Deck 3: The Rise of Anglo American Society

Question 1

________ are the serious concerns and customary practices that regulate daily life and which concern society's welfare.

A)Mores
B)Laws
C)Folkways
D)Fears

Answer 1

A

Question 2

________ are the minor things of daily life--customary practices which regulate every aspect of life.

A)Mores
B)Laws
C)Folkways
D)Fears

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The ethnocentrism of the colonist led them early on to hope the Indians would do all of the following except:

A)fight so the English could exterminate them.
B)cede their lands.
C)recognize the English superiority.
D)convert to Christianity.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Considerable evidence suggests that Blacks ________ slavery.

A)resisted
B)invited
C)welcomed
D)legislated

Question 5

It's estimated that ________ bands or tribes of Indians existed across America when the settlers first arrived.

A)50
B)150
C)200
D)1,500

Question 6

The Powhatans eventually:

A)converted to Christianity.
B)killed one-third of the settlers.
C)convinced English to keep searching for accommodations with Indians.
D)convinced English to return to England.

Question 7

The colony at Jamestown depended heavily on this Indian tribe for survival its first year.

A)Powhatans
B)Cayugas
C)Mohawks
D)Oneidas

Question 8

In the early years of the colonies,the doctrine of ________ supremacy became established.

A)military
B)agricultural
C)cultural
D)White

Question 9

King Phillip was really:

A)a pirate.
B)a settler Puritan.
C)an Indian herdsman.
D)an Indian chief.

Question 10

Archeological evidence indicates that ________ really did discover America.

A)Columbus
B)Spanish
C)Indians
D)English

Question 11

Roger Williams argued that the Indians should be able to ________ their lands.

A)cede
B)abandoned
C)surrender
D)sell

Question 12

The doctrine of vacuum domicilium declared Indian lands:

A)available to purchase.
B)available to lease.
C)unoccupied.
D)military offensives.

Question 13

Eventually the term "slave" came to mean:

A)any servant.
B)White and Black servants.
C)African descended servants.
D)European born,American raised servants.

Question 14

After three generations,Blacks showed:

A)complete assimilation.
B)marginal primary assimilation and complete marital assimilation.
C)very low levels of all assimilation.
D)high secondary and cultural assimilation.

Question 15

The English-dominated culture in America was:

A)identical to that in Britain.
B)identical to that in Australia.
C)unique to North America.
D)identical to the Napoleonic culture in France.

Question 16

The Iroquois were combined from all of the following tribes,except the:

A)Powhatans.
B)Cayugas.
C)Mohawks
D)Oneidas.

Question 17

Legally,in the late 1600s Black slavery became:

A)nearly outlawed.
B)shortened in duration.
C)shortened if Christian conversion transpired.
D)extended for life.

Question 18

Most of the early Irish came from all of the following backgrounds,except:

A)Ulster.
B)descendents of immigrant Scots.
C)Northern Irish.
D)Southern Irish.

Question 19

Dutch efforts to colonize New Netherlands ________ in comparison to English efforts in other colonies.

A)mimicked
B)failed
C)succeeded
D)exceeded

Question 20

The practically universal tendency of considering one's own race to be superior to all others is called:

A)ethnocentrism.
B)ethnic cleansing.
C)ethnic domination by violence.
D)ethnocalibration.

Question 21

The Powhatans tried a large scale peaceful attempt to resolve differences with the English
before the English destroyed them.

Question 22

Africans did not arrive in the early period of American settlement.

Question 23

The settlers defined the Indian lands as occupied and worth fighting over.

Question 24

By the end of the seventeenth century,Indians were expected to give up their lands or move to
the frontier.

Question 25

The Anglo American leaders led the majority of those who assisted in all the following,except:

A)signing the Constitution.
B)leading after the Revolution ended.
C)joining slaves to resist the Revolution.
D)leading the revolution.

Question 26

Black and White slaves had the same odds of successfully escaping slavery.

Question 27

The best way to describe Scotch-Irish assimilation after three generations is:

A)underway,but not complete.
B)neither underway nor complete.
C)complete.
D)not even started.

Question 28

There were too few Pilgrims to really have any influence on the culture of America.

Question 29

King James I eventually backed away from direct control of the settlements.

Question 30

Eventually,whether a Black slave was baptized or not,he or she was a slave for life.

Question 31

The English exhibited ethnocentrism from the onset in the American colonies.

Question 32

During the first ten years about 15-20,000 Puritans came to America.

Question 33

The resolution of conflict with the Powhatan Indians created the reservation system for
Indians.

Question 34

The Iroquois formed a confederacy against the English.

Question 35

Many Indians were eager to trade with the settlers.

Question 36

All of the following describe early German immigrants,except:

A)Dutch.
B)Palatines.
C)Mennonites.
D)Catholics.

Question 37

The Indians all spoke the same language in America.

Question 38

South Carolina had very few Black slaves compared to White servants.

Question 39

The most frequent destination of the Scotch-Irish immigrants was:

A)Jamestown.
B)Virginia.
C)Maryland.
D)Pennsylvania.

Question 40

Which group had the slowest overall assimilation after three generations?

A)English
B)Germans
C)Scotch-Irish
D)English,born in America

Question 41

Ulstermen were regarded as clean,hard working,and literate.

Question 42

The Anglos feared that the Germans would set up their own German state.

Question 43

Germans were united behind the Revolutionary cause.

Question 44

Scotch-Irish left dire poverty to come to America.

Question 45

The Germans abandoned their old home ways once in America.

Question 46

Germans did not move very often.

Question 47

Anglo Americans quickly became the standard during the early American period.