APUSH Period 2 - set b

which group focused their settlements primarily on the trading of fur?

• English
• Portugese
• French
• Spanish

The most important export from the Virginia colony was 

• Cotton
• Tobacco
• Rice
• Corn

According to the theory of mercantilism, a country has a favorable balance of trade when

• It does not depend on products from other countries
• Other countries do not depend on its products
• The value of exports is less than the value of imports
• The value of exports is greater than the value of imports

Which statement provides the BEST description of how mercantilism functioned in the early English colonies?

• The geography of England made it difficult to produce agricultural goods like cotton, tobacco, fruit, and spices.
• The policy appealed to England's upper class citizens because it eased overpopulation and reduced poverty and crime.
• Mercantilism was a trade policy based on the idea that a country should sell more to other countries than it buys from them.
• The English colonies were used as a source of food crops, tobacco, and raw materials for England; the colonies also served as a valuable market for English goods.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of indentured servitutde?

• poor workers, convicted criminals, and debtors received immigration passage and fees in return for work in the New World
• servants entered into their contracts voluntarily and kept some of their legal rights
• servitude was so valuable that there was no need for slaves until the 19th century
• servants had little control over their work and were sometimes a part of harsh and brutal treatment

Which of the following statements does not accurately describe slavery in the North American colonies?

• slaves in Georgia & South Carolina's coastal region primarily worked on large plantations in dangerous and brutal conditions

• in Virginia, slaves made up a minority of the population and had varied jobs

• in New England, slaves worked mainly in urban areas and ports

• strict slave laws prevented slave revolts through the 1700s

American colonists began to use African slaves primarily because

• the papacy created an edict calling for the use of African slaves in Catholic-controlled lands

• the African slaves were more accustomed to agriculture than the Native Americans

• the Native Americans were decimated by European disease, while the Africans developed immunity

• the practice of indentured servitude was outlawed by the pope

Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the southern colonies during the late seventeenth century?

• the economy was equally mixed among farming, trade, and small manufacturing

• African slaves were strictly segregated from white indentured servants

• the economy was dominated by skilled labor in port towns

• tobacco, rice, and indigo served as major staple crops

King Philip's War could be best described as

• an uprising of poor farmers against wealthy plantation owners

• the colonial conflict resulting from the European War of Spanish Succession

• an early revolt by enslaved Africans in the southern colonies

• a conflict between Native Americans and New England settlers

Which event singularly most prompted the shift from indentured servitude to African slavery?

• Shay's Rebellion
• Bacon's Rebellion
• Stono rebellion
• Pueblo Rebellion