- Which source would provide an archaeologist with a primary source of information about pre-Columbian Indians who settled in New York?
Your answer:
a social studies textbook
artifacts left by the Iroquois
an article about the Iroquois in an encyclopedia
an interview with a historian who specializes in early American cultures
- An important accomplishment of the Iroquois Confederacy was the
Your answer:
establishment of a political union of member nations
selection of a woman to be Chief
development of a trading partnership with the Algonqins
adoption of a two-house legislature
- One reason why groups of Native American Indians often developed different cultures was that each group
Your answer:
adapted to its environment in a different way
wanted to be distinct from other groups
came to America from other parts of the world
had to follow written traditions
- Which is a primary source for evidence that Columbus sailed to find a new route to the Indies in 1492?
Your answer:
a letter from the current ambassador from Spain describing the voyage
a painting showing Columbus landing in the New World
a diary entry written by a crew member
a television show about the explorations of Columbus
- During the period 1700 to 1770, the American colonial population increased from about 250,000 people to over 2,000,000. This growth of colonial society was mainly due to
Your answer:
a sharp reduction of the colonial death rate
increased immigration from Europe
a rapid increase in the slave trade in the northern colonies
changes in the birthrate among the colonists
- Early colonists in North America tended to settle near rivers mainly because these areas provided
Your answer:
water power for factories
popular camping sites
protection from enemies
resources suitable for agriculture
- Which statement identifies an outcome of the Treaty of Paris (1763) that ended the French and Indian War?
Your answer:
Canada became a colony of Spain.
The Dutch gave up New Netherland to England.
France lost most of its colonies in North America.
Americans won their independence from the British.
- In colonial America, an aim of British mercantile policy was to force American merchants to
Your answer:
provide raw materials to England only
sell more raw materials to countries other than England
compete with England for overseas markets
produce all their own manufactured goods
- "Many of the [colonial] storekeepers couldn't give away any of the British goods on the stores' shelves. It was as if the colonists had agreed to not buy any English products." Which economic idea is described in this passage?
Your answer:
tariff
strike
duty
boycott
- Base your answer to question 10 on the speakers' statements below and on your knowledge of social studies. Speaker A: "I would have hanged my brother if he took part with our enemy in this country," said patriot Sam Adams. Speaker B" Bodies were then piled in the carts and hauled through the streets. The loyalists laughed and hooted as they saw these carts go by. "There goes another load of rebels," they would say. Based on these statements, which conclusion can best be drawn about the colonists' support for independence from England?
Your answer:
Patriots and loyalists both wanted to end British rule of the colonies.
Patriots received better treatment than loyalists received.
All American colonists favored independence from England.
The issue of independence from England caused sharp differences among the American colonists.