Literary Period Introduction Test

5 Questions | By Hjones60 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2022 | Total Attempts: 187

Colonialism, Puritans, early philosophy

Questions and Answers

1.

Ice Age hunters were the first people to migrate to North America.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
2.

The greatest legacy of the French and Spanish explorers was the long-lived political institutions that still exist today.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

Which of the following statements about the English Puritans is not true?
- A.
  
  They were Protestants who sought to purity the Church of England and return to simpler form of worship.
- B.
  
  They believed that the clergy and government should act as intermediaries between the individual and God.
- C.
  
  Some thought the Church of England was too corrupt to reform and called for a complete separation from it.
- D.
  
  They wanted to establish a new society patterned after God's word and a self-sustaining profitable colony.
4.

Because Puritans believed that the arrival of God's grace was demonstrated by saintly behavior
- A.
  
  They thought it was easy to differentiate between the saved and the damned
- B.
  
  They could try to earn salvation by leading rational lives
- C.
  
  They tried to behave in as exemplary a way as possible
- D.
  
  They thought there was no need for rigorous sejf-examination
5.

The ______________ _________________ paved the way for a constitutional democracy.