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
