendly guy.

Definition

C. Cortez allied himself with enemies of the Aztecs, and many of the Aztecs had died from diseases.

Term

The Columbian Exchange refers to:

 

A. The transfer of diseases, animals, and plants from the Old World to the New World.

B. A monetary system used in the Old World and theNew World.

C. The slave system established by Columbus in the New World.

Definition

 

 

 

 

A. The transfer of diseases, animals, and plants from the Old World to the New World.

Term

What were french traders and Indians called when they intermarried?

 

A. Jesuits

B. Metis

C. Pidgin

D. Mowhawks

 

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B. Metis

Term

In the paper "Disourse on Western Planting" the author promoted the colonies as

 

A. A place for the poor and idle of England

B. An outpost for English merchants to trade ith Native Americans

C. A place to establish bases to raid Spanish ships

D. Only B and C are correct

E. All are correct

 

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E. All are correct

Term

How do historians characterize the relationship between French fur traders and Indians?

 

A. Hostile and very violent.

B. They functioned as a partnership.

C. The relationship was often strained because Indians preferred the English colonists.

Definition

 

 

 

 

B. They functioned as a partnership.

Term

What shaped nearly every aspect of Virginia's society, from patterns of settlement to the recruitment of colonists?

 

A. Colonists' relationship with the England.

B. Tobacco.

C. Religion

D. Manufacturing

Definition

 

 

 

 

B. Tobacco.

Term

Which region bean to rely on indentured servents to harvest its crops?

 

 

A. The New England Colonies

B. The Chesapeake Colonies

 

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B. The Chesapeake Colonies

Term

The Puritans, known as seperatists, wer convinced that the Church of England would never change and left it to form their own congregration.

 

 

True or False?

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True

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The Beaver Wars, a long struggle between the Hurons and Iroquois Indians, symbolizes

 

A. The impact of European trade and diseases on Native communities.

B. The the animals in the North America had adapted to European hunting styles.

C. A style of warfare created by Native Americans.

D. How Europeans rarely caused fighting amond the Native Americans.

Definition

 

 

 

A. The impact of European trade and diseases on Native communities.

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