American Beginnings Practice Quiz #1

What does the image reveal about class and the Great Awakening?

• The painting shows many kinds of people, suggesting that the Great Awakening appealed to people of all different classes.

• The painting shows wealthy people, suggesting that the Great Awakening was a religious movement that appealed to the rich.

• The painting shows wealthy women, suggesting that the Great Awakening appealed to upper-class wives and mothers.

• The painting shows poor people, suggesting that the Great Awakening appealed to the lower classes.

King Philip's War was the result of disputes over

• land use and self-rule in New England.

• access to the Gulf of Mexico.

• illegal smuggling along the Atlantic Coast.

• American Indian loyalty to the British crown.

Which of the following BEST describes the Great Awakening and its impact on colonial America?

• It was a patriotic movement beginning just before the American Revolutionary War.

• It was a reform movement aimed at improving the colonial educational system.

• It was a spiritual movement that reawakened colonial interest in Christianity.

• It was a cultural movement that emphasized the American experience in art.

Which of the following describes the Middle Passage?

• It was the commercial sea route that brought rum to the West African kingdoms.

• It was the portion of the trade route between Europe and Africa that shipped slaves and guns.

• It was the second leg of a sea voyage that brought African slaves to the New World.

• It was the passage between the Americas and the Caribbean that transported rum, guns, and slaves.

Though they helped the English in Jamestown at first, the Powhatan Confederacy became more and more hostile toward them until Chief Powhatan allowed the marriage of his daughter Pocahontas to whom after she was kidnapped by the English?

• Christopher Newport

• John Rolfe

• John Smith

• Robert Hunt

How had the location of major overseas trade shifted in Europe by the seventeenth century?

• Trade shifted from being centered in the Mediterranean to being centered in the Atlantic.

• Trade shifted from being centered in the Atlantic to being centered in the Mediterranean.

• Trade shifted from being centered in the Atlantic to being centered in the Pacific.

• Trade shifted from being centered in the Pacific to being centered in the Atlantic.

Which of the following BEST describes the Middle Colonies?

• The Middle Colonies was the coldest of the three regions, which affected trade and agriculture.

• The Middle Colonies consisted mostly of English people who lived in small communities.

• The economy of the mostly rural Middle Colonies relied heavily on the export of cash crops.

• The Middle Colonies were settled by people from many countries with different beliefs and customs.

How did Britain economically benefit from its colonies during the period of Salutary Neglect?

• Colonists made money through trade and spent that money on British goods.

• The colonies were only allowed to trade with Britain, and Britain controlled prices.

• The colonists traded with American Indians for farming tools that helped increase yields.

• Britain set production quotas for the colonies, and colonists could only sell to Britain.

What was the period of Salutary Neglect?

• a time in which colonial governments received no support from the English government.

• a time in which all members of colonial governments were appointed by the King of England.

• a time in which the colonies were allowed to expand west if they maintained peace with American Indians.

• a time in which the colonies were allowed to govern themselves if the colonies remained profitable.

Based on the image, what was one of the many dangers slaves faced during the Middle Passage?

• the spread of disease

• attack by hostile vessels

• lack of protection from the sun

• exhaustion due to forced labor