Question 1

During the 1637 conflict known as the Pequot War, allied Puritan and Narragansett forces launched a decisive attack in which

Accepted Answer

A)  they captured the Pequot leader and forced him to surrender. 
B)  they surrounded a Pequot village and burned it down. 
C)  they set fires in the forest to destroy Pequot hiding places. 
D)  they used superior technology to defeat the Pequots in open warfare. 
A)  they captured the Pequot leader and forced him to surrender. 
B)  they surrounded a Pequot village and burned it down. 
C)  they set fires in the forest to destroy Pequot hiding places. 
D)  they used superior technology to defeat the Pequots in open warfare.

Question 2

How did English settlers in Jamestown, Virginia, survive in the early years?

Accepted Answer

A)  They learned to farm the land and grow corn and other vegetables. 
B)  They received a considerable amount of food from Indians. 
C)  They fished the oceans and hunted large and small game. 
D)  They subsisted primarily on berries, roots, and small game. 
A)  They learned to farm the land and grow corn and other vegetables. 
B)  They received a considerable amount of food from Indians. 
C)  They fished the oceans and hunted large and small game. 
D)  They subsisted primarily on berries, roots, and small game.

Question 3

According to the passage, why did some Hurons believe that the "Black Robes"-Jesuit priests-were responsible for widespread deaths in their villages?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Hurons harbored unusually persistent superstitious beliefs in sorcery. 
B)  French settlers employed poisons to spread disease among the Huron. 
C)  Disease outbreaks often coincided with missionary visits to Huron villages. 
D)  The Hurons did not distinguish between the priests and more violent settlers. 
A)  The Hurons harbored unusually persistent superstitious beliefs in sorcery. 
B)  French settlers employed poisons to spread disease among the Huron. 
C)  Disease outbreaks often coincided with missionary visits to Huron villages. 
D)  The Hurons did not distinguish between the priests and more violent settlers.

Question 4

When England erupted in civil war in 1642 over issues of religion, taxation, and royal authority, who emerged as leader and ruled until his death in 1658?

Accepted Answer

A)  James I 
B)  Oliver Cromwell 
C)  Charles I 
D)  Charles II 
A)  James I 
B)  Oliver Cromwell 
C)  Charles I 
D)  Charles II

Question 5

As newly elected governor of the Jamestown colony, John Smith ordered the English settlers to

Accepted Answer

A)  work with Indians and force them to do the farming. 
B)  intimidate the Indians and to do their own farming. 
C)  kill the Indians, take their valuables, and go back to England. 
D)  avoid the Indians at all cost and try to survive by hunting and gathering. 
A)  work with Indians and force them to do the farming. 
B)  intimidate the Indians and to do their own farming. 
C)  kill the Indians, take their valuables, and go back to England. 
D)  avoid the Indians at all cost and try to survive by hunting and gathering.

Question 6

Martin Luther and John Calvin were leaders of distinct denominations of what religious movement in the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Roman Catholicism 
B)  Protestantism 
C)  Eastern Orthodox Christianity 
D)  Islam 
A)  Roman Catholicism 
B)  Protestantism 
C)  Eastern Orthodox Christianity 
D)  Islam

Question 7

What compelled Algonquians to kill and eat Dutch livestock in seventeenth-century New Netherlands?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Algonquians ran out of corn due to flooding. 
B)  The Algonquians ran out of corn due to crop blight. 
C)  Europeans attacked members of the Algonquian tribe. 
D)  Europeans' pigs and cattle ate from Algonquian cornfields. 
A)  The Algonquians ran out of corn due to flooding. 
B)  The Algonquians ran out of corn due to crop blight. 
C)  Europeans attacked members of the Algonquian tribe. 
D)  Europeans' pigs and cattle ate from Algonquian cornfields.

During the 1637 conflict known as the Pequot War, allied Puritan and Narragansett forces launched a decisive attack in which

How did English settlers in Jamestown, Virginia, survive in the early years?

According to the passage, why did some Hurons believe that the "Black Robes"-Jesuit priests-were responsible for widespread deaths in their villages?

When England erupted in civil war in 1642 over issues of religion, taxation, and royal authority, who emerged as leader and ruled until his death in 1658?

As newly elected governor of the Jamestown colony, John Smith ordered the English settlers to

Martin Luther and John Calvin were leaders of distinct denominations of what religious movement in the sixteenth century?

What compelled Algonquians to kill and eat Dutch livestock in seventeenth-century New Netherlands?

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Exam 2: Colonization and Conflicts

During the 1637 conflict known as the Pequot War, allied Puritan and Narragansett forces launched a decisive attack in which

How did English settlers in Jamestown, Virginia, survive in the early years?

According to the passage, why did some Hurons believe that the "Black Robes"-Jesuit priests-were responsible for widespread deaths in their villages?

When England erupted in civil war in 1642 over issues of religion, taxation, and royal authority, who emerged as leader and ruled until his death in 1658?

As newly elected governor of the Jamestown colony, John Smith ordered the English settlers to

Martin Luther and John Calvin were leaders of distinct denominations of what religious movement in the sixteenth century?

What compelled Algonquians to kill and eat Dutch livestock in seventeenth-century New Netherlands?

Mapping Global Frontiers

Colonial America Amid Global Change

Religious Strife and Social Upheavals

War and Empire

The American Revolution

Forging a New Nation

The Early Republic

Defending and Redefining the Nation

Social and Cultural Ferment in the North

Slavery Expands South and West

Imperial Ambitions and Sectional Crises

Civil War

Emancipation and Reconstruction

The West Opening the West

Industrial America

Workers and Farmers in the Age of Organization

Cities, Immigrants, and the Nation

Progressivism and the Search for Order

Empire and Wars

The Twenties

Depression, Dissent, and the New Deal

World War II

The Opening of the Cold War

Troubled Innocence

Liberalism and Its Challengers

The Swing Toward Conservatism

The Triumph of Conservatism, the End of the Cold War, and the Rise of the New World Order

The Challenges of a Globalized World

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