Which of the following is a TRUE statement about social relations in Alexandria in northern Egypt during the Hellenistic period? A) Slavery was a very important feature. B) The city bustled with many different peoples, including Jews who had a considerable amount of self-government. C) The population of the city consisted entirely of Egyptians. D) […]
Which of these was an important negative consequence for Indians of the North American fur trade? A) epidemic disease B) deforestation C) overpopulation D) religious conflict and division ANSWER Answer: A
While the United States was home to only 6 percent of the world’s population, it was responsible for _______ percent of the world’s energy consumption. a. 9 b. 22 c. 40 d. 75 e. 90 ANSWER C
Anne Hutchinson was expelled from Massachusetts because she criticized the leaders’ __________. A) land policies B) religious beliefs and practices C) treatment of Indians D) use of slave labor ANSWER Answer: B
Thomas Malthus argued that A) human population growth would inevitably exceed the growth of the world’s food supply. B) modern science guaranteed that in the future there would be no crime, poverty, or disease. C) people were naturally good and society’s problems could be solved by the application of human reason. D) population tends to […]
The Massachusetts Bay Company was established by __________. A) religious dissenters known as Pilgrims B) a Catholic nobleman C) a group of wealthy Puritans D) William Penn ANSWER Answer: C
The English Puritans were __________. A) Methodists B) Anglicans C) Lutherans D) Calvinists ANSWER D
The Indian village communities of the Chesapeake were united in a politically sophisticated union known as the _____________. A) Grand Alliance B) Covenant Chain C) Iroquois Confederacy D) Powhatan Confederacy ANSWER Answer: D
When the Annapolis meeting of 1786, which was called to discuss commercial problems, seemed about to fail, ________ proposed a convention in Philadelphia to deal with constitutional reform. A) James Madison B) Alexander Hamilton C) George Washington D) Thomas Jefferson ANSWER B
By 1600, __________ enslaved Africans were laboring on plantations in Hispaniola and Brazil. A) 750 B) 4,000 C) 300,000 D) 25,000 ANSWER Answer: D
