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QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following statements is true?
a.)
Historians have a responsibility to merge their own experiences
into historical narratives.
c.)
History is best determined through the lenses of politics and economics.
a.)
A high school history textbook published in 1990
c.)
A national newscast from 1942
a.) Race
b.) Ethics
c.) Politics
d.) Economics
b.)
The writing of history is influenced by the cultural environment in which it is
written.
d.)
Historical interpretations of past events rarely change over time.
2. Consider the following research question and choose the primary source that
is best suited to answer it.
"What were the long-term consequences of Japanese internment camps
in the United States during World War II?"
b.)
An interview in 2001 with a Japanese American who was confined to a camp
d.)
A documentary about World War II produced by a historian
3. As part of her research on the American Revolution, Bea reads a book
about forms of public protest in the 18th century colonies.
Which of the following is most likely a lens she is exploring?
Which native civilization lived in permanent settlements made up of apartment-
like complexes of stone and mud?
QUESTIONS
b.)
The Aztec
c.)
The Olmec
a.)
Hajit makes detailed drawings of prehistoric images found on boulders in
Minnesota.
b.)
Hector analyzes one of the first maps made by European explorers.
c.)
Hope attempts to translate symbols on a pot that she believes were a form of
writing.
a.)
"Your territory belongs to us by decree of the Catholic Church."
b.)
"The natives will submit to the absolute authority of the Crown."
c.)
"Gift exchanges with natives will forge alliances and establish trade
relationships."
a.)
The Pueblo
d.)
The Hopewell
Which of the following historians is collecting oral history?
d.)
Helen interviews contemporary Native Americans about their cultural traditions.
Which statement is most representative of the French approach toward native
peoples in the Americas?
QUESTIONS
b.)
Discoveries by the Vikings
c.)
The invention of the printing press
a.)
Globalization
b.)
Colonization
a.)
It could involve one person bonding himself to another so as to work off a
debt.
b.)
Slaves were almost always considered to be the property of their masters.
c.)
It was largely an issue of race, as only people with darker skin could become
slaves.
d.)
Competition between Catholics and Protestants
European traders discovered that they could sell chocolate from the New
World back home in Europe.
Which of the following concepts does this statement best exemplify?
c.)
Commodification
Which of the following statements is true about slavery prior to the Atlantic slave
trade?
QUESTIONS
d.)
A person's religion had no impact on whether he or she could be enslaved.
In 1540, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado set out to find the rumored golden
city of Quivira.
What came of his expedition?
a.)
Despite a two-year expedition that got as far north as modern-day Kansas,
Coronado never found Quivira.
QUESTIONS
Which of the following statements is characteristic of Martin Luther's position in
QUESTIONS
a.)
"I declare myself to be the head of the Catholic Church in my country."
b.)
"Individual monarchs have too much power."
c.)
"Reading scripture prepares people to receive God's grace if they are among
the elect."
a.)
Guns and gunpowder from Europe were exchanged for sugar in Africa.
b.)
Slaves would be brought from Europe to the Americas in exchange for
textiles, rum and other goods.
c.)
Rum was used to lure Africans into the voyage to America, where they
would then be forced into slavery.
a.)
"Your territory belongs to us by decree of the Catholic Church."
b.)
"The natives will submit to the absolute authority of the Crown."
c.)
"Gift exchanges with natives will forge alliances and establish trade
relationships."
d.)
d.)
"The practice of selling indulgences is corrupt and has to stop."
What role did European exports play in the Triangular Trade?
d.)
Manufactured goods were used to buy African slaves from other Africans who
captured them.
Which statement is most representative of the French approach toward native
peoples in the Americas?
QUESTIONS
b.)
Roanoke
c.)
Jamestown
d.)
Virginia
Which factor led to the implementation of the Headright System?
a.)
Abundant land and the desire to attract more migrants
b.)
The desire to equalize opportunity for Englishmen
c.)
The racialization of slavery in the New World
d.)
Landowners abusing the system of indentured servitude
Which factor led to the creation of a maritime-based economy in the northern
colonies?
a.)
Agricultural surpluses that could be sold in foreign markets
b.)
