Before the European colonists reached the New World, the Indians of western and central North America totaled nearly:
A) 250,000.
B) 500,000.
C) 750,000.
D) 1,000,000.
Answer: D
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Which statement best characterizes the colonial practices of European countries?
A. They had the goal of assimilating native populations to adopt Western practices. B. Most preferred association and wanted colonies to remain ethnically and culturally distinct. C. These practices were derived from a shared sense of culture that stemmed from monarchical systems. D. European countries tended to approach colonialism differently than the United States. E. Policies varied greatly from country to country based on conditions and needs of the moment.
Did Maryland fulfill Lord Baltimore´s hope of creating a vast domain modeled on feudal lines?
a. No, it was soon the home of huge slave-based cotton plantations. b. No, many of the would-be feudal peasants insisted on farming their own land as backcountry planters. c. Yes, Maryland´s large estates drew many willing servants and embodied feudalism at its most successful. d. No, a rebellion of poorer farmers in Maryland saw larger estates broken up and confiscated for redistribution. e. Yes, but feudal-style farming proved unprofitable and was quickly abandoned.
The principality of Moscow became the most powerful Rus principality because
a. Kiev became the center of the Qipchaq khanate. b. Moscow continued as the Eastern Orthodox center. c. Ivan III led a force that brought the Qipchaq khanate to an end. d. the forces of Kiev were unable to defeat the Rus/Mongol armies for control of the region. e. Ivan III joined the forces of the Il-khanate to oust the Qipchaq khanate.
Opposing the view of the Russian government and others that the war was not worth continuing, Woodrow Wilson insisted that
A) the Bolsheviks must be overthrown. B) allied victory was important for the emergence of a new, ideal international order. C) the war should be continued only by Europeans, and the Americans should go home. D) fourteen points should guide the new world order after an Allied victory. E) Russia should re-enter the war.