Which statement was true of most North American Indian farming communities? A) There was little division of labor on the basis of gender. B) Women and men belonged to separate social groupings. C) Women participated in both hunting and farming. D) Men took sole responsibility for farming. ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which college was established as a result of the Great Awakening? a. Princeton b. Columbia c. Harvard d. the College of William & Mary e. Yale ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The dominant people in the Mexican highlands in 1519 were the __________. A) Toltec B) Mixtec C) Olmec D) Aztec ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which statement is false about the 1767 Townshend Acts? The laws authorized: a. colonial courts to help customs officers search for violations b. taxes to be paid in coin and the revenue used to pay royal officials c. taxes on imports, including tea, paint, lead, paper, and glass d. taxes on exports, including tobacco and […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Cartier was to the French and __________ as Cabot was to the English and __________. A) St. Augustine; Virginia B) Cape Fear; Florida C) St. Lawrence; Newfoundland D) Fort Caroline; Maine ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Watergate Scandal was based on President Nixon’s __________. a. 1972 affair with a young intern at the Republican National Committee b. involvement in ordering an attack on unarmed civilians in Vietnam c. attempts to cover up sources of his campaign funding in the 1972 presidential election d. attempts to bribe the North Vietnamese to […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Bartolomé de las Casas’s critique of the Spanish in the Americas amounted to a charge of __________. A) genocide B) malign neglect C) base robbery D) destructive ignorance ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the Virginia Company reward settlers who paid their own way to the colony? A) with cash rewards B) with shares in the company C) with slaves D) with additional land ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The eventual success of Spanish rule of New Mexico depended on __________. A) ruthless suppression of Indian culture B) accommodation between natives and Spanish C) forcing all the natives to mine for gold D) excluding the natives from any role in colonial society ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did the English Separatists in Leiden decide to leave Europe and travel to the Americas? A) They hoped to make a fortune in the slave trade. B) They did not like the effect of Dutch culture on their children. C) They were invited to do so by the English Crown. D) The Dutch wanted […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
