The most significant cultural misunderstandings between the European explorers and the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Religion - the Catholic faith vs. native worship
B. Waging war - killing enemies on the battlefield vs. obtaining captives and eventually adopting them and integrating them into society
C. Gender - the matrilineal vs. patrilineal basis of society, family, and inheritance
D. Role of men - missionaries teaching Native Americans to farm vs. the traditional role of the male hunter
E. Violence and aggression - European bloodlust for combat vs. the overwhelming passivity and naivety of the peace-loving Indians
ANSWER: E

According to the textbook, lecture, and videoclips, all of the following are traits of the early 17th Century Chesapeake families, EXCEPT
A. Since deaths outnumbered births, and infant mortality rates were high, a significant influx of immigrants was required 
B. Most inhabitants who settled in the region came as complete families, rather than as indentured servants as was the case in other colonial regions.
C. The rate of re-marriages due to death and the resulting complexities of extended, half, and step families were higher than normal.
D. There were both age gaps and significant numerical differences between male and female inhabitants of the region.
E. Low life expectancy combined with other factors to weaken the patriarchy.
ANSWER: B

All of the following are true of the early 17th Century Quakers in the New World, EXCEPT
A. Quakers were, and still are to this day, pacifists who oppose violence and war.
B. Unlike traditional Calvinists, they believed that all human beings had an “Inner Light” of goodness within them.
C. Because of their tolerance, they were able to adapt to the diversity that new immigrants brought to their settlements and they were successfully able to maintain their cooperative society.
D. While in the minority at that time, they opposed the practice of slavery.
E. Far ahead of their own time, they supported the equality of the sexes more than any other religious denomination.
ANSWER: C

