U.S. History Vocabulary TEST 1-6

What is the order in which events occur, or the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur called?

• Historical interpretation

• Chronology

• Demography

• Identity

What is the process of finding the meaning or significance of historical events?

• Primary source

• Secondary source

• Historical interpretation

• Morality

What is a document or other record of past events created by someone who was present during the events or the time period in which they occurred?

• Secondary source

• Demography

• Primary source

• Population

What is the study of how populations change over time?

• Identity

• Demography

• Spirituality

• Culture

What is the belief in a force or supreme deity that impacts human life?

• Morality

• Spirituality

• Identity

• Culture

What is a tall building with small apartments called?

• Tundra

• Tenement

• Colony

• Cultural region

What is a vast, treeless plain in the arctic regions with very cold winters, cold summers, and little rain or snow?

• Tundra

• Colony

• Cultural region

• Tenement

What is the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas called?

• Migration

• Columbian exchange

• Cultural exchange

• Natural resources

Who were the Conquistadors?

• Spanish soldiers who accompanied ship captains and merchants in the Americas

• French fur trappers who learned from Indigenous people

• People who traveled to convert others to their religion

• Owners of large plantations in the Americas

What is the definition of "coureurs de bois"?

• Spanish soldiers in the Americas

• French fur trappers who learned from Indigenous people

• Missionaries traveling to convert people

• Owners of large plantations