Early American History and Cultures

What is the primary characteristic of an ethnocentric worldview?

What is the term for the time period in the Americas before the arrival of Europeans?

What is the name of the Native American settlement near present-day East St. Louis that was home to as many as 25,000 people?

What is the name of the Native American people who lived in what is now Mexico and northern Central America and were known for their astronomical observations and sophisticated calendars?

What is the term for the stage of Native American development characterized by the use of stone tools, hunting, and gathering?

What is the name of the Native American people who lived in the southwest American region and built stone and earth dwellings along cliff walls?

What was the primary method of transportation used by the Norse in their exploration of the Americas?

What was the main goal of Hernando de Soto's expedition into the northern frontier region of New Spain?

What was the primary reason for the success of the Jamestown colony?

What was the result of the Protestant Reformation in Europe?

What was the name of the leader of the Wampanoag Indians who helped the Pilgrims survive?

What was the primary goal of the Columbian Exchange?

What was the name of the movement that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions?

What was the primary method of navigation used by Christopher Columbus on his voyage to the Americas?

What was the primary objective of the navigation acts during the colonial period?

What was the name of the first elected legislative assembly in the New World?

Which of the following groups was not part of the Algonquian nation?

What was the name of the war that was the longest and bloodiest conflict between settlers and natives in the 17th century?

What was the outcome of the French and Indian War?

What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation Line of 1763?

Who was the leader of the Lexington minutemen during the Battle of Lexington in April 1775?

What was the outcome of Pontiac's Rebellion?

What was the primary objective of the Sons of Liberty?

What was the significance of the Stamp Act Congress?

What was the primary purpose of the impressment practice by the British?

What was the primary objective of the Declaratory Act of 1766?

Which battle was a turning point in the Revolutionary War, leading to France's open support of the colonies with military forces and the French navy?

Who was the British spy who supplied information about American munitions storage during the Revolutionary War?

What was the strategy employed by George Washington during the Revolutionary War to wear down the British?

Which document was a weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War?

What was the name of the rebellion led by Daniel Shays in 1786-1787, highlighting the need for a strong national government?

What was the agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes?

Who was the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?

What was the name of the last battle of the War of Independence, where the British surrendered in 1789?

Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?

What was the name of the British general who decided to run up the hill instead of cutting off the Americans at Bunker Hill?