semester exam 1

How do historians learn how American Indians lived so long ago?

• they read about them

• go to lectures

• They study their artifacts.

What enabled American Indians to settle in permanent villages?

• hunting

• fishing

• farming

• gathering

How did the Columbian Exchange affect many American Indian groups?

• They died from diseases.

• They lost their land

• the had to move

• no effect

Why did Virginia replace indentured servants with African slaves?

• it cost less

• the were heathier

• the lived longer

• It provided a permanent source of labor.

What did the Puritans build their communities government around?

• courthouse

• the Bible

• old sayings

• small towns

Describe the Separatists?

• They shared religious beliefs.

• non religious group

• small group of indians

• local people

What or who made the laws in most of the colonies?

• large governments

• british

• no one

• the elected assembly

What English traditions was adopted in the 13 colonies?

• religious beliefs

• self-government

• kings and queen rulers

• none

What was an effect of Magna Carta in England?

• the colonies had to move

• it changed all religions to one

• It limited the power of the king.

• indians lost their land

Why was the English Bill of Rights important to the colonists?

• It spelled out what was due to the colonists as English citizens.

• it changed their religion

• it decided how long was divided

• it was their government