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Total questions: 107
Worksheet time: 54mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
corn, tomatoes, peanuts, squash, pumpkins, pineapple
These crops were....
These crops were....
a)
new to Europeans
b)
brought to the New World
2.
sugar, wheat, cabbage, lettuce, pears
These crops were....
These crops were....
a)
new to Europeans
b)
brought to the New World
3.
Which of the following was not a domesticated animal?
a)
bison
b)
dog
c)
birds
d)
donkeys
4.
This started in 1449. It was the start of the Spanish Inquisition.
a)
Treaty of Blood
b)
Jamestown
c)
Enclosure Movement
d)
Commodification
5.
The Canary Islands were occupied by aboriginals called:
a)
Guanches
b)
Indians
c)
Piquet
d)
Quakers
6.
Which theory of origins means that the natives sailed there
a)
Maritime
b)
The Bering Straight
7.
Which of the following is not a theory of origin?
a)
Maritime
b)
The Bering Straight
c)
They have always been here
d)
Brought there as slaves
8.
What was the approximate population of Native Americans.
a)
50 - 100 million
b)
5 million
c)
200 million
d)
25 million
9.
Native Americans were all peaceful.
a)
true
b)
false
10.
Native Americans did change nature. They burned down forests, etc.
a)
true
b)
false
11.
Native Americans were born with the ability to ride horses.
a)
true
b)
false
12.
Native Americans did not have immunity from Spanish diseases.
a)
true
b)
false
13.
Because Native Americans did not have immunity from Spanish diseases, 50 to 99% died.
a)
true
b)
false
14.
Some vectors of death for the Native Americans were warfare, slavery and workload.
a)
true
b)
false
15.
Founded in 1607, Jamestown was saved by farming cotton.
a)
true
b)
false
16.
Which of the following in not true about Jamestown.
a)
It started in 1607
b)
They grew tobacco.
c)
It existed to benefit its citizens.
d)
It used indentured servants.
17.
The colony of Jamestown existed to benefit the investors.
a)
true
b)
false
18.
A legal document to do something, but not to fund it is called a....
a)
charter
b)
transfer
c)
desire
d)
enclosure movement
19.
Leaders of Jamestown passed a head rights system law that said for every servant you bring, you get an extra 50 acres of land.
a)
true
b)
false
20.
This law said that for every servant you bring, you get an extra 50 acres of land.
a)
Head Rights Law
b)
Charter
c)
Treaty of Blood
d)
Closed Loop Trading Policy
21.
This law said that for every servant you bring, you get an extra 50 acres of land.
a)
Head Rights Law
b)
Charter
c)
Treaty of Blood
d)
Closed Loop Trading Policy
22.
Which of the following is not a reason people were leaving England.
a)
Only the first and second sons were inheriting the land.
b)
The English elite were buying up all the land.
c)
Those sons that didn't have land had to become indentured servants.
d)
Only the first sons were inheriting the land.
23.
When the English Elite bought up the public land and made it private, it was known as...
a)
Enclosure Movement
b)
Treaty of Blood
c)
Closed Loop Trading
d)
Commodification
24.
Very few indentured servants survived their labor contracts, but many got paid anyways.
a)
true
b)
false
25.
Very few indentured servants survived their labor contracts, but many got paid anyways.
a)
true
b)
false
26.
From 1625 - 1640 about 15 thousand indentured servants arrived in Virginia, about how many survived?
a)
7,000
b)
1,000
c)
12,000
d)
4,000
27.
In 1622, Indians attacked Jamestown, and took about 1/2 of it for themselves.
a)
true
b)
false
28.
In 1622, Indians attacked Jamestown but it failed.
a)
true
b)
false
29.
Which of the following is not true of a Skilled Artisan?
a)
They traveled around the colonies.
b)
They got paid wages.
c)
They had labor contracts.
30.
Which of the following is not true about the Navigation Acts?
a)
They were the same as Merchantilism.
b)
They were a closed loop trading policy.
c)
They were developed in 1650s and 1660s.
d)
They said the colonies could trade with anyone.
31.
The Navigation Acts (1650s - 1660s) said that you had to trade with England before anyone else. Another name for this is Merchantilism.
a)
true
b)
false
32.
Who was the first governor of Virginia?
a)
Lord Berkley
b)
Nathaniel Bacon
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Winthrop
33.
Who led the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
a)
Lord Berkley
b)
Nathaniel Bacon
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Winthrop
34.
Who forged Rhode Island?
a)
Lord Berkley
b)
Nathaniel Bacon
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Winthrop
35.
Who advocated a rebellion to exterminate Indians and get more land?
a)
Lord Berkley
b)
Nathaniel Bacon
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Winthrop
36.
Who burned down Jamestown?
a)
Lord Berkley
b)
Nathaniel Bacon
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Winthrop
37.
Who didn't allow the colonists to vote, so he and his friends could control Virginia?
a)
Lord Berkley
b)
Nathaniel Bacon
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Winthrop
38.
Who was a preacher that insulted the Puritans and kind and was tried for treason?
a)
Lord Berkley
b)
Nathaniel Bacon
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Winthrop
39.
Who ran to live with Indians to avoid treason charges?
a)
Lord Berkley
b)
Nathaniel Bacon
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Winthrop
40.
Who offers freedom to the indentured servants and slaves?
a)
Lord Berkley
b)
Nathaniel Bacon
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Winthrop
41.
Who was a Puritan?
a)
Lord Berkley
b)
Nathaniel Bacon
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Winthrop
42.
Who was a Puritan?
a)
Lord Berkley
b)
Nathaniel Bacon
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Winthrop
43.
The Massachusetts colonists planned to attack the Pequot Indians and take their land.
a)
true
b)
false
44.
What other group helped the Massachusetts colonists take the Pequot Indians land?
a)
Narragansett Indians
b)
Quakers
c)
Puritans
d)
Massachusetts Bay Colony
45.
Which of the following is not true about the Great Swamp Massacre?
a)
It was conducted by the English and Narragansett Indians.
b)
It took place between 1636 and 1637.
c)
Most Pequot survived.
d)
It was when the English burned down the last Pequot village.
46.
Plymouth was established by separatists.
a)
true
b)
false
47.
Plymouth was established by separatists who supported the Catholic Church.
a)
true
b)
false
48.
Plymouth was established by separatists who supported the Protestant Church.
a)
true
b)
false
49.
Catholics have a direct link to God.
a)
true
b)
false
50.
Puritans believed that the church of England was pure.
a)
true
b)
false
51.
Which of the following is not true about the Pilgrims?
a)
They sailed to Leiden because the Dutch were Puritans.
b)
About 300 left for Leiden.
c)
About 100 left Leiden on the Mayflower to go to America.
d)
The pilgrims who left felt that the Dutch were getting more interested in money than religion.
52.
The Pilgrims planned to go to Massachusetts.
a)
true
b)
false
53.
The Pilgrims planned to go to Virginia.
a)
true
b)
false
54.
The Pilgrims ended up in Massachusetts.
a)
true
b)
false
55.
Which of the following is not true about the Plymouth Colony?
a)
It was successful because it could support itself.
b)
It was absorbed by the Massachusetts Colony.
c)
The people there were separatists.
d)
It failed because it could not support itself.
56.
Which of the following was not a ship that landed in Jamestown?
a)
Susan Constant
b)
Godspeed
c)
Mayflower
d)
Discovery
57.
Which of the following is not true about Squanto?
a)
His real name was Tissquantum.
b)
He was an interpreter for the Pilgrims.
c)
He didn't help the Pilgrims very much.
d)
His tribe was wiped out.
58.
Which of the following is not true about the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
a)
The families migrated there.
b)
There was a positive reproduction rate.
c)
Servants provided the bulk of the labor force.
d)
They did not believe in religious tolerance.
59.
Which of the following is not true about the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
a)
Families provided the bulk of the work force.
b)
They arrested and banished 4 Quakers, and later killed them when they came back again.
c)
They were led by Roger Williams.
d)
They executed the first woman ever, Mary Dire.
60.
Which of the following colonies was the birthplace of religious freedom?
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Massachusetts Bay Colony
c)
Plymouth
d)
Virginia
61.
Plantation owners decided to primarily use indentured servants.
a)
true
b)
false
62.
Indentured servants signed contracts, slaves did not.
a)
true
b)
false
63.
Indentured servants were servants forever.
a)
true
b)
false
64.
Indentured servants could be killed because of their English liberty.
a)
true
b)
false
65.
Slaves could be killed.
a)
true
b)
false
66.
Which of the following is not true about indentured servants?
a)
They could not be killed because they had freeborn English Liberty.
b)
They signed a contract.
c)
Only 1 of their children could be free.
d)
Many did not survive their labor contract.
67.
Which of the following is not true about slaves?
a)
They could be killed.
b)
They were slaves forever.
c)
Their children became property.
d)
They had English Liberty.
68.
Which of the following ships brought the slaves to America?
a)
The Discovery
b)
The Constant
c)
The Desire
d)
The Ideology
69.
Which was the first colony to legalize slavery?
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Virginia
d)
Plymouth
70.
Who was the captain of the first boat to bring slaves to America?
a)
Captain Peirce
b)
Captain Dire
c)
Captain Winthrop
d)
Captain Williams
71.
Typically, 15 Indians were traded for a slave.
a)
true
b)
false
72.
Massachusetts made the body of Liberties, article 91 stated what?
a)
Race isn't real, there is no biology to it.
b)
Slaves would be legal if captured in war, old themselves, or were sold to them.
c)
Indentured servants became free.
d)
Land was a commodity owned by everyone.
73.
What does Racial Ideology mean?
a)
Race isn't real, there is no biology to it.
b)
Race is more important than birthrates.
c)
Indentured servants became free.
d)
Negros were already in the colonies.
74.
In May of 1619, 32 Negro were already in the colonies, they were likely from the West Indies.
a)
true
b)
false
75.
There was usually a positive birthrate in Virginia because of the slaves.
a)
true
b)
false
76.
There were more men than women in Virginia up until the 1720s.
a)
true
b)
false
77.
Which of the following is true about Rhode Island?
a)
It was started in 1636.
b)
It was the Providence Colony.
c)
It was created on the idea of religious freedom.
d)
It was started by John Winthrop.
78.
English viewed land as a commodity.
a)
true
b)
false
79.
Native Americans believed that land was common and to be shared.
a)