Social Studies Week 17 Quiz

What's your name? (first, last)

American Indian tribes lived peacefully together before Europeans arrived.

• True
• False

What was the main idea of the Great Awakening?

• a. free global trade
• b. cultural tolerance
• c. equality of women
• d. freedom of religion

How did European settlers overcome large numbers of American Indians?

• a. They negotiated unfair agreements.
• b. They used muskets and metal weapons.
• c. Tribal members converted to Christianity.
• d. Farmers introduced new crops to the tribes.

What factors led to the defeat of American Indian tribes by Europeans? Select all that apply.

• a. agriculture
• b. disease
• c. gunpowder
• d. religion
• e. Trade

What threat did Roger Williams pose to leaders of the Massachusetts Colony?

• a. He encouraged citizens to resist religious laws.
• b. His businesses gave him control over the harbor.
• c. His ideas would reduce their authority and power.
• d. He preached that God had not chosen the leaders.

What did John Winthrop believe was the only way his colony would survive?

• a. following the same religious beliefs
• b. maintaining strict loyalty to the king
• c. treating native peoples with fairness
• d. planting crops as soon as they landed

Dutch and French explorers were mainly interested in ________________ in the 1600s.

• exploring lands;
• discovering gold;
• founding colonies;
• the fur trade

Did the arrival of European settlers increase or decrease tensions between American Indian tribes? Explain how.

Explain why separation of church and state was such a radical concept in the 1600s.