APUSH Test #2

Hakluyt's call for the English to learn about Native American "language, manners, and customs" best represents which of the following developments in the 1500s?

Native Americans and Europeans partnered for trade.

Which of the following most directly contributed to the decision in Philadelphia referenced in the excerpt to build a specific meeting house for the new preachers?

Religious pluralism was more accepted in the middle colonies and particularly in the colony of Pennsylvania than elsewhere.

Which of the following best describes a purpose of the excerpt?

The Virginia governor is seeking support from the colonial legislature for his plan to address conflict between settlers and American Indians in frontier areas.

What was a major difference between the Spanish encomienda system and the Spanish caste system in the Americas?

The encomienda system was based on using Native Americans for forced labor, while the caste system was based on a diverse and racially mixed population.

The first paragraph of the excerpt makes which of the following claims?

The settlers of New England varied in age more than emigrants to the Chesapeake did

The point of view expressed by the Virginia governor in the excerpt is that he

feels a responsibility to protect White frontier settlers from violent encounters with American Indians

What important consequences did the French & Indian War have in North America?

The British victory expelled France from North America.

The events of the First Great Awakening illustrated by the excerpt led to

new denominations attracting followers who were drawn to the dynamic sermons of the new preachers

The reaction to the situation described in the third paragraph represented a continuity with which of the following earlier colonial developments?

strict racial system was established that separated enslaved people from European colonists.

One piece of evidence that de Gante used in the excerpt to support his overall argument about the treatment of the people of Mexico is that Native Americans

did not have enough supplies to support their families

The experience of enslaved people in the southern British colonies as described in the excerpt was similar to the experience of enslaved people in the northern British colonies because

many enslaved people in both regions developed strategies to resist slavery

The White and Black populations in New England shown in the table most directly suggest the movement of indentured servants from the South to New England

minimal use of enslaved labor in New England compared to other regions

Which of the following was the most important reason that Native American relations with English settlers differed from Native American relations with other groups of European settlers in the 1600s?

English settlers were technologically more advanced than other European settlers.

Which of the following developments in the 1500s is best illustrated by the excerpt?

Europeans sought new sources of wealth in the Americas

What statement best describes the political connections between the North American colonies and the British crown before the mid-18th century?

Colonists built political institutions based on British models but had a large degree of autonomy.

Which of the following developments in the late 1400s and early 1500s is depicted in the excerpt?

Europeans undertook voyages across the Atlantic to the Americas in search of new sources of wealth.

What goal did Pontiac try to achieve by making this speech?

He wanted to create unity and cultural rejuvenation among indigenous peoples.

In the excerpt, Crosby makes which of the following claims about the transmission of Old World diseases to the Americas?

It was an unintended consequence of contact between the New World and the Old World.

How did colonists react to the Proclamation of 1763?

Many were angered and continued to settle illegally beyond the demarcation line.

Which of the following groups would most likely oppose the ideas expressed in the excerpt?

Members of the House of Burgesses

Which of the following describes Crosby's overall argument in the excerpt about the reason for the change in Native American populations after 1492 ?

Native Americans had no immunity to new diseases introduced by Europeans.

Which of the following best describes evidence used by Crosby to support his argument about the change in Native American populations after 1492 ?

Native Americans who were taken to Europe as slaves experienced high mortality rates.

English colonists in North America in the 1600s and 1700s most typically sought which of the following?

Political independence from England

Which of the following developments most directly contributed to the events described in the excerpt?

Protestant evangelism came to the colonies from Great Britain and Europe.

Which of the following represented a change in the labor force of the southern British colonies by the 1700s as depicted in the excerpt?

Slavery became more widespread than indentured servitude.

How were European economic systems in the American colonies in the 1500s and 1600s different from existing economic systems in Europe?

Spanish colonists used enslaved Africans to work on plantations

How did Britain try to deal with the massive expenses they incurred during the French & Indian War?

The British crown began to more rigorously enforce imperial policies and taxes.

What consequences did the French & Indian War have for indigenous peoples?

The British victory resulted in renewed pressure on tribal lands

What was an important feature of the Enlightenment?

The Enlightenment highlighted the values Britain shared with her North American colonies.

In which of the following ways did the Spanish impose racial hierarchies in the regions of the Americas that they controlled during the 1500s and 1600s?

The Spanish created a caste system that incorporated people of European, Native American, and African descent.

Which of the following best describes an argument made by de Gante in the letter?

The Spanish should require less tribute after conquest to avoid Native American depopulation.

The change in White and Black populations in the various regions shown in the table most strongly suggests the influence of which of the following?

The demand in Europe for commodities such as tobacco and sugar

In the second paragraph of the excerpt, which of the following pieces of evidence does de Gante use to support his argument about the emperor of Spain's obligations to Native Americans?

The emperor has benefited from the riches acquired in the Americas.

The efforts of Spanish colonists to convert Native Americans to Christianity were most directly influenced by which of the following simultaneous developments?

The extraction of gold and other wealth from the land in the Americas

Which of the following statements correctly describes the phenomenon discussed by Edwards?

The great awakening was a trans Atlantic event which helped increase religious pluralism in the colonies.

Which of the following best describes an overall argument of the excerpt?

The makeup of emigrant populations led to greater reconstruction of English family life in New England than it did in the Chesapeake

The second paragraph of the excerpt makes which of the following claims about the populations of men and women in the colonies?

The population of men and women in New England were roughly equal from the time of its founding

The trend from 1660 to 1710 depicted in the table most strongly indicates which of the following?

The rise of the trans-Atlantic trade of enslaved Africans