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ENG 201 Test 1
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09/14/2010

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the idea that the spanish were really violent and mean to the indians is called the...
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Black Legend
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where was Columbus born?
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Genoa, Italy
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who did Columbus finally get to fund his trip?
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain
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Columbus left 39 crew members on what island to colonize it?
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Hispaniola
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Columbus died and was buried where? where was his body eventually moved to?
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Spain and eventually Hispaniola
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who did Columbus intend his letter to be read by?
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the king and queen and other sovereigns who sponsored his trip, so he made America seem better than it was. (gold incalculable)
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where was columbus when he wrote his letter to Luis de Santangel?
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onboard the Nina
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Castilian nation means...
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Spain
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the island Columbus describes as having no men on it
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Martinio
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Jon Edwards delivered what sermon?
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
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the only son of 11 boys
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Jon Edwards
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Edwards was the tutor/president of what two schools?
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Yale and Princeton
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why was Edwards considered a "bridge" guy?
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because he came in between the time of the strict, biblical Puritans and the rationalist thinkers that came after him. he used reason and logic in addition to the bible
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the works of Jonathan Edwards
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Freedom of the Will; The Doctrine of Original Sin Defended; The Nature of True Virtue
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Who wrote "The Doctrine of Original Sin Defended"?
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Edwards
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Who wrote "Freedom of the Will"?
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Edwards
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Who wrote "The Nature of True Virtue"?
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Edwards
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what happened to the Great Awakening in the end?
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it collapsed under the weight of its internal politics
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what settlement did john smith help found?
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Jamestown
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why would one consider john smith a propagandist?
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he wrote descriptions of the new world that were like advertisements and he always made himself the hero in his stories
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Who wrote "A True Relation of Occurrences and Accidents in Virginia"?
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John Smith. It was the first book published in English in the New World
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who wrote "A Description of New England"?
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John Smith
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who wrote "The General History of Virginia"?
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John Smith. It confirmed the Old World belief that the New World was a New Eden
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describe how we know what we do of native American life back in the day
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we have no first-hand accounts from the Indians, so all we know about them is what we learn from the early colonists, who saw Indian life through their Old World perspective. it was a complex and varied cultural landscape, not savage like they viewed it.
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the entire 16th century exploration was marked by disaster and death. name three explorers who died.
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John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, and Walter Raleigh
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Four Spanish conquerors we got literature from regarding the New World
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Columbus, Cabeza de Baca, Coronado, Pizarro
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name three things that encouraged 17th century exploration
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English victory over the Spanish Armada, Capitalism, Reformation
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what 3 crops made the southern colonies lucrative?
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tobacco, sugar, and indigo
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which were the most ethnically and religiously diverse of the colonies?
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the Middle Colonies
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which colony was the 'late starter', where the pilgrims migrated to?
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New England
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where the original pilgrims puritans or separatists?
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separatists. that's why they separated instead of sticking around
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two men who influenced the puritans in general
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John Calvin (TULIP) and Martin Luther "priesthood of the believer". both believed individuals had the right to study the bible
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captured by indians during king philip's war
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mary rowlandson
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what were some rhetorical purposes of creating captivity narratives?
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religious expression, justifying westward expansion, building up national heritage of America
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what themes were common in captivity narratives?
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fear of cannibalism and scalping, praying indians whom they never fully trusted, the captive acting as a cultural mediator between the savage and the civilized
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what was the usual pattern of a captivity narrative?
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separation, torment, transformation, return
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wrote the first book of poetry written by a settler in the english colonies
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Anne Bradstreet
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the ship that anne bradstreet and william bradfort sailed on
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the Arbella
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how did Anne Bradstreet become a good poet?
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she was well-educated because her father worked as a steward for the earl of lincoln. she had access to great literature and was almost a contemporary of Shakespeare
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The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America or Several Poem, Compiled with a Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight... by a Gentlewoman of Those Parts was written by whom and published by whom?
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written by Anne Bradstreet and published unknownst to her by her brother-in-law
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how long did anne bradstreet's lyrics remain unsurpassed and who surpassed her?
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200 years and eventually by Emily Dickinson
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who studied at cambridge and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
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John Winthrop
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what bible characters was john winthrop compared to in Magnalia Christi Americana?
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Moses as a leader to the promised land and Nehemiah as a governor
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the famous address that Winthrop delivered to the passengers of the Arabella, the ship that founded the Mass. Bay Colony
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A Modell of Christian Charity
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wrote The Selling of Joseph against slavery
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Samuel Sewall aka Winnie the Pooh
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lived in Salem and was a judge at the Salem Witch Trials. he later admitted he and his fellow judges were wrong
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Samuel Sewall
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he refused to wear a wig and got after his pastor's son who did
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Samuel Sewall
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man pressed to death with heavy stones for staying mute in the salem witch trials
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Giles Corey
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stood while he had Mr. Willard read his apology for being involved in the witch trials
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Samuel Seward
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Cotton Mather wrote about New England being transformed into an ideal Christian society in what book?
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Magnalia Christi Americana
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although he did not participate directly in the trials, cotton mather wrote what book that discussed the paranormal during that time?
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The Wonders of the Invisible World
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who dealt with an attractive Gentlewoman (Katherine Maccarty) making advances toward him?
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Cotton Mather
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who did Cotton Mather eventually marry?
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Elizabeth Hubbard
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this man lived in Westover, Virginia and owned several tobacco plantations.
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William Byrd aka "Mr. Rogers"
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William Byrd was on a commission to establish the boundary between NC and VA. What book did he write about that in?
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History of the Dividing Line
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wrote Of Plimoth Plantation and was one of the 102 onboard the Mayflower
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William Bradford
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Bradford signed what document, establishing the basis for government in Plymouth?
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Mayflower Compact
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this document explained how the pilgrims left england, went to holland, then eventually came to america
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Of Plimoth Plantation
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who was elected governor of Plimoth 30 times?
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Bradford
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who graduated from harvard at 15 and wasn't liked by his classmates?
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Cotton Mather
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encouraged smallpox inoculations and was the first native-born american to be a fellow in the Royal Society
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Cotton Mather
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this book by Mather tried to prove that there's sin in the world
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Wonders of the Invisible World
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