Final Exam Review

The best theory explaining how the earliest people arrived in America from Asia is the

• Theory of Evolution

• Theory of Relativity

• The Glacier Island Theory

• The Beringia Land Bridge Theory

Why did Native American cultures (such as the Great Plains Indians, the people of the Northeast Woodlands and the people of the Southwest Desert) develop so differently from one another?

• they arrived in America at different times

• they each adapted to their environment and unique climate and geography

• they had different gods that led them to different practices

• they conquered people before them and took over their practices

The swapping of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas beginning after 1492 is called:

• the Columbian Exchange

• the Triangular Trade

• mercantilism

• agri-trading

The horrible journey made by enslaved Africans as they crossed the Atlantic Ocean on ships from Africa to the "New World" is known as

• The Southern Crossing

• The Atlantic Slave Journey

• The Voyage of Doom and Gloom

• The Middle Passage

All of the following are true of the economic system known as mercantilism EXCEPT

• colonies are created to benefit their "mother country"

• countries trading with one another each seek to establish a "favorable balance of trade"

• countries seek colonies and trade in order to increase their nation's "treasury", ideally with as much gold as possible.

• colonies are allowed to trade with whatever country the want to.

The Pilgrims (and later the Puritans and the Quakers) came to the early American colonies to seek:

• religious freedom

• gold and silver

• freedom from racism

• cheap farm land

What did the Europeans bring with them from the "Old World" that had a negative impact on Native Americans?

• slash and burn agriculture

• water and air pollution

• horses and other "livestock animals"

• diseases such as small pox

What system brought manufactured goods from Europe to Africa, slaves from Africa to the Americas, and colonial products from the Americas back to Europe?

• the Columbian Exchange

• Triangular Trade Routes

• Transcontinental Canal System

• The Pacific Railroad System

The "Albany Plan of Union", calling for the 13 colonies to unite or possibly be conquered, was proposed by Benjamin Franklin originally to unite the colonies against:

• The French during the French and Indian War

• The British during the American Revolution

• The British during the War of 1812

• Mexico during the Mexican War

The idea that the people have right to overthrow and unjust government comes from what American document?

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Declaration of Independence

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Bill of Rights