Us History Midterm

Front 1

Matrilineal and matrilocal practices were found amongst the:
a. Mayans
b. Senecas
c. Pueblos
d. Aztecs

Back 1

b. Senecas

Front 2

John Calvin and the Puritans stressed the:
a. doctrine of human free will
b. basic innocence of humans at their births
c. doctrine of predestination
d. universality of salvation

Back 2

c. doctrine of predestination

Front 3

The Middle Passage:
a. was a terrible journey for most captured slaves, where one in sic perished due to unsanitary and brutal conditions.
b. generally lasted longer than the intended three weeks, but most slaves did not mind because they were treated fairly well.
c. had horrible physical conditions, but emotionally was bearable because most family members were allowed to stay within close distance.
d. helped humanize the institution of slavery.

Back 3

a. was a terrible journey for most captured slaves, where one in six perished due to unsanitary and brutal conditions.

Front 4

In the campaign against New France, Prime Minister William Pitt:
a. hired mercenaries and invested large sums of money in the Seven Years' War
b. heavily relied on African-American slaves as soldiers.
c. refused to commit the main British naval and ground forces to the conflict because they were needed for service in Europe
d. formed an alliance with Spain

Back 4

a. hired mercenaries and invested large sums of money in the Seven Years' War.

Front 5

The First Continental Congress convened soon after the _____ was/were passed.

Back 5

d. Intolerable Acts

Front 6

the belief or worship of more than one god. (Similarities in Native Americans)

Back 6

polytheism

Front 7

god is in everything. (Similarities in Native Americans)

Back 7

pantheism

Front 8

of or based kinship with the mother or the female line. lineage through the mother.

Back 8

matrilineal

Front 9

of or denoting a custom in marriage whereby the husband goes to live with the wife's community

Back 9

matrilocal

Front 10

He was a spanish priest who saw the acts of torture and murder of the natives and spoke out about it.

Back 10

Bartolome de las casas

Front 11

the land and people were virginal/no exchange between the two cultures. (all accident)

Back 11

virgin soil epidemic

Front 12

divine force of will/ John Calvin/ led to hope rather than despair

Back 12

predestination

Front 13

collapse of the western roman empire

Back 13

the middle ages

Front 14

regulated slavery. considered slaves as real estate not humans. masters were free to kill their slaves without punishment if the slave resisted him.

Back 14

virginia slave code, 1705

Front 15

french and native american forces attacked the settlements of deerfield, massachusetts. killed 56 villagers.

Back 15

deerfield, 1704

Front 16

John Peter Zenger's case in the mid-18th century was about the freedom of the press. The zenger case set a precendence of "truth as a defense." After the Zenger case, unflattering remarks could be printed about anyone (even the elite) so long as the statements were true.

Back 16

John Peter Zenger

Front 17

a religious revival in colonial new england. It deemphasized the importance of the church doctrine and instead put a greater importance on the individual and their spiritual experience.

Back 17

The Great Awakening

Front 18

started by the feud between great britain and spain/ france. ended with the signing of the treaty of paris.

Back 18

the seven years war

Front 19

acted as a unified body. armed themselves, but not to push for war. sent letter to king george 3rd affirming their loyalty.

Back 19

First Continental Congress

Front 20

Thomas Paine wrote this. Proposed that ordinary people could participate in government. very important document of the revolutionary era.

Back 20

Common Sense