US HIST 101 STRAIGHTERLINE MIDTERM 2024 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Who was the first known European to look westward upon the Pacific Ocean, in 1513? - CORRECT ANSWER Vasco de Balboa Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-Columbian North American tribes? - CORRECT ANSWER In all tribes, women cared for the children and prepared meals. In England during the early sixteenth century, mercantilism thrived mostly on the basis of trade in which commodity? - CORRECT ANSWER Wool. At the time of the beginning of the slave trade, most Africans - CORRECT ANSWER Had well developed economies and political systems. What condition(s) in England in the sixteenth century provided incentive for colonization? - CORRECT ANSWER The availability of farmland was declining, while the population was growing. In Spanish colonial societies, mestizos - CORRECT ANSWER Came to make up the largest segment of the population. The English colonial settlements in the Caribbean - CORRECT ANSWER Concluded it was cheaper to buy new African slaves than to protect those they owned.