Final Review 2019 1

According to many anthropologists, a land bridge during the Ice Age allowed migration between which two continents?

• South America and North America

• North America and Europe

• Asia and North America

• Europe and Asia

Many anthropologists believe that people from Asia crossed a land bridge to North America to

• escape religious persecution

• hunt migrating animals

• capture native peoples of this region

• search for gold and other riches

This map illustrates the

• Columbian exchange of plants and animals

• movement of early peoples from Asia

• settlement of Europeans in the Americas

• extent of the Maya Empire

Which source of information is an example of a primary source?

• encyclopedia

• dictionary

• thesaurus

• journal entry

Why did early European explorers set sail across the Atlantic

• to trade with North American Indians

• to find a shorter route to Asia

• to conquer Central American civilizations

• to set up colonies in the New World

With which field of study are the terms artifact, carbon dating, and dig site associated?

• archeology

• civics

• economics

• sociology

What was one impact of European exploration on Native American Indians?

• European farming techniques were quickly adopted.

• Many Native American Indians were resettled throughout Europe.

• Conflicts between Native American Indian tribes ended.

• Diseases brought by Europeans caused large numbers of deaths.

The main reason most of the early settlers came to the colonies of Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island was to

• seek religious freedom

• purchase inexpensive farmland

• profit from the fur trade

• obtain better jobs

19. The main reason for the variety of products in the different regions of the colonies was

• family structure and education.

• geography and climate.

• national origins and culture.

• political and social systems.

Which of the following was the main economic focus of the New England colonies

• cotton, rice, indigo and tobacco

• lumber, fish, whale oil and rum

• wheat, beef and pork

• beef, indigo, and wheat and rye