Chapter 2 & 3 Review-- 10th Grade

Who led forces to conquer Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital, in the 1500s?

• Hernan Cortez

• Juan Ponce de Leon

People known as ___ agreed to a limited term of servitude in exchange for passage to North America as well as food and shelter.

• slaves

• indentured servants

• maids

Settlers in ___, the first American settlement, planned only to search for gold and not to farm.

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Plymoth

• Massachusetts Bay Company

Under the ___, anyone who paid for passage to Virginia received 50 acres of land.

• indentured servitude

• headright system

• Separatists

The Spanish monarchy abolished the encomienda system because the system

• brutally exploited Native Americans.

• failed to produce sufficient wealth for Spain.

• led to disputes among Spanish settlers in the Americas.

• promoted intermarriage between Spanish settlers and Native Americans.

Jamestown's most serious problems during its first year were caused by

• infectious diseases.

• severe weather conditions.

• the settlers' attitudes and impracticality.

• Native Americans' hostility toward European settlement.

The Puritans' views and attitudes led them to promote the idea of

• social equality

• religious tolerance

• hard work for common goals

• separation of church and state

The Pequot War involved all of the following except

• the virtual elimination of the Pequot nation.

• extreme violence on the part of English colonists.

• attacks on colonial villages by allied Native American tribes.

• cooperation between English colonists and Native American allies.

To John Smith's dismay, the settlers in Jamestown directed most of their energy toward

• clearing land

• worshiping God

• trading with the Powhatan

• searching for gold and other riches

As more and more settlers arrived in Jamestown, relations between the settlers and the Powhatan peoples

• worsened

• stayed about the same

• improved slightly

• improved dramatically