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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A That the first treaty to be agreed upon is not always the most effective.
B That the first group to attempt to settle an area will be successful if they adapt to their new environment.
C That groups who are the first to successfully settle a place have the longest impacts on its cultural landscape.
D That the first people to arrive in an area gain an advantage over subsequent groups.
Question #2
A The Southwest and Hawaii
B The Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, and Intermontane West
C The Pacific Northwest, California, and present-day Southeastern United States
D The Northeast (Atlantic Periphery) and around the Great Lakes
Question #3
A Beads
B Tobacco
C Furs
D Land
Question #4
A The dispute between Spain and the United States over Florida
B The dispute over the Oregon Territory
C The dispute between Russia and the United States over Alaska
D The dispute between Mexico and the United States over much of the southwestern territory
Question #5
A The St. Lawrence River
B The Mississippi River
C The Potomac River
D The Ohio River
Question #6
A Native attacks on Dutch settlements were too costly, with too little reward.
B The British government bought the Dutch settlements and land in exchange for concessions in continental Europe.
C Dutch settlers were considered employees of the Dutch East India Company leading many settlers to leave for increased freedom in British colonies.
D Dutch settlements were disorganized and the government had trouble maintaining control.
Question #7
A The Spanish
B The Portuguese
C The French
D The British
Question #8
A In both the United States and Canada
B In the United States
C Actually there were no national laws excluding Chinese immigration in either country
D In Canada
Question #9
A Colorado
B North Carolina
C Georgia
D Nevada
E Kentucky
Question #10
A 500,000
B 1 million
C 6 million
D 2. 5 million
Question #11
A American exceptionalism
B Continentalism
C Manifest destiny
D Romantic nationalism
Question #12
A Foreign gateways
B Post-World War II gateways
C Pre-emerging gateways
D Continuous gateways
E Re-emerging gateways
Question #13
A Massachusetts, Rode Island, and Vermont
B Mississippi and Alabama
C South Carolina and Florida
D New York, Connecticut and Delaware
Question #14
A Senegal
B Angola
C Congo
D Sierra Leone
E Kenya
Question #15
A St. George’s, Bermuda
B Plymouth, Massachusetts
C Roanoke, Virginia
D Jamestown, Virginia
Question #16
A The Dutch
B The Mexicans
C The Swiss
D The French
E The Russians
Question #17
A Food shortages in Europe led to the need to new farming lands.
B European monarchs needed money to repay the merchants who supported their regimes.
C Merchants in Europe needed new products to fuel an increasing demand for luxuries.
D Wars in Europe led to displaced peoples needing to find a new home.
Question #18
A All of these are correct answer choices
B Each farmer could decide for himself how much land he wanted and what the boundaries of his property would be.
C The system divided the landscape into even, equally size rectangles, allowing for quick division of land and rapid settlement.
D Each farmer could have access to the waterfront, which allowed for the easy transportation of crops.
Question #19
A Forest lowlands of the East Coast
B The lack of harbors on the east coast of the United States
C The Mississippi River
D The Appalachian Mountains
E The Rocky Mountains
Question #20
A The first migration of Blacks from the south to the north began around 1910
B 200 years ago, about 25% of the population lived in cities
C North America had a population of around 4 million at the time of the arrival of the first Europeans
D The movement west across the United States began in earnest around 1850
E Currently, the fastest growing states are in the West
Question #21
A Modern artistic styles, clothing styles, housing styles, and food preferences.
B Spiritual beliefs, common words, clothing styles, and medicines.
C Place-names, food preferences, clothing styles, environmental attitudes and spiritual belief.
D Environmental attitudes, music, housing styles, and place-names.
Question #22
A Township and range
B Metes and bounds
C Lot and block
D Long Lots
Question #23
A From the Spain to the United States
B From Mexico to the British
C From Mexico to the United States
D From Spain to the British
Question #24
A Voluntary migration
B Reluctant migration
C Forced migration
D Chain migration
Question #25
A The Vikings
B The French
C The British
D The Spanish
Question #26
A Domination
B Interventionism
C Expansionism
D Imperialism
Question #27
A Today, the majority of immigrants to the United States are Hispanic
B About 1/3 of all Native Americans live in cities; most others live on reservations
C According to the 2000 Census, Arizona, New Mexico and South Dakota all have a large Native American population
D The major pull factor for immigrants coming to the United States is economic activity
E By 1800, the Native-American population had been reduced to about 1 million by the spread of diseases brought to North America by European settlers
Question #28
A Lot and block
B Metes and bounds
C Long Lot
D Township and range
Question #29
A England
B Spain
C France
D Germany
Question #30
A New Ireland
B New France
C New Spain
D New Netherlands
E New England
Question #31
A Cities like New Orleans, Denver and Phoenix are areas of secondary megalopolitan growth
B States losing representatives to Congress due to population declines tend to be Northern states
C States showing the biggest percentage loss of population tend to be the interior Great Plains states
D If I were Lutheran I would most likely be living in Utah
E Population densities tend to be highest in urban areas east of the Mississippi
Question #32
A Nitriensis
B Quarto
C Codices
D Palimpsest
Question #33
A Villas —Ciudades — Pueblos
B Villas — Pueblos — Ciudades
C Ciudades — Villas — Pueblos
D Pueblos — Villas — Ciudades
Question #34
A The Castello Plan of 1822
B The Preemption Act of 1841
C The Dawes Act
D The Homestead Act
Question #35
A Panethnotransference
B The Feral Exchange
C Cultural Diffusion
D The Columbian Exchange