US HISTORY QUIZ 2

The Huron and Algonquian were A) Allies with one another and the French. B) Competitors for French trade goods. C) Allied with the British and Dutch for diplomatic "presents." D) The sole source of Indian women who became French traders' wives.

A) Allies with one another and the French.

Under the theory of mercantilism, one nation's gain was A) Another nation's loss. B) Measured in the welfare of its citizens. C) Tied to the welfare of other nations. D) Sure to grow in the absence of government.

A) Another nation's loss.

The Indians who lived in the New Netherlands used ____________ as a medium of exchange. A) Beads made from clamshells. B) Coins made from wood. C) Crude gold coins made from ore found in the area. D) Tobacco measured into different amounts.

A) Beads made from clamshells.

The Dutch Reformed Church A) Did not oppose slavery. B) Preferred to enslave Africans rather than Indians. C) Vigorously opposed the introduction of slavery in the New Netherlands. D) Waited for word from the pope regarding the institution of slavery.

A) Did not oppose slavery.

The Dutch West India Company decided that the main purpose of its New Netherland colony was A) Feeding colonies in Brazil and the Caribbean. B) Cultivating tobacco. C) Exploit the fur trade. D) Prevent English settlements.

A) Feeding colonies in Brazil and the Caribbean.

French crews traded for beaver pelts used in France to make A) Felt hats. B) Parkas for explorers. C) Robes for royalty. D) Soft linings for gloves.

A) Felt hats.

John Cabot was born in A) Genoa. B) Portsmouth. C) Antwerp. D) Amsterdam.

A) Genoa.

The British model for controlling its North American colonies grew out of its experiences in A) Ireland. B) Jersey. C) Scotland. D) Wales.

A) Ireland.

The French agreed with the Huron and Algonquian people that A) Mixed marriages provided a foundation for trading and military alliances. B) Spain, rather than England, was their most significant threat. C) There was only one God, although they called him by different names. D) When dealing with each other, no leniency could be shown in battle.

A) Mixed marriages provided a foundation for trading and military alliances.

How did the French learn to survive in New France? A) They adapted to Indian customs and assisted Indian friends against their enemies. B) They copied the English, who had established New World colonies much earlier. C) They lured Spanish colonists from New Spain who had experience in such matters. D) They sent along a mathematician who was skilled at problem solving to show them the way.

A) They adapted to Indian customs and assisted Indian friends against their enemies.

The first English colony at Roanoke was A) Abandoned by its founders following disagreement over religious issues. B) Abandoned by the British because it served no useful economic or military purpose. C) Crushed by a powerful Indian alliance. D) Deserted when colonists mutinied against their governor.

B) Abandoned by the British because it served no useful economic or military purpose.

The English experiences in Ireland A) Were learned from the Spanish. B) Became a model of how the English would treat many Native Americans. C) Proved that good relations with Native peoples was good for business. D) Robbed the English of their appetite for imperial adventures for almost a century.

B) Became a model of how the English would treat many Native Americans.

Portugal, Spain, France, and England A) Agreed to divide the New World equally. B) Believed that they conquered for God and country. C) Opposed the colonization attempts of Italy and Germany. D) Shared the belief that only the Catholic Church was holy.

B) Believed that they conquered for God and country.

French traders and Huron and Algonquian hunters A) Competed with Hudson Bay Company representatives for control of the Ohio country. B) Created a network that made each group dependent on the other. C) Helped French peasants adapt to their new environment. D) Worked together harmoniously after the Indians converted to Christianity.

B) Created a network that made each group dependent on the other.

The Five Nations or Great League of Peace A) Allowed Spain, Portugal, England, France, and the Netherlands to share the Western Hemisphere. B) Curtailed the mourning wars among Iroquois in upper New York. C) Dealt mostly with European affairs but affected the colonists indirectly. D) Ended the war among the Spanish, Aztecs, French, Iroquois, and Anasazi.

B) Curtailed the mourning wars among Iroquois in upper New York.

The experience of Don Luis de Velasco, or Paquiquineo, illustrates the A) Difficulty of Europeans in finding viable economic opportunities in the New World. B) Ease with which European and Indian cultures could interact. C) Powerful desire for gold, glory, and Gospel among Spanish conquistadors. D) Church-state bond present in most European countries.

B) Ease with which European and Indian cultures could interact.

What first attracted French interest in North America? A) Agricultural opportunities in the Ruhr Valley. B) Fishing in waters near Newfoundland. C) Tobacco, cotton, and other New World commodities. D) Trading opportunities for French tea merchants.

B) Fishing in waters near Newfoundland.

The Hakluyt cousins argued that developing North American colonies would enable England to A) Dominate the world gold market. B) Free itself of economic dependency on other nations. C) Move ahead of Portugal in the slave trade. D) Resolve its problem with Ireland.

