Straighterline US History 1 Final Exam Study Cards Questions & Answers(RATED A+)
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The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began - ANSWERwith migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait.
Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today the United States - ANSWERhad the most abundant food resources of any region of the co...
Straighterline US History 1 Final Exam Study Cards Questions & Answers(RATED A+)
The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began - ANSWERwith migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait.
Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today the United States - ANSWERhad the most abundant food resources of any region of the continent.
The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Pacific Northwest - ANSWERfished salmon as their principal occupation.
Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering Strait occurred approximately - ANSWER11,000 years ago.
Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-Columbian North American tribes? - ANSWERIn all tribes, women cared for the children and prepared meals.
Native American religions were closely linked to - ANSWERthe natural world.
The cause of the failure of the Roanoke colony - ANSWERis historically inconclusive.
In what way did sixteenth-century Europeans benefit from trade between the Americas and Europe? - ANSWERA large number of new crops became available in Europe.
In King Philip's War, Indians made effective use of a relatively new weapon, the - ANSWERflintlock rifle.
Captain John Smith helped the Jamestown settlement survive by - ANSWERimposing work and order on the colonists.
The New York colony - ANSWERemerged after a struggle between the English and the Dutch.
Warfare between Englishmen and Powhatan Indians in Virginia - ANSWERincluded an Indian attack on Jamestown that killed hundreds of colonists.
In the mid-1600s, New England Puritan ministers began preaching against the decline of - ANSWERpiety. During the seventeenth century, the Royal African Company of England - ANSWERdeliberately restricted the supply of slaves to the North American colonies.
The "triangular trade" in the Atlantic dealt with which commodity? - ANSWERrum, sugar, slaves, & molasses
The seventeenth-century medical practice of deliberately bleeding a person was based on - ANSWERthe belief that a person needed to maintain a balance of different bodily fluids.
By 1700, English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery in part because - ANSWERof a declining birthrate in England.
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, medical practitioners - ANSWERhad little or no knowledge of sterilization.
During the eighteenth century, rising consumerism in the American colonies was encouraged by - ANSWERincreasing class distinctions within society and the association of material possessions with status in the upper class.
The verdict of the 1734-1735 libel trial of New York publisher John Peter Zenger - ANSWERincreased freedom of the press in the colonies.
The proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a plantation of at least ten slaves was over - ANSWERthree-fourths.
Which of the following statements about slave work is FALSE? - ANSWERColonial slave codes forbade teaching slaves skilled trades and crafts.
In the English colonies, Roman Catholics - ANSWERsuffered their greatest persecution in Maryland.
The first North American college was - ANSWERHarvard.
Which statement regarding colonial higher education is true? - ANSWERMost colleges were founded by religious groups.
In colonial New England Puritan communities, women - ANSWERwere expected to devote themselves to serving the needs of their husbands and households.
By 1776, what proportion of white males were literate in colonial America? - ANSWERmore than half
The witchcraft trials in Salem - ANSWERsaw the original accusers recant their charges.
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