History 136 Midterm study quiz

Question 1

After destruction of Fort Caroline (FL), St Augustine founded-Spanish nobleman Pedro Menendez-Oldest European settlement

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Which city served as the base for British operations for most of the war?

Accepted Answer

New York

Question 3

Which state had the clearest separation of church and state?

Accepted Answer

Virginia

Question 4

What battle turned the tide of war in favor of the Americans?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Saratoga

Question 5

the Spanish built Castillo de San Marcos to defend against Indian challenges, not imperial challenges.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

What was the Middle Passage?

Accepted Answer

The transatlantic journey that African slaves made to America

Question 7

Where did the Protestant Reformation begin?

Accepted Answer

Northern Europe

Question 8

Who were the only settlers that got along with the natives?

Accepted Answer

French

Question 9

The founders of the Plymouth colony were:

Accepted Answer

Puritans

Question 10

Which country established the first colonies in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

spain

Question 11

Phillis Wheatley did not actively challenge the status of women in the earlyAmerican republic

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Teotihuacan City (Mayan) was a center of trade that extended along the Gulf Coast

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Only men could participate in the Puritan religion.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

What was the predominant religion in Pennsylvania?

Accepted Answer

Quakerism

Question 15

Tobacco was the primary crop in 1620s- Transitioned to sugarcane in 1640s

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

For which of the following activities were the Sons of Liberty responsible?

Accepted Answer

The hanging and beheading of a stamp commissioner in effigy

Question 17

Produced thousands of written books–Codices-Destroyed by Spanish priests who feared the native practices

Accepted Answer

Mayans

Question 18

Columbus GREATLY underestimated the Earth’s circumference!- Landed in the Bahamas, thought he was in the East Indies

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

To declare null and void any laws the colonies had passed to govern and taxthemselves was a goal of the Stamp Act

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Columbus convinced King and Queen of Spain the route could be found & funded his voyage.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

cliff-dwelling, largest alliance of Indians, Pueblo peoples lived in southeast of current US

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Personal property, bought, sold, and owned. no legal rights or freedom, and their status could be passed down.

Accepted Answer

Chattel

Question 23

Which religious order joined the French settlement in Canada and tried to convert the nativesto Christianity?

Accepted Answer

Jesuits

Question 24

Hessians are German soldiers hired by Great Britain to put down the Americanrebellion

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Who crafted the giant stone heads?

Accepted Answer

Olmec

Question 26

What land bridge connected Asia and North America?

Accepted Answer

Beringia

Question 27

Unlike other NE colonies, Pennsylvania had no official religion- Allowed religious tolerance

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Mayan lands are now referred to as:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 29

The Olmecs are a pristine civilization. (a civilization that developed independently of other civilizations)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Which country initiated the era of Atlantic exploration?

Accepted Answer

Portugal

Question 31

who Created the only known written language from the period/region?

Accepted Answer

Olmec

Question 32

Which group allowed the most religious freedoms within their colonies in the New World?

Accepted Answer

Dutch

Question 33

COLUMBUS Sought to find a route to the Far East shorter and safer than Silk road by sailing west

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

a system of forced labor under the guise of a "wardship"

Accepted Answer

Encomienda System

Question 35

The Negro Act of 1740 was a reaction to ________.

Accepted Answer

The Stono Rebellion

Question 36

The Continental forces under George Washington had great success on the battlefield at the start of the Revolution.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

Racial slavery in was spread as a result of Wealthy whites worrying about a recreation of Bacon's rebellion.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

which civilization is Celebrated for their architectural accomplishments- Machu Picchu

Accepted Answer

Inca

Question 39

who Developed a mathematical system and a calendar system- Used to direct planting/harvesting

Accepted Answer

Olmecs

Question 40

Ancient Mexico civilizations arose in this order: Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Inca

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

Mercy was one of Franklin’s thirteen virtues.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 42

Communicated and kept records using a system of knots and colored strings called the quipu.

Accepted Answer

Inca

Question 43

First Africans to arrive were not slaves, Some converted to Christianity and gained freedom, Had white servants

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

The French & Indian War & the British military presence in the American colonies was cause of the British National Debt.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 45

Spaniards obtained encomienda simply for serving the crown.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 46

Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?

Accepted Answer

An exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe & the Americas

Question 47

Why didn’t England attempt to colonize the New World before the late sixteenth to early seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

English had internal struggles and the encroaching Catholic menace.

Question 48

Trading/furs was the French's main goal in colonizing the Americas.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 49

Hillsborough's threat to the colonial assemblies that endorsed the letter contributed to the colonies’ endorsement.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 50

Which American general is responsible for improving the American military position in the South?

Accepted Answer

Nathanael Greene

History 136 Midterm study quiz

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History 136 Midterm study quiz

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