B) Free itself of economic dependency on other nations.

During 40 years under Dutch control, the most profitable product of the New Netherlands was A) Cotton. B) Fur. C) Rum. D) Sugar.

B) Fur.

What influenced European countries other than Portugal and Spain to become active in the New World? A) Getting away from established routines. B) Hope for wealth, glory, and power. C) Having a place to send criminals and surplus population. D) Religious freedom.

B) Hope for wealth, glory, and power.

The _________ was a business form in England that encouraged the English to invest in founding colonies. A) Brokerage. B) Joint-stock company. C) Partnership. D) Venture capital firm.

B) Joint-stock company.

_________ was a Roanoke Indian who was captured and brought to England. A) Cochise B) Manteo C) Pocahontas D) Powhatan

B) Manteo

How did the introduction of European goods contribute to the destruction of native cultures? A) Indians had no immunity to European diseases. B) They made them dependent and caused them to abandon their own crafts. C) Those who cooperated with French traders became outcasts from Indian society. D) They undermined their trade and family values.

B) They made them dependent and caused them to abandon their own crafts.

The term "middle ground" refers to A) a demilitarized zone or safe zone between two European nations' colonies. B) an area where European and Indian cultures and people coexisted in relative peace. C) the locations where Indian hunters and traders brought their pelts to trade with predominantly French traders. D) governing councils that administered European-Indian relations.

B) an area where European and Indian cultures and people coexisted in relative peace.

How did the Spanish King Phillip II react to explorations by France and England? A) He asked for more soldiers and sailors. B) He dared them to enter areas claimed by Spain. C) He established a string of forts. D) He withdrew Spain's outposts into a defensive line.

C) He established a string of forts.

What about don Luis's behavior shocked and scandalized the Spanish Jesuits in 1570? A) He refused to convert. B) He cohabited with a boy from the Spanish settlement, Alonzo. C) He took several wives. D) He refused to leave Spain after his conversion.

C) He took several wives.

When a member of an Iroquois clan was lost in battle, A) His remains were returned to Mother Earth. B) His spirit lived on in his children, according to Iroquois tradition. C) His tribesmen killed or seized a warrior of the offending clan. D) His widow was forbidden to remarry.

C) His tribesmen killed or seized a warrior of the offending clan.

What was the attitude of the leaders of Dutch colonialism with regard to Indian territory? A) Indians should be happy to share the land because North America was so much larger than Europe. B) Land in the New World belonged to the first European nation that claimed it. C) Land must be purchased from Indians before it could be settled. D) The Europeans had a Christian duty to bring the Gospel to foreign lands.

C) Land must be purchased from Indians before it could be settled.

Why had the Spanish been comparatively lucky in their colonizing mission to the Americas? A) Native tribes in Mesoamerica had offered no resistance. B) Mesoamericans readily accepted the Christian faith. C) Mesoamerica's sedentary populations were already familiar with social hierarchies and the paying of tribute. D) Spanish subjects were willing and ready settlers and quickly established a large population base in Mesoamerica.

C) Mesoamerica's sedentary populations were already familiar with social hierarchies and the paying of tribute.

Most colonies established by European nations in the first half of the seventeenth century were A) Efforts to advance Protestantism. B) In violation of the pope's expressed wishes. C) Outposts in the global economy. D) Undertaken to learn more about the world.

C) Outposts in the global economy.

Sir Francis Drake is best known as a A) Founder of the first English colony at Jamestown. B) Leader of the Church of England during its separation from Rome. C) Privateer who helped defeat the Spanish Armada. D) Religious leader who opposed the introduction of slaves in the New World on moral grounds.

C) Privateer who helped defeat the Spanish Armada.

For the Dutch, toleration, cultural diversity, amicable relations with Indians, and slavery all served what end? A) Advancing brotherhood. B) Helping Indians and Africans live a more fulfilled life. C) Profiting through trade. D) Realizing their goal of developing Europe's strongest navy.

C) Profiting through trade.

What group dominated the government and economy of the Netherlands after 1648? A) Clergy. B) Military leaders. C) Prosperous merchants. D) Women.

C) Prosperous merchants.

Samuel de Champlain A) Attempted to establish a utopian society in northwestern New France. B) Founded Jamestown in 1608. C) Retraced Cartier's route up the St. Lawrence River. D) Sailed along the Carolina coast, looking for Spanish outposts.

C) Retraced Cartier's route up the St. Lawrence River.

After threats by the Orista Indians in Florida and by England's Sir Francis Drake, the Spanish abandoned all of eastern Louisiana except for St. Augustín because A) Dutch traders felt encouraged to challenge Portugal in Africa. B) France took advantage of England's involvement with Spain and occupied the Hudson River valley. C) Spain regarded the area as peripheral to its primary interests. D) Wars between the two nations continued over the next century.

