Which of the following helped increase interest in English migration to North America in the first half of the seventeenth century? A) the discovery of gold B) religious conflict C) a famine D) the robust English economy ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why might native communities have resisted shifting to agriculture? A) They were ignorant about plants and cultivation. B) Farming offered few advantages in some areas. C) Merchant clans prevented their workers from adopting farming. D) Farming took so little work that it promoted laziness. ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The outcome of debates over slavery at the Constitutional Convention suggests that the first priority of the delegates there was to A) perpetuate slavery. B) abolish slavery. C) create a strong union with a powerful central government. D) remove all barriers to the full practice of human rights. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these societies had tens of thousands of communities in the Southwest? A) Inuit B) Mohawks C) Senecas D) Anasazi ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The typical way for most slaves to express discontent was __________. a. political protest b. open, armed rebellion c. passive resistance d. participation in conspiracies e. organizing boycotts ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Using either the Anasazi/Mississippian or the Iroquois/Algonquian, compare and describe their attitudes about community in such areas as sex roles, lines of descent, wealth and property, political structures, religion, and war. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: population; conflict; priorities; political structures; settlement patterns
Date: September 9th, 2020
At the time of the Civil War, __________. a. almost all southerners owned at least one slave b. most white southerners owned three or more slaves c. there were few slaves in the fields, but most white households had a house slave d. one-quarter of white southerners owned slaves e. one-half of white southerners owned […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The multiracial Spanish colonial society is best described as a frontier of __________. A) inclusion B) exclusion C) equal opportunity D) dispersion ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
One result of the disorder in the colonies following passage of the 1767 Townshend Act was: a. several hundred British troops were shifted from New York to Boston b. petitions from colonial merchants forced Parliament to repeal the laws c. many conservative leaders feared that the turmoil in New England would lead to war d. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who benefited the most from medieval economic expansion in Europe? A) artisans B) peasants C) feudal lords D) the clergy ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
