Semester 1 Post Test Review

When Columbus arrived in the West Indies in 1492, he believed he discovered a new route to where?

• Africa

• the Americas

• India and China

• the Meditteranean

The transatlantic exchange of goods, people, and ideas between the Americas and Europe is known as what?

• Atlantic Trade

• Pan-Atlantic Exchange

• Columbian Exchange

• Renaissance

What country primarily dominated the New World during the 1500s?

• Spain because it had the most colonies and colonial possessions

• Spain because it owned the Louisiana territory

• England because they had Protestant missions

• England because Spain and Portugal focused on Asia

The majority of the original settlers of Jamestown were who?

• Soldiers

• Planters and ex-convicts

• Artisans and Laborers

• Gentlemen and their servants

What crop saved Jamestown and created the stable colony of Virginia?

• Cotton

• Rice

• Tobacco

• Indigo

What was one reason that indentured servitude transitioned into slave labor in the colonies?

• Slavery was a perpetual labor force

• Indentured Servants returned to England

• Slaves were more willing to work in tobacco fields

• indentured contracts ended simultaneously

What are the religious origins of New England Puritanism?

• Mayflower Compact

• The Great Schism

• John Huss and his followers

• The Protestant Reformation

Which of the following is true about the Puritans who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

• Sought to reform the Anglican Church by creating a religious utopia: a "city on a hill"

• They supported the idea of separation of church and state

• Believed in religious freedom and tolerance

• Declared that Native Americans were the rightful owners of the land

Which of the following is true based upon the Puritan idea of predestination?

• God could communicate with those who were "saved"

• If nothing could change one's fate, then God could change his mind at any point regarding who was saved

• Most of humankind would be saved since God is loving and forgiving

• Nothing could be done to change one's fate and few would achieve eternal salvation and be saved.

By 1770, how could the population of the Middle Colonies be accurately classified?

• Mainly Catholic

• Diverse in terms of religion and ethnicity or national origin

• Mainly Dutch

• Mainly English