C) Spain regarded the area as peripheral to its primary interests.

Because the French and English found no gold or silver in areas they claimed in the New World, they A) Concentrated on their colonies in India and China. B) Put off colonization for two centuries. C) Stole from the Spanish, who did find gold and silver. D) Turned to farming as a way to survive.

C) Stole from the Spanish, who did find gold and silver.

Why did Henry VIII make Protestantism the official religion of England? A) Catholic Church taxes were too high. B) He did not want to subsidize Spanish colonization. C) The pope would not dissolve his sonless marriage with Catherine of Aragon. D) He wanted to seize Catholic property to pay for expeditions to the Americas.

C) The pope would not dissolve his sonless marriage with Catherine of Aragon.

Choose the correct order in which European nations embraced global colonization: A) Portugal—Spain—France—England. B) Spain—Portugal—England—the Netherlands. C) The Netherlands—Portugal—France—England. D) France—Portugal—Spain—England.

D) France—Portugal—Spain—England.

A major result of the Beaver Wars was that A) France increased its influence in North America. B) Fur prices rose even higher. C) Holland lost control of the New Netherlands to England. D) Indians were never able to replace population loss resulting from warfare.

D) Indians were never able to replace population loss resulting from warfare.

Why did England conquer Ireland between 1565 and 1576? A) Irish Catholics refused to submit to the Anglican Church. B) Ireland, the English suspected, had rich gold deposits. C) The Irish were allied with the Dutch, raiding English ships. D) Irish noblemen refused to submit to the English monarchy.

D) Irish noblemen refused to submit to the English monarchy.

The huge European demand for beaver pelts A) Caused the price of fur products to decrease. B) Forced a change in men's hat styles. C) Guaranteed income to Indian trappers. D) Led Indians to kill more beaver than could be replaced by natural reproduction.

D) Led Indians to kill more beaver than could be replaced by natural reproduction.

When Henry Hudson's voyage gave the Dutch a claim to the Hudson River area in 1609, what was he actually seeking? A) Beaver pelts. B) Fresh fruit for crewmen suffering with scurvy. C) Haven from a fierce hurricane. D) Passage to the Pacific Ocean.

D) Passage to the Pacific Ocean.

The Dutch West Indies Company thought the primary value of the New Netherlands was to A) Absorb surplus products not consumed in Holland. B) Keep English colonists in New England and the Chesapeake region separated. C) Prevent Spain from expanding northward from Florida. D) Provide food for its more profitable colonies in Brazil and the Caribbean.

D) Provide food for its more profitable colonies in Brazil and the Caribbean.

In the mercantile system, colonies were useful to European countries because they A) Absorbed products of other countries. B) Could be counted on for manpower in case of war. C) Had significant amounts of gold available in case of need. D) Provided raw materials and markets for manufactured goods.

D) Provided raw materials and markets for manufactured goods.

A spirit of tolerance enabled the Dutch to A) Allow Protestants and Catholics to worship together. B) Avoid wars with other European nations. C) Concentrate on developing the diamond trade. D) Put aside religious conflict and concentrate on trade.

D) Put aside religious conflict and concentrate on trade.

The French population in North America A) Clung fiercely to European ways and had great difficulty accepting the reality of living in the New World. B) Decreased as a result of constant war between France and England. C) Remained remarkably steady. D) Showed a significant increase between 1650 and 1714.

D) Showed a significant increase between 1650 and 1714.

England's first activity in the New World was to A) Disrupt French efforts to gain a monopoly in the fur trade. B) Enslave Indians. C) Provide religious liberty for all colonists. D) Steal wealth from Spain.

D) Steal wealth from Spain.

The Beaver Wars erupted when A) Algonquians violated sacred ground claimed by Powhatans. B) Demand for fur in Europe increased. C) Fur pelt yield dwindled because of overtrapping. D) The Hurons cut off trade between the Iroquois and the French.

D) The Hurons cut off trade between the Iroquois and the French.

How did the French react to the Dutch and English establishing colonies and making alliances with the Iroquois? A) They asked the pope to force the Dutch to abandon New York. B) They increased their activity in the Hudson Bay area. C) They tried to turn the Dutch against the English by selling them furs. D) They worked to maintain the loyalty of Huron and Algonquian allies.

D) They worked to maintain the loyalty of Huron and Algonquian allies.

Queen Elizabeth I was A) A gambler willing to make significant investments in North America. B) Displeased with the introduction of slavery into the English colonies. C) More concerned with her colonies in the South than with those in New England. D) Unwilling to risk her treasure on North American adventures.

D) Unwilling to risk her treasure on North American adventures.