Need for slave labor in the northern colonies
c.)
Religious intolerance in the northern colonies
Which English colony is most likely being described here?
a.)
Massachusetts Bay
QUESTIONS
d.)
Settlers with diverse backgrounds and tastes in the northern colonies
Which of the following societal changes occurred when New Netherlands
became New York?
a.)
Married women could no longer use their own name to do business.
QUESTIONS
Which of the following statements describes the relationship between the English
and the Native Americans in the first half of the 18th century?
a.)
At times the Native Americans traded and even made alliances with the
English, but these often led to devastating conflicts.
QUESTIONS
b.)
Most English settlers acknowledged Native American rights to the land, but
the colonial government refused to acknowledge any such rights.
c.)
The English suspected that all Native Americans supported the Spanish, so
they were reluctant to engage in trade or military alliances.
a.)
A royal governor exercises greater control in local politics than the
colonial assembly does.
b.)
A colonial merchant ships tobacco and cotton grown in the colonies to
England.
c.)
The British parliament exerts greater independence and control over English
law.
a.)
The establishment of new churches like the Baptists and the Methodists
b.)
Widespread acceptance that all people are saved and none are damned
c.)
Women were even more excluded from religious meetings and the life of faith
d.)
The English settlers saw the Native Americans only as obstacles to be removed.
They refused to form alliances with native peoples, even when England was at
war with the Spanish or French.
Which of the following actions is an example of salutary neglect?
d.)
A New England trader routinely smuggles in raw sugar from the West Indies
with no penalties.
Which of the following was an effect of the Great Awakening?
QUESTIONS
b.)
"The purpose of government is to provide for its citizens' basic needs,
like food and education."
c.)
"Kings have a divine right to rule but also a responsibility to protect the
rights of their subjects."
a.)
Tensions formed between colonists and British soldiers, who had treated
them poorly during the war.
b.)
Spain lost its colonies in Florida, Cuba and the Philippines to the British, who
did not lose anything after the war.
c.)
The colonists formed a bond with the French, who would later help
them gain independence from England.
a.) The involvement of Africans in the sale and transport of other enslaved
Africans
b.)The often violent responses of slave traders if a captive managed to
escape their chains
c.) The interest among slave traders in maximizing profits and the perception
of slaves
as commodities
d.) The enormous profits reaped by Europeans from the Atlantic slave trade
d.)
"Governments must follow the one true faith to fully protect man's welfare."
Which of the following happened as a result of the French and Indian War?
d.)
France retained control of Canada, but Britain gained France's colonies east of
the Mississippi River.
The diagram of the British slave ship Brookes most directly illustrates what feature
of the Atlantic slave trade?
QUESTIONS
Which of the following statements best reflects the gang system of labor, from a
slave's perspective?
a.)
“This afternoon, some of us met to pick tomatoes and prepare our evening
meal.”
QUESTIONS
d.)
They published articles in newspapers and pamphlets that circulated the
colonies.
What was the relationship between the Townshend Acts and the Boston Massacre?
a.)
QUESTIONS
b.)
The Sons of Liberty orchestrated a direct attack on British troops
that ended in bloodshed.
c.)
Several colonists were shot by British troops while actively protesting the
Townshend Acts.
a.)
Most British tea was imported through Boston, as southerners avoided warm
beverages on account of the climate.
c.)
Similar riots took place in every port city that same night, but the one in
Boston was the largest and most costly.
a.)Internal taxation and actual representation
b.) Internal taxation and virtual representation
The British army occupied Boston after the Townshend Acts to restore
order, which increased tension between colonists and British troops.
d.)
British troops fired on protesters who were preventing other colonists from
purchasing boycotted goods.
What unique circumstances caused the Boston Tea Party to take place in Boston,
and not in another port city?
b.)
The governor of Massachusetts insisted all tea be unloaded and taxed instead of
sending it back to England.
d.)
The Sons of Liberty had a stronger presence in Boston, which had a smaller
port than New York or Charleston.
Many colonists believed that England was only justified in taxing commerce
between the colonies and the British Empire and that local assemblies had the
exclusive right to collect direct taxes on individuals.
Which combination does this
represent?
