Benchmark #1

Which cause most directly influenced the movement of nomads from Asia to North America?

• The discovery of gold in North America

• The spread of the bubonic plague

• The movement of animals

• The desire for religious freedom

Which statement best represents how the Iroquois adapted to their environment?

• They used buffalo skins for clothing and blankets.

• Many moved from place to place following their food sources.

• They built tools and weapons out of metal.

• The Iroquois built longhouses out of wood and bark.

Which claim is best supported by this illustration?

• The Iroquois used resources in their environment to establish a permanent settlement.

• The Iroquois were very violent and fought different Native people.

• The Iroquois lived in a dry climate and had difficulty growing crops.

• The Iroquois developed the first 365-day calendar.

A historian could best use this illustration to explain interactions between the Iroquois and other tribes by...

• Showing their use of horses to travel place to place.

• Identifying the importance of the water to exchange goods between tribes.

• Describing how the longhouse was built.

• Analyzing the importance of animal skins being used for clothing.

A historian could best use this map to justify that the Columbian Exchange...

• Increased the isolation between European and the Americas.

• Ended the slave trade in the Eastern Hemisphere.

• Resulted in a decrease in trade between North America and Europe.

• Led to the spread of disease to the natives of the Americas.

Which of the following would later develop as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

• Native American Indian populations continued to increase.

• Diseases were spread to Native Americans.

• Asia’s empire in the New World declined.

• The African slave trade ended.

"This spring, also, those Indians that lived about their trading house there fell sick of smallpox, and more died miserably; for a sorer disease cannot befall them; they fear it more than the plague."
-William Bradford (1634)

Which claim is best supported by this passage?

• The Quakers traveled to the New World and interacted with Natives.

• There were lasting negative effects of the Pilgrim and Wampanoag interaction.

• The Pilgrims helped the Wampanoag in their time of need.

• The Wampanoag were able to overcome the effects of their illness.

Which statement best represents the reason why many Europeans would choose to settle in Maryland?

• To seek religious freedom

• To purchase inexpensive farmland

• To profit from the fur trade

• To obtain better jobs

Whose point of view is expressed in the political cartoon?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Paul Revere

• Patrick Henry

• Benjamin Franklin

Which organizations formed following the idea of the Albany Plan of Union?

• The Founding Fathers

• The Sons/Daughters of Liberty

• The Loyalists of America

• The House of Burgesses