Chapter 1 US History

Question 1

What is evidence?

Accepted Answer

proof or an indication that something is true

Question 2

Enlightenment Philosophes believed in the individual's right to liberty.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

The _______was a period of reawakened intellectual and artistic curiosity in Europe

Accepted Answer

The Renaissance

Question 4

What was the Columbian Exchange?

Accepted Answer

the transfer of people, goods, ideas, and diseases

Question 5

What is Prehistory?

Accepted Answer

before people developed writing

Question 6

European nations began to build _________ to provide them with gold, silver, and raw materials.

Accepted Answer

colonies

Question 7

Enlightenment Philosophes attacked superstition and discouraged people from believing superstition.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

What do historians study?

Accepted Answer

the people and events of the past

Question 9

Why were colonies important to the home country in a mercantilist system?

Accepted Answer

Colonies provied raw materials like lumber and silver

Question 10

Which one is a Theme of Geography?

Accepted Answer

Place

Question 11

Enlightenment Philosophes wanted to use reason and reasoning skills to change society.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Those who study the people and events of the past are called...

Accepted Answer

historians

Question 13

Which type of settlement was important in an mercantilist system?

Accepted Answer

Colony

Question 14

How many years is a decade?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 15

What were the Spanish Conquistadors who came to the Americas were interested in finding?

Accepted Answer

gold, silver and other riches

Question 16

What is a fact?

Accepted Answer

a personal belief or conclusion

Question 17

What is a period of 100 years called?

Accepted Answer

century

Question 18

What is an opinion?

Accepted Answer

a personal belief or conclusion

Question 19

Spanish explorers who came to the Americas in search of gold and other riches were called .....

Accepted Answer

Conquistadors

Question 20

Historical evidence includes which of the following?

Accepted Answer

material objects and written sources

Questions 20