History 101 First Midterm Examination Review Sheet (100 Points)

 

Possible Identifications (50 Points)

THREE of the following IDs will appear on the exam, you will answer TWO (25 points each)

 

West to the Orient                                                     Search for Myths                                                     

To Please God                                                           Search for a Dumping Ground

Conquest and Assimilation                                       The Mission System
The Pueblo Revolt (1680)                                         Why a Middle Ground?

Murder on the Middle Ground                               Sex and the Middle Ground

Pocahontas and John Smith                                     The First Thanksgiving

Why the Indians Lost                                               Jamestown’s First Labor Force

Race in Early Virginia                                              Living Longer in Jamestown

Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)                                          The First Color Line

Colonial Slavery                                                        American Colonies

Patriarchy and Men                                                  Patriarchy and Women

                                                           

                                     

Possible Essay Questions (50 Points)

One of the following questions will appear on the exam

1)   Spain, England, and France developed different models of interaction with Native Americans during the first centuries after the arrival of Columbus.  What were these models?  How and why did they differ from one another?  Consider these models from the perspective of Native Americans and rank them from best to worst.  Explain your ranking.  Consider the models from the perspective of Europeans and rank them from best to worst.  Explain your ranking.

 

2)   You have applied to be a contestant on PBS’s new reality based television program Colonial House, where, for a period of six months, people live the lives of ordinary people from the year 1675.  During those months, you will face all the problems of the historical figure whose role you play.  The possible roles are: Pueblo Indian, Slave in Virginia, Indentured Servant in Virginia, Wife, Puritan held captive among the Wampanoag.  Every character is a mainstream example (i.e. no liberated wives with progressive husbands). Rank your choices according to the roles you think you would find the easiest to play for six months given what you know about the roles and their circumstances of those roles in 1675 [THE YEAR MATTERS] (1 being easiest, 5 hardest). Your own race and gender make no difference in the selection; PBS will have some people playing against type (i.e. white folks playing slaves).  Make your selection based solely on which roles you think would be easiest or hardest to maintain.  You must EXPLAIN your ranking by using material from lectures and readings to justify your choices.  Remember to bear in mind that the year is 1675—again, the year DOES matter for most roles.