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WGU Academy US History Midterm Exam 100% Correct
QuestionQuestion : Who was the first known European to
look westward upon the Pacific Ocean, in 1513?Select one: : Who was the first known European to look westward upon the Pacific Ocean, in 1513?
Select one:
a.Amerigo Vespucci b.Vasco de Balboa c.Juan Ponce de León d.a.Amerigo Vespucci b.Vasco de Balboa c.Juan Ponce de León d.FFerdinand Magellan e.Hernando Cortés
Correct answer: b.Vasco de Balboa
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Question : What factor is believed to have dramatically
reduced New World native populations after contact with Europeans?
Select one:
a.erdinand Magellan e.Hernando Cortés
Correct answer: b.Vasco de Balboa
Question : What factor is believed to have dramatically
reduced New World native populations after contact with Europeans?
Select one:
a.war b.war b.disease c.starvation d.enslavement e.religious conversion Correct answerdisease
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c.starvation d.enslavement e.religious conversion Correct answer: b.disease: b.disease
Question : From their colonial experiences in Ireland, the
English concluded that
Select one:
a.
Question : From their colonial experiences in Ireland, the
English concluded that
Select one:
a.they should not trythey should not try to convert indigenous peoples to English religious beliefs.b.English colonists should maintain rigid separation from an indigenous population. to convert indigenous peoples to English religious beliefs.
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b.English colonists should maintain rigid separation from an indigenous population.c.military c.military expenditures were fiscally wasteful.d.indigenous populations were essential as the major colonial labor source.e.harsh treatment of indigenous populations could lead to rebellion.
Correct answer: b.English colonists should maintain rigid
separation from expenditures were fiscally wasteful.d.indigenous populations were essential as the major colonial labor source.e.harsh treatment of indigenous populations could lead to rebellion.
Correct answer: b.English colonists should maintain rigid
separation from an indigenous population an indigenous population.
Question : At the time of the beginning of the slave trade,
most Africans