test 1 (history)

Europeans generally believed all of the following about Indians EXCEPT that: A. Indians lacked genuine religion B. Indians had enormous potential to assimilate European ways. C. Indians males were weak and they mistreated women. D. Indians did not use the land and thus had no claim to it. E. Indians were not much better than slaves.

B. Indians had enormous potential to assimilate European ways.

Which of the following was true of the colonial elite? a. As with the mother country, the colonies had a titled aristocracy. B. They controlled colonial government. C. They often encountered financial trouble because they lacked connections to their counterparts back in the mother country. D. Most of them were as wealthy as, of not wealthier than, the British aristocracy. E. All of them were careful to marry outside of their families.

B. They controlled colonial government.

As English colonial society became more structured in the eighteenth century, what were the effects on women? A. They received more legal rights, such as the right to own property in their own names. B. Women's work became more clearly defined as tied closely to the home. C. Their workloads decreased thanks to technological advances such as the spinning wheel and to declining infant mortality rates. D. Women were permitted to practice law. E. Women bore so fewer children that population levels slightly declined in the 1740s, then stabilized until the American Revolution.

B. Women's work became more clearly defined as tied closely to the home.

Early settlers of Jamestown preferred gold to farming.

True

Jamestown was originally settled only by men.

True

The English increasingly viewed America as a land where a man could control his own labor and thus gain independence.

True

The Indians of North America believed that land was a common resource and the basis of economic life.

True

The middle ranks of colonial America were those who lived between extreme wealth and poverty.

True

Roger Williams argued that: A. Church and state must be totally separated. B. Puritans must stay in the Church of England and reform it. C. Religious wars were necessary to protect not only religion, but also freedom. D. Puritans were on a divine mission to spread the true faith. E. Only John Winthrop was capable of explaining the word of God.

A. Church and state must be totally separated.

Why was the death rate in early Jamestown so high? A. It lay beside a malarial swamp. B. The ample food was full of botulism. C. It was not high; mos of the colonists survived. D. Constant Native American attacks decimated the population. E. Many of the colonists committed suicide.

A. It lay beside a malarial swamp.

Why did the accusations of witchcraft in Salem suddenly snowball in 1692? A. The only way to avoid prosecution was to confess and name others. B. When Tituba testified, the issue became racial and divided the town. C. All of the accused were children, and Puritans were determined to force their young to accept their religious traditions or face death. D. The colonial capital had just been moved to Salem, upsetting the normally staid town. E. They did not; actually, the number of accusations was average and Salem was highly overrated as a place for charges of witchcraft.

A. The only way to avoid prosecution was to confess and name others.

Why did England consider Spain its enemy by the late 1500s? A. because of the religious differences: England had officially broken with the Roman Catholic Church while Spain was devoutly Catholic B. because of the Spanish Armada's successful invasion of Great Britain in 1588. C. because Spain had allied with France to invade English colonies in the New World. D. because one of Henry VIII's beheaded wives was a Spanish princess and the Spanish government announced it would be at war with England until Henry apologized. E. because both the English and Spanish royal families laid claim to the Irish throne.

A. because of the religious differences: England had officially broken with the Roman Catholic Church while Spain was devoutly Catholic

Bacon's rebellion was a response to: A. worsening economic conditions in Virginia B. increased slavery in the Carolinas C. Indians attacks in New England D. the Glorious Revolution in England E. the Salem witch trials

A. worsening economic conditions in Virginia

Amerigo Vespucci: A. named the world after himself B. helped correct Columbus's belief that he had found a sea route Asia C. agreed with Columbus that the Native Americans he encountered were East Indians D. was funded by the English E. actually named the land Vespucci but the name was changed

B. helped correct Columbus's belief that he had found a sea route Asia

What did English settlers in North America believe was the basis of liberty? A. literacy B. land C. the English Bill of Rights D. church membership E. a wage-paying job

B. land

To entice settlers to Virginia, the Virginia Company established the headright system, which: A. granted religious freedom B. provided land to settlers who paid for their own passage or the passage of someone else. C. brought slavery to the colony D. promised every single man a bride. E. enslaved Indians

B. provided land to settlers who paid for their own passage or the passage of someone else.

What was William Penn's most fundamental principle? A. voting rights for all adult men B. religious freedom C. communally owned property D. economic liberty E. support for women's suffrage

B. religious freedom

According to the economic theory known as mercantilism: A. merchants should control the government because they contributed more than others to national wealth. B. the government should regulate economic activity so as to promote national power. C. the government should encourage manufacturing and commerce by keeping its hands off of the economy. D. colonies existed as a place for the mother country to send raw materials to be turned into manufactured goods. E. England wanted the right to sell goods in France, but to only non-Catholic buyers.

B. the government should regulate economic activity so as to promote national power.

Maryland was similar to Virginia in that: A. both started out as proprietary colonies. B. tobacco proved crucial to its economy and society. C. John Smith had to take over the colony and organize its settlers to work. D. both offered settlers total religious freedom. E. the king approved the creation of each colony only because of pressure from parliament.

B. tobacco proved crucial to its economy and society.

Why wasn't slavery prevalent in the northern colonies? A. Northern whites were not as racist as southern whites. B. It was too expensive to transport slaves to the North. C. The small farms of the northern colonies did not need slaves. D. More reformers lived in the North. E. the northern colonies used Indian labor instead.

C. The small farms of the northern colonies did not need slaves.

Which statement about gender relations is FALSE for most Native American societies? A. Men and women engaged in premarital sex. B. It was acceptable for a woman to seek a divorce. C. Tribal leaders were almost always women. D. Women owned dwellings and tools. E. Societies were matrilineal.

C. Tribal leaders were almost always women.

In its early years, Carolina was the "colony of a colony" because its original settlers included many: A. former indentured servants from Virginia B. supporters of Anne Hutchinson seeking refuge from Massachusetts C. landless sons of wealthy planters in Barbados. D. protestants upset over Catholic rule in Maryland E. planters from Cuba hoping to expand their sugar cane empires.

C. landless sons of wealthy planers in Barbados

What was Virginia's "gold," which ensured its survival and prosperity? A. cotton B. fur C. tobacco D. indigo E. sugar

C. tobacco

Which of the following statements is NOT true of the slave trade in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world? A. Slaves were bought and sold in the Atlantic world as part of a series of trading routes that also involved British manufactured goods and colonial products such as tobacco and sugar. B. The Atlantic slave trade was a vital part of world commerce in the 1700s. C. Even those in areas where slavery was only a minor institution, such as Massachusetts and Rhode Island, profited from the slave trade. D. Slightly more than half of slaves from Africa were taken to mainland North America (what became the United States) E. Many slaves died of diseases on board slave ships during the Middle Passage.

D. Slightly more than half of slaves from Africa were taken to mainland North America (what became the United States)

The Mayflower Compact established: A. religious toleration and freedom in Massachusetts. B. the right to emigrate to America. C. a company chartered to settle New England. D. a civil government for the Plymouth colony. E. peaceful relations between English colonists and Indians in Rhode Island.

D. a civil government for the Plymouth colony.

The transatlantic flow of people and goods such as corn, potatoes, horses, and sugar cane is called: A.globalization B. the Colombian Exchange C. the Great Circuit D. the Atlantic system E. trade

D. the Colombian Exchange

What geographic error did Columbus make? A. He grossly underestimated the size of the earth. B. He thought the earth was not round, but flat. C. He was certain that India was east of the Americas. D. He expected the weather in India to be the same as in the North Atlantic. E. He confused the Atlantic Ocean with the Indian Ocean

E. He confused the Atlantic Ocean with the Indian Ocean

Which one of the following lists these colonies in the proper chronological order by the dated they were founded from the earliest to latest? A. Plymouth, Jamestown, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island B. Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Jamestown C. Jamestown, Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Rhode Island D. Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Rhode Island, Jamestown E. Jamestown, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island

E. Jamestown, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island

What commodity drove the African slave trade in Brazil and the West Indies during the seventeenth century? A. tobacco B. indigo C. silver D. cotton E. sugar

E. sugar

"Anglicization" meant all of the following EXCEPT: A. colonists were determined to speak English as perfectly as those who lived in England. B. colonists imported the latest London fashions and literature. C. the colonial elite modeled their homes on the English gentry's estates and townhouses. D. those colonists who could afford to do so often sent their sons to England to be educated. E. the upper-class colonists often had coats of arms designed for their families, as the upper-class did in England.

E. the upper-class colonists often had coats of arms designed for their families, as the upper-class did in England.

African society did not practice slavery before Europeans came.

False

Bacon's Rebellion was caused by a conflict between blacks and whites in Virginia.

False

Most of those accused of witchcraft in Salem were young children.

False

Puritans believed that the Church of England was not in need of reform.

False

Under English law, women held many legal rights and privileges.

False