US History Review

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What do most scientists believe about how the first Americans arrived on the continent?

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They believe people migrated across a land bridge.

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Which of the following was the wealthiest and most powerful Native American civilization which was destroyed by the Spanish in the early 1500s? Aztecs, Mayans, Olmecs, Anasazi

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Aztecs

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How did the Crusades lead to European exploration?

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They introduced Europeans to luxury goods such as silks and spices.

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The Columbian Exchange was

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The exchange of animals, plants, and diseases between Europe and the Americans

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The journey taken by enslaved Africans to the New World was known as

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The middle passage

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Spanish military leaders who took over and destroyed Native American civilizations were known as

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Conquistadors

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The first permanent English settlement in America was

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Jamestown

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The Puritans were a religious group that believed

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The Church of England needed to be "purified"

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The group of elected leaders who made laws for the colony of Virginia was known as

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The Virginia House of Burgesses

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What crop was grown in Virginia for profit?

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Tobacco