Unit One: Colonization Test

In order to encourage the development of colonies, what did mercantilists do? (SSUSH1a)

• Advise that colonies would promote trade and increase wealth

• Encourage European rulers to spread their culture and religion

• Explain colonies increased security in wartime

• Advise against exploring new lands

Find the best answer to the ?? in the chart:  [SSUSH1d]

• To make profits and provide land by mining gold like Spain

• To increase the security of other colonies since they were centrally located

• To produce wealth for England’s rulers through buying more than selling

• To allow colonists to worship in their own way, separately from other religious influences

The trade described on this map is best known as [SSUSH1a]

• The “Middle Passage”

• The Triangular-Trade Route

• Enslaved peoples trade

• American trade routes

Which leg of the journey is nicknamed the “Middle Passage”? [SSUSH2b]

• North America to Europe

• Europe to Africa

• Africa to North America

• South America to North America

When I was carried on board I was immediately handled, and tossed up, to see if I were sound, but some of the crew; and I was now persuaded that I was got into a world of bad spirits, and that they were going to kill me.  Their complexions too differing so much from ours, their long hair, and the language they spoke, which was very different from any I had ever heard, united to confirm me in this belief…I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning to my native country…

According to this account, it is likely that the speaker is

 [SSUSH2b]

• Native American

• A woman

• An enslaved African

• A European sailor

When I was carried on board I was immediately handled, and tossed up, to see if I were sound, but some of the crew; and I was now persuaded that I was got into a world of bad spirits, and that they were going to kill me. Their complexions too differing so much from ours, their long hair, and the language they spoke, which was very different from any I had ever heard, united to confirm me in this belief...I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning to my native country…

Which of the following concepts is the above account MOST LIKELY about?

 [SSUSH2b]

• Triangle Trade

• The Headright system

• The Middle Passage

• Colonization

Which statement describes an impact of the Great Awakening? [SSUSH2d]

• Colonists felt the need to bring more enslaved workers from Africa

• Colonists felt greater loyalty to the Church of England

• Colonists began to question church and government authority

• Colonists felt more willing to obey British authorities

What was an important consequence of the British policy of “Salutary Neglect”? [SSUSH2c]

• French merchants took over the colonial carrying trade

• British colonists became accustomed to self-government

• The British government strictly enforced the Navigation Acts

• Britain collected more taxes from the colonists than those living in Britain

What is another reason besides making money that enslaved workers might have been used as the main labor force of the Southern colonies?

• Fertile soil led to cash crops being grown in the South

• Enslaved peoples wanted to go where they could make the most money

• The Southern Colonies had the most shipping and fishing

• Enslaved Africans wanted to work for the most diverse population

Use the excerpt to answer question 10: 

Now you have an extraordinary opportunity, a day where in Christ has thrown the door of mercy open…you need to consider yourselves, and awaken thoroughly out of sleep.  

–Jonathan Edwards, 1741

With which movement is this sermon associated? [SSUSH2d]

• Mercantilism

• Great Awakening

• Puritanism

• Enlightenment