Colonization & Exploration – Quiz 1
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Question 1 |
" 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 | James Oglethorpe |
C | John Winthrop |
D | John Smith |
Question 1 Explanation:
This was quoted from John Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity."
Question 2 |
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 | The rising class differences between the rich plantation owners and the poor farmers and their difference in representative opinion |
D | Native American disputes over the land in Western Virginia |
Question 2 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 3 |
What was the first establishment of democracy in America?
A | Continental Congress |
B | House of Lords |
C | House of Burgesses |
D | Sons of Liberty |
Question 4 |
The following are all examples of a type of colony except
A | Corporate colonies |
B | Proprietary colonies |
C | Royal colonies |
D | Religious colonies |
Question 5 |
What was the result of the Treaty of Tordesillas?
A | Florida was added to the English Colonies |
B | Mexico was given to Spain for exploration while Brazil was given to Brazil |
C | Land was divided between Spain and Portugal for exploration and colonization |
D | Native Americans would keep control of western North America while Spain would keep Central America and South America |
Question 6 |
Who is known for the cultivation of tobacco?
A | John Rolfe |
B | John Smith |
C | Sir Francis Drake |
D | Sir Walter Raleigh |
Question 6 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 7 |
What was Roger William's influence in the Puritan church?
A | He believed in the sole authority of Puritan leaders |
B | He preached equal gender rights |
C | He saw a vision from Heaven |
D | He preached the individual's right to decide religious thought |
Question 8 |
What was the purpose of mercantilism?
A | To encourage free enterprise between colonists and other countries |
B | To only provide goods and resources to the mother country that supports the colonies. |
C | To share the wealth according to each man's work and means. |
D | To have complete political control of colonies |
Question 9 |
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 9 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 10 |
The Puritans added this new policy in the 1660s for younger Puritan generations to make Puritan life more appealing.
A | The Halfway Covenant |
B | The headright system |
C | The Act of Toleration |
D | The Charter of Liberties |
Question 11 |
Which leaders had the most influence in the Great Awakening?
A | Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield |
B | Jonathan Edwards and Roger Williams |
C | Lord Baltimore and William Penn |
D | Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson |
Question 12 |
Which of the following experienced the most significant increase as a result of cash crop success?
A | Free market economy |
B | Private land ownership |
C | Slave trade |
D | Shipbuilding |
Question 13 |
What was the first permanent settlement in English North America?
A | Plymouth |
B | Roanoke Colony |
C | New Amsterdam |
D | Jamestown |
Question 14 |
What is an example of mercantilism?
A | Holy Experiment |
B | Salutary neglect |
C | Acts of Trade and Navigation |
D | Triangular trade |
Question 15 |
The following documents could be used to understand the influence of democracy in America except
A | The Mayflower Compact |
B | The Navigation Acts |
C | The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
D | The Charter of Liberties |
Question 16 |
What was an example of Native American retaliation during the colonization of North America?
A | New England Confederation |
B | The development of tobacco |
C | King Philip's War |
D | The outbreak of Smallpox |
Question 16 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 17 |
What was the impact of the headright system?
A | More plantation owners had more political power |
B | There were more land disputes with Native Americans |
C | More immigrants were attracted to the New World |
D | Slavery became more popular |
Question 18 |
What was a driving force for European exploration?
A | Economic opportunities |
B | All of the above |
C | Spreading of religion |
D | Global power |
Question 19 |
Colleges like Harvard and Yale were started for what purpose?
A | Religious studies |
B | To study the practice of medicine |
C | To be a center for liberal arts |
D | To study finance and economics |
Question 20 |
What did indentured servitude entail?
A | Women would be given passage to the New World as long as they married the man who paid their way. |
B | Religious groups were granted charters to come to the New World to establish a settlement. |
C | Colonial farmers would pay for people to cross the Atlantic in exchange for labor for a contracted period of time. . |
D | It was the procedure that brought slaves to the New World. |
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