Colonization & Exploration – Quiz 1
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Question 1 |
Colleges like Harvard and Yale were started for what purpose?
A | To study the practice of medicine |
B | To be a center for liberal arts |
C | Religious studies |
D | To study finance and economics |
Question 2 |
What was the purpose of mercantilism?
A | To have complete political control of colonies |
B | To encourage free enterprise between colonists and other countries |
C | To share the wealth according to each man's work and means. |
D | To only provide goods and resources to the mother country that supports the colonies. |
Question 3 |
Bacon's Rebellion was a result of what political problem?
A | The power Sir William Berkeley and rich plantation owners used to execute policies that favored plantation owners |
B | The lack of payment or kept contracts for indentured servants |
C | Native American disputes over the land in Western Virginia |
D | The rising class differences between the rich plantation owners and the poor farmers and their difference in representative opinion |
Question 3 Explanation:
Sir William Berkeley and plantation owners were using royal authority to help favor the rich, successful plantation owners instead of the lower class farmer. Farmers like Bacon did not like the fact that a small body of people were making decisions that only affected the Chesapeake Bay area.
Question 4 |
What was the result of the Treaty of Tordesillas?
A | Land was divided between Spain and Portugal for exploration and colonization |
B | Native Americans would keep control of western North America while Spain would keep Central America and South America |
C | Florida was added to the English Colonies |
D | Mexico was given to Spain for exploration while Brazil was given to Brazil |
Question 5 |
What did indentured servitude entail?
A | Religious groups were granted charters to come to the New World to establish a settlement. |
B | Colonial farmers would pay for people to cross the Atlantic in exchange for labor for a contracted period of time. . |
C | Women would be given passage to the New World as long as they married the man who paid their way. |
D | It was the procedure that brought slaves to the New World. |
Question 6 |
What was an example of Native American retaliation during the colonization of North America?
A | The development of tobacco |
B | King Philip's War |
C | The outbreak of Smallpox |
D | New England Confederation |
Question 6 Explanation:
King Philip's War or Metacom's War, was a war between New England colonists and Wampanoags over land disputes. The Wampanoags, led under Metacom burned English villages but were repressed by colonists, ending any chance of future Native American retaliation.
Question 7 |
What was the impact of the headright system?
A | Slavery became more popular |
B | More immigrants were attracted to the New World |
C | There were more land disputes with Native Americans |
D | More plantation owners had more political power |
Question 8 |
The colonies of Rhode Island and Connecticut were created under what purpose?
A | To expand the economy of shipbuilding |
B | To convert Native Americans to Christianity |
C | To challenge English authority |
D | To provide religious tolerance to those who opposed the Puritan Church |
Question 8 Explanation:
Leaders like Roger Williams and Thomas Hooker led those were felt conflicted with the Puritan church to Rhode Island and Connecticut to start their own governments under their own interpretations of religion with toleration for other religious beliefs.
Question 9 |
The Puritans added this new policy in the 1660s for younger Puritan generations to make Puritan life more appealing.
A | The Act of Toleration |
B | The headright system |
C | The Halfway Covenant |
D | The Charter of Liberties |
Question 10 |
What was the first establishment of democracy in America?
A | House of Burgesses |
B | Continental Congress |
C | Sons of Liberty |
D | House of Lords |
Question 11 |
What was Roger William's influence in the Puritan church?
A | He preached equal gender rights |
B | He saw a vision from Heaven |
C | He believed in the sole authority of Puritan leaders |
D | He preached the individual's right to decide religious thought |
Question 12 |
What is an example of mercantilism?
A | Acts of Trade and Navigation |
B | Triangular trade |
C | Holy Experiment |
D | Salutary neglect |
Question 13 |
Which leaders had the most influence in the Great Awakening?
A | Jonathan Edwards and Roger Williams |
B | Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson |
C | Lord Baltimore and William Penn |
D | Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield |
Question 14 |
The following documents could be used to understand the influence of democracy in America except
A | The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
B | The Charter of Liberties |
C | The Mayflower Compact |
D | The Navigation Acts |
Question 15 |
Which of the following experienced the most significant increase as a result of cash crop success?
A | Free market economy |
B | Slave trade |
C | Private land ownership |
D | Shipbuilding |
Question 16 |
What was the first permanent settlement in English North America?
A | New Amsterdam |
B | Jamestown |
C | Plymouth |
D | Roanoke Colony |
Question 17 |
What was a driving force for European exploration?
A | Global power |
B | Spreading of religion |
C | Economic opportunities |
D | All of the above |
Question 18 |
Who is known for the cultivation of tobacco?
A | John Rolfe |
B | Sir Francis Drake |
C | Sir Walter Raleigh |
D | John Smith |
Question 18 Explanation:
John Rolfe was known as the father of the tobacco industry. He perfected the growth and production of tobacco, making it one of the main cash crops of the Virginia colony.
Question 19 |
The following are all examples of a type of colony except
A | Corporate colonies |
B | Royal colonies |
C | Proprietary colonies |
D | Religious colonies |
Question 20 |
" For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world." This quote was written by which colonial leader?
A | William Penn |
B | John Winthrop |
C | John Smith |
D | James Oglethorpe |
Question 20 Explanation:
This was quoted from John Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity."
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