Key Themes of US History

The study of how populations have lived and changed throughout history to the present day is known as:

• population

• demography

• morality

• spirituality

The Great Migration would be a topic best looked at through the theme:

• Identity

• Patterns of Population

• Have/Have-Nots

• Worlds of Exchange

Studying how religion could influence the Puritans' actions during the Salem Witch Trials could best be viewed and explained through the theme:

• Identity

• Spirituality and Morality

• Haves/Have-Nots

• Uses and Abuses of Power

Patterns of Population can best be summarized to mean:

• Understanding the reasons for movement and migration of groups of people

• Understanding the injustices against Native American peoples

• The development of medicines and technology

• Expressing our identities

Science, Technology, and the Environment most deals with:

• Trading with other countries/nations

• Who has power and how it is being used

• Developments and advances that have helped us, but hurt our environment

• Developments and advances that have changed everything for the better

Expressing Identity deals primarily with:

• When wealth is created, who gets it?

• Customs, culture, and characteristics that make us individuals

• Spiritual life and moral codes

• None of these

The question of, "When wealth/power is created, who gets it?", is an example of:

• Worlds of Exchange

• Patterns of Population

• Expressing Identity

• Haves and Have-Nots

The fur trade is best observed through the theme:

• Worlds of Exchange

• Patterns of Population

• Expressing Identity

• Haves and Have-Nots

(a)   is the human sense that an idea or action is good or bad.

Spirituality is defined as:

• the belief in a force or supreme deity that impacts human life

• the belief in a ruler that impacts human life

• a tall building filled with small apartments

• the study of how populations change over time