Which of these was an important early social consequence of farming? A) development of more elaborate kinship systems B) elimination of gender-based divisions of labor C) leveling of social inequalities D) decentralization of authority ANSWER Answer: A
Delegates at the Constitutional Convention decided that the president could NOT A) be elected by direct vote of the people. B) be impeached by Congress. C) serve as commander in chief of the armed forces. D) negotiate treaties with foreign nations. ANSWER A
What led to the gradual abandonment of the Four Corners area by the Anasazi? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: climate; famine; migrants; violence and conflict
Unlike China, where scholar bureaucrats eventually rose to positions of dominance, in medieval Japan the ________ class rose to dominance. A) farmer B) warrior C) hereditary rulers D) priest E) merchant ANSWER B
The Protestant Reformation was initially sparked by __________. A) Martin Luther B) John Knox C) John Calvin D) Henry VIII ANSWER Answer: A
Which colonial war between France and England demonstrated the British colonists could fight effective joint operations? a. King William’s War b. Queen Anne’s War c. King George’s War d. War of the Spanish Succession e. King Philip’s War ANSWER C
The Spanish explorations into the South and Southwest of North America in the 1530s-1540s were led by __________. A) Cortés and Pizarro B) De Soto and Coronado C) De Leon and De Narváez D) Ribault and Avlies ANSWER Answer: B
The Constitution, when finished, reflected the convention delegates’ faith in all of the following EXCEPT A) representative government. B) checks and balances. C) popular sovereignty. D) public virtue. ANSWER D
Which of these was most closely tied to the migration of the English rural poor from the countryside to cities in the sixteenth century? A) the Reformation B) enclosure C) English efforts at colonization D) deflation ANSWER Answer: B
The House of Burgesses quickly demonstrated its commitment to __________. A) authoritarian government B) fundamental English rights C) the interests of Virginia’s poorest inhabitants D) military conquest and territorial expansion ANSWER B