OnRamps Test 1- 2025

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The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts

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What was Bartholome' de Las Casa known for?

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16th-century Spanish landowner, friar, priest, and bishop, famed as an historian and social reformer, who was sickened by the exploitation and physical degradation of the indigenous peoples in the Spanish colonies of the Caribbean.

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_______________________ was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Colombian Exchange

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Which of these statements is false? The Spanish attempted to convert the Native Americans to Christianity. The gold they gathered from the Americas helped transform Europe into a capitalist society. The Spanish moved to the Americas in large numbers, hoping to build large permanent settlements. European diseases destroyed the Native American populations.

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The Spanish moved to the Americas in large numbers, hoping to build large permanent settlements.

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Which of the following is NOT a lesson to be learned from the Salem Witch Trials?
- Trials should be decided with more than just "hearsay" evidence.
- Religious beliefs mixed with fear of the unknown can be deadly.
- Blaming outsiders for problems can lead to innocent death or suffering.

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Witchcraft is a real and present danger in America, even today.

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Which of the following best describes the way Europeans treated Native Americans in the 1500's and 1600's?
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Native Americans were regarded as inferior people subject to Christian domination,
Since nothing of value could be learned or obtained from the Native Americans Europeans thought it was permissible to exterminate them,
Europeans cultivated good relations with Native Americans and sought to make them economic partners,
Only the English believed that Native Americans should be treated fairly

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Native Americans were regarded as inferior people subject to Christian domination

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Which of the following sources would be most useful in studying the development of democratic institutions in the early colonial period?
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the first chapter of the Virginia Company charter,
Columbus's journals,
the Treaty of Tordesillas,
the Mayflower Compact

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the Mayflower Compact

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The chief purpose of Mercantilist policies was to

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strengthen the economy and power of the parent country

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Which of the following best describes the impact European colonization had on the Western Hemisphere's native population? Options: the native population was highly respected in terms of territorial possessions and religious beliefs, the Europeans for the most part did not interact with the native population, Spain was the only European country to successfully create an alliance with the native population, Native populations were often killed off or driven away by the Europeans

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Native populations were often killed off or driven away by the Europeans

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Which of the following statements about indentured servitude is true? Options: indentured servitude was the means by which most Africans came to the New World, indentured servitude never attracted many people because its terms were too harsh, approximately half of all indentured servants died before earning their freedom, indenture was one of several systems used to distinguish house slaves from field slaves

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approximately half of all indentured servants died before earning their freedom