History 2110: Survey of US History Examination

History 2110: Survey of US History Examination

Georgia State University

Multiple Choice Questions (1-25, worth 2 points each)

• Which of the following is thought to be the origin of the first people to

inhabit North America?

• They descended from Mongolian hunters in Asia who crossed the

Bering Strait to get to North America

• They descended from the sub-continent of India traveling east 10,000

years before Columbus

• They came from the Pacific Islands during the Ice Age
• They came during the Viking Invasions of the 11th century
• They originated in Mesopotamia and arrived in North America by

ancient boats in approximately 100 BC

• Christopher Columbus’ exploration of the New World was sponsored by

which sovereignty: a. Portugal

• Italy
• Spain
• England
• Algiers

3. The Colombian Exchange refers to all of the following except:

• Transatlantic trading of goods, people and ideas
• A term created by Historian Alfred W. Crosby in 1972
• The transmission of diseases primarily from the old world to the new

world

• A bridge of sorts, created by Columbus in his voyages, between two

entirely different geographical locations

• An exchange of goods, especially coffee beans, between Colombia

and the United States 1 / 2

2

• Which of the following is true about the establishment of slavery as an

institution in colonial America?

• Slavery was brought to the Carolina colony by settlers from Barbados
• Once established, slavery largely replaced the use of indentured

servants in the south

• Slavery became institutionalized and persisted in the south despite

the fact that most families in the south did not own slaves

• Once established slavery became both an economic and social

institution in the south e.All of the above

5. All of the following can be said about the Pilgrims except:

• They advocated total religious separation from the Church of England
• They were the first settlers in Jamestown, Virginia
• They were helped by the Indians who showed them how to set corn

and fish and helped them get through winter

• It is because of the Pilgrims that we celebrate Thanksgiving
• They came to the New World seeking religious freedom and

tolerance

• Which statement is true about the Colony of Georgia?
• It was the 13

th colony established by Great Britain in the New World

• Its original charter banned the use of alcohol and slavery
• It was initially chartered as a trusteeship under the leadership of

James Oglethorpe but later became a royal colony

• It was initially established as a debtors’ colony and to serve as a

“buffer” between other British colonies to the north and the Spanish to the south

• All of the above
• All of the following are true of The Seven Years’ War, also called the French

and Indian War (1754-1763), except:

• It resulted in an improvement in relations between the British and

its colonies

• Was an international war sparked by tensions and events in the Ohio

Valley

• Spain, after the war, gained control of French territory west of

Mississippi River including

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