Give Me Liberty! American History I-Ch 1

What are the three sisters?

Corn, beans, and squash

What is animism?

The belief that all institutions that exercise power over individuals are illegitimate

Adam Smith recorded in 1776 that the "two greatest and most importaint" events in the history of mankind were the:

Discovery of America and the Portuguese sea route around Africa to Asia

Both the Aztec and Inca empires were:

Large, wealthy, and sophisticated

The city situated along the Mississippi River with between 10,000 and 30,000 residents in the year 1200 is today known as?

Cahokia

When Europeans arrived, many Native Americans:

Tried to use them to enhance their standing with other Native Americas

Which one of the following is true about Native Americans and material wealth?

Chiefs were expected to share some of their goods rather than hoard them

As colonization began, the European idea of freedom:

Included the idea of abandoning sin to embrace the teachings of Jesus Christ

In Europe on the eve of colonization, one concept of freedom, called "Christian liberty:"

Mingled ideas of freedom with servitude of Jesus Christ, concepts that were seen as mutually reinforcing

What is true of religion in 17th century Europe?

Religious uniformity was thought to be essential to public order

Under English law in the 16th and 17th centuries, woman:

Surrendered their legal identities when they married

Portuguese trading posts along the western coast of Afric were called factories because:

The merchants were known as factors

The reconquista was the reconquest of Spain from the:

Moors

What geographic error did Columbus make?

He underestimated the size of the earth

Why did European exploration of the New World proceed so rapidly after Columbus's discoveries?

Gutenberg's invention of the printing press enabled rapid dissemination of information

The transatlantic flow of people and goods such as corn, potatoes, horses, and sugarcane is called:

The Columbian Exchange

Alarmed by the destructiveness of the conquistadores, the Spanish crown replaced them with a more stable system of government headed by:

Lawyers and bureaucrats

Which one of the following is true of Spanish emigrants to the New World?

Many of the early arrivals came to direct Native American labor

The New Laws of 1542:

Commanded the Indians no longer be enslaved in Spanish possessions

The Black Legend described:

Spain as a uniquely brutal colonizer

The repartimiento system established by the Spanish in the mid-1500s:

Recognized Indians as free but required them to preform a fixed amount of labor

In England, social inequality:

Was part of a hierarchical society

Spanish Flordia:

Was little more than an isolated military settlement

The first French explorations of the New World:

Were intended to locate the Northwest Passage

How did French involvement in the fur trade change life for Native Americans?

The French were willing to accept Native American into colonial society

How did the Dutch manifest their devotion to liberty?

They supported tolerance in religious matters in their colony

In their relations with Native Americans, the Dutch:

Concentrated more on economics than religious conversions

How did Native Americans conceive property?

Families might use a specific plot for a season

Coverture refers to:

A woman surrendering her legal identity when she marries

Slavery in Africa:

Involved the enslavement of criminals, debtors, and war captives

What was true of French relations with Native Americans?

Jesuit missionaries tried to convert Native Americans, but gave them far more independence than the Spanish missionaries

What is true of freedom in New Netherland?

Married women retained a legal identity separate from that of their husbands