AP US History Exploration (Test questions)

32. Bacon's Rebellion was situated in the context of what broader tension of Chesapeake Virginia in the 1600s?

Competition for choice land between European settlers and Native Americans

16. Anne Hutchinson was executed teaching that worshipers needed neither the church nor its ministers interpret the Bible for them

False (She was banished not executed)

19. The Navigation Acts were intended to loosen England's control on colonial trade.

False (Tightened not loosen)

35. This speech led, in part, to which of the following?

Increased tensions between the New England colonists and the native population

26. Which best explains why the Plymouth settlement was so important in American history?

It proved that a self-governing society consisting mostly of farm families could flourish in New England

42. Why do you think the experience of the earliest settlers at Jamestown and at Massachusetts Bay were so different?

Jamestown - Settlers wanted money - Evolved with cash crops Mass Bay - Just a new place to live

43. How and why were the economy and society in the Northern colonies more diverse than in the southern colonies?

Northern - more industry - higher class Southern - More slaves - had more cash crops

13. Which of the following "awakened" during the Great Awakening?

Religious belief

4. The idea of freedom of religion was promoted by

Roger Williams

23. What does the artist convey as being the most important motivator for Columbus' explorations?

Spreading Christianity

29. The best example of resistance to the Institution pictured above was

Stono Rebellion

9. The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of goods between

The Americas and Europe and Asia

38. Which of the following statements characterizes the British relationship with Native Americans?

The British viewed Native American culture as a threat to colonization

5. During the 1700s, the major reason that there were more Africans enslaved in the South than in the North was that

The Southern economy required a larger number of field laborers

33. The rebellion that ensued following Bacon's statement led to

A distrust of former indentured servants

20. According to de Las Casas, what was the result of European interaction with Native peoples?

A drastic decrease in Native populations

37. The author of the passage, John White, implied that

A nearby tribe of Native Americans had previously been friendly to the settlers

24. What was one long term effect of the event depicted in this painting?

The decline in Native American population

40. Based on the passages above, which of the following statements is most accurate?

The french did not view Native American culture as a threat to colonization

25. What was the most likely motivation to create the Mayflower Compact?

The leaders wished to increase unity among "the pilgrims" by establishing a form of self-government

10. European colonization plans consisted of all the following except

Using Native peoples for forced labor

41. In your opinion, is Christopher Columbus someone whom Americans today should view as a hero or as a villian? Explain your answer.

YOUR OWN OPINION Hero - Was couragous - Risked his life to cross the ocean - He spread great cultural things

1. Contact with the East during the Crusades changed life in Europe because it introduced new

consumer goods

7. The Spanish first moved into the North American Southwest in an effort to

find gold and other treasures

30. A fundamental grievance of Bacon's was his

realization of the widening wealth gap between landowners and former indentured servants seeking land

11. Cash crop is one that is raised primarily for

sale

8. The middle passage refers to the part of the triangular trade system that carried

slaves from Africa to the West Indies and North America

12. Enlightenment thinkers stressed all of the following except

the scientific method

28. The need for cheap labor in the colonies was created by

the southern colonies' dependency on cash crops

39. The French colonizers believed that

By assimilating with Native cultures, they could eventually convert them to Christianity

31. What was the underlying issue from the statements above?

Oppression of western Virginian farmers by the governor and the plantation elite

34. Winthrop's sermon was direct at what specific group of people?

Puritans who were migrating to North America

The dominant European perception of Native populations during the period was

They were an uncivilized group compared to European standards

Bartolome de Las Casas' Intent was

To make Spanish monarchs aware of the subjugation and mistreatment of Native peoples

14. To John Smith's dismay, the settlers in Jamestown traded with the Powhatan instead of working their farms

True

15. Roger Williams, after fleeing from Massachusetts Bay Colony, founded Providence Colony

True

17. Tobacco turned Jamestown into a profitable enterprise

True

18. According to the theory of mercantilism, a nation could increase its wealth and power by establishing favorable balance of trade

True

27. The people in the above diagram were often sent to the new colonies because of

a decrease in the number of indentured servants coming to the American colonies from England

3. The Puritan's views and attitudes led them to strive for

a moral society

2. The treaty of Tordesillas involved an imaginary line dividing

areas that could be claimed by Spain and by Portugal

36. The settlement described in the excerpt above was significant because it was the first

attempt at an English colony in the New World

6. The Spanish monarchy abolished the encomienda system because that system

brutally exploited Native Americans