The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the
Olmecs
Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering
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11,000 years ago
The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began
with migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait
Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-columbian north american tribes?
in all tribes, women cared for the children and prepared meals
Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today the United States
had the most abundant food resources of any region of the continent
Native american religions were closely linked to
the natural world
Christopher Columbus called the native people he encountered on his voyages "Indians" because
he believed they came from the East Indies in the Pacific.
What European explorer gave the Pacific Ocean its name?
Ferdinand Magellan
The New York Colony
emerged after a struggle between the English and the Dutch.
At the time of the beginning of the slave trade, most africans
had well-developed economies and political systems
The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began
with migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait
An encomienda was a
license to exact tribute and labor from natives
In 1680, the Pueblo Indians rose in revolt against Spanish settlers after the Spanish
made efforts to suppress Indian religious rituals
At the beginning of the seventeenth century, the already festering english puritan discontent was increased by
the death of Queen Elizabeth
The colony established by people seeking to separate from Pennsylvania was
Delaware
The first blacks imported to Virginia in 1619
may have been considered indentured servants by the colonists.
The puritan founders in Massachusetts who described their colony as a "city upon a hill"
felt they were creating a holy community that would be a model for the world
Like New York, the New Jersey colony
had great ethnic and religious diversity
In the 1640s, during the English Civil War, the Cavaliers were
supporters of King Charles 1
In the seventeenth century, English Quakers
-granted women a position within the church generally equal to that of men
-had no paid clergy
-were pacifists
-believed all could attain salvation
The "triangular trade" in the Atlantic dealt with which commodity?
rum, sugar, slaves, molasses
The first plantations in colonial North America emerged in the tobacco growing areas of
Maryland and Virginia
Which statement regarding the lives of slaves in colonial North America is true?
could not vote or hold office
During the seventeenth century, the Royal African Company of England
deliberately restricted the supply of slaves to the north american colonies
a common form of resistance of enslaved africans to their condition was
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