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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 groups who are the first to successfully settle a place have the longest impacts on its cultural landscape.
C That the first people to arrive in an area gain an advantage over subsequent groups.
D That the first group to attempt to settle an area will be successful if they adapt to their new environment.
Question #2
A The Pacific Northwest, California, and present-day Southeastern United States
B The Southwest and Hawaii
C The Northeast (Atlantic Periphery) and around the Great Lakes
D The Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, and Intermontane West
Question #3
A Furs
B Tobacco
C Beads
D Land
Question #4
A The dispute between Russia and the United States over Alaska
B The dispute between Mexico and the United States over much of the southwestern territory
C The dispute between Spain and the United States over Florida
D The dispute over the Oregon Territory
Question #5
A The Ohio River
B The Mississippi River
C The Potomac River
D The St. Lawrence River
Question #6
A Dutch settlers were considered employees of the Dutch East India Company leading many settlers to leave for increased freedom in British colonies.
B Dutch settlements were disorganized and the government had trouble maintaining control.
C The British government bought the Dutch settlements and land in exchange for concessions in continental Europe.
D Native attacks on Dutch settlements were too costly, with too little reward.
Question #7
A The French
B The Portuguese
C The British
D The Spanish
Question #8
A In both the United States and Canada
B In Canada
C In the United States
D Actually there were no national laws excluding Chinese immigration in either country
Question #9
A Kentucky
B North Carolina
C Georgia
D Nevada
E Colorado
Question #10
A 2. 5 million
B 6 million
C 1 million
D 500,000
Question #11
A Manifest destiny
B Romantic nationalism
C Continentalism
D American exceptionalism
Question #12
A Continuous gateways
B Foreign gateways
C Re-emerging gateways
D Post-World War II gateways
E Pre-emerging gateways
Question #13
A New York, Connecticut and Delaware
B Mississippi and Alabama
C Massachusetts, Rode Island, and Vermont
D South Carolina and Florida
Question #14
A Senegal
B Angola
C Congo
D Kenya
E Sierra Leone
Question #15
A St. George’s, Bermuda
B Jamestown, Virginia
C Plymouth, Massachusetts
D Roanoke, Virginia
Question #16
A The Swiss
B The Dutch
C The Russians
D The Mexicans
E The French
Question #17
A Merchants in Europe needed new products to fuel an increasing demand for luxuries.
B Wars in Europe led to displaced peoples needing to find a new home.
C European monarchs needed money to repay the merchants who supported their regimes.
D Food shortages in Europe led to the need to new farming lands.
Question #18
A Each farmer could decide for himself how much land he wanted and what the boundaries of his property would be.
B All of these are correct answer choices
C Each farmer could have access to the waterfront, which allowed for the easy transportation of crops.
D The system divided the landscape into even, equally size rectangles, allowing for quick division of land and rapid settlement.
Question #19
A The lack of harbors on the east coast of the United States
B The Rocky Mountains
C Forest lowlands of the East Coast
D The Mississippi River
E The Appalachian Mountains
Question #20
A 200 years ago, about 25% of the population lived in cities
B Currently, the fastest growing states are in the West
C North America had a population of around 4 million at the time of the arrival of the first Europeans
D The first migration of Blacks from the south to the north began around 1910
E The movement west across the United States began in earnest around 1850
Question #21
A Modern artistic styles, clothing styles, housing styles, and food preferences.
B Spiritual beliefs, common words, clothing styles, and medicines.
C Environmental attitudes, music, housing styles, and place-names.
D Place-names, food preferences, clothing styles, environmental attitudes and spiritual belief.
Question #22
A Long Lots
B Township and range
C Metes and bounds
D Lot and block
Question #23
A From the Spain to the United States
B From Mexico to the United States
C From Spain to the British
D From Mexico to the British
Question #24
A Forced migration
B Chain migration
C Voluntary migration
D Reluctant migration
Question #25
A The Vikings
B The French
C The Spanish
D The British
Question #26
A Interventionism
B Domination
C Imperialism
D Expansionism
Question #27
A About 1/3 of all Native Americans live in cities; most others live on reservations
B The major pull factor for immigrants coming to the United States is economic activity
C According to the 2000 Census, Arizona, New Mexico and South Dakota all have a large Native American population
D 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
E Today, the majority of immigrants to the United States are Hispanic
Question #28
A Long Lot
B Metes and bounds
C Lot and block
D Township and range
Question #29
A England
B Germany
C Spain
D France
Question #30
A New England
B New France
C New Ireland
D New Netherlands
E New Spain
Question #31
A Population densities tend to be highest in urban areas east of the Mississippi
B If I were Lutheran I would most likely be living in Utah
C States showing the biggest percentage loss of population tend to be the interior Great Plains states
D States losing representatives to Congress due to population declines tend to be Northern states
E Cities like New Orleans, Denver and Phoenix are areas of secondary megalopolitan growth
Question #32
A Palimpsest
B Nitriensis
C Codices
D Quarto
Question #33
A Villas — Pueblos — Ciudades
B Ciudades — Villas — Pueblos
C Villas —Ciudades — Pueblos
D Pueblos — Villas — Ciudades
Question #34
A The Preemption Act of 1841
B The Homestead Act
C The Castello Plan of 1822
D The Dawes Act
Question #35
A The Feral Exchange
B Panethnotransference
C The Columbian Exchange
D Cultural Diffusion