Review quiz 1 2024

The table best demonstrates demographic change in which of the following centuries?

• 16th century (1500-1599)

• 17th century (1600-1699)

• 19th century (1800-1899)

• 20th century (1900-1999)

Population growth reflected in the table can best be attributed to

• the invention of the cotton gin, which made cotton a more popular crop

• the trans-Atlantic trade, which made growing cash crops more profitable

• the slave codes, which were passed to control a large enslaved population

• the increased use of steamships, which transported goods throughout the South

Which of the following illustrates the main idea of this graphic?

• The English were the only group of people who settled in the American colonies.

• The Dutch had a strong influence in the Southern colonies.

• There was a complex and diverse group of people that influenced early colonization.

• Geography did not play a role in where people settled.

Development of the South was most directly dependent on the labor of

• factory workers.

• Irish immigrants.

• wheat farmers.

• enslaved Africans.

Which of the following categorizations best completes the diagram?

• Governing of the House of Burgesses

• Causes of the American Revolution

• Effects of the Seven Years War

• Peace Talks for the French and Indian War

Which of the following best explains why this categorization completes the diagram?

• Colonial development is influenced by the strict governance of British royal authority.

• Colonists were not influenced by traditions and ideologies outside of North America.

• The Great Awakening occurred in total isolation from religious revival outside of North America.

• Interchange of ideas and ideologies across the Atlantic Ocean inadvertently influenced traditions of self-government in British North America.

Colonial era New England town meetings and the Virginia House of Burgesses were both

• early social reform movements.

• attempts to build a strong national government.

• steps in the growth of representative democracy (self-governance).

• efforts to regulate trade with Native American Indians.

What was the primary reason for French colonization of North America?

• to pursue religious freedom

• to take part in the fur trade

• to challenge British control of Canada

How was the settlement of Virginia different from the settlement of Massachusetts?

• Massachusetts was created as a haven for Quakers from England.

• Virginia was settled primarily for economic reasons rather than religious reasons.

• Virginia was created as a haven for Native Americans to escape persecution from colonists.

• Massachusetts was settled for economic reasons rather than religious reasons.

New England’s geographic features most directly influenced the region’s development of

• industry.

• large plantations.

• sugar mills.

• tenant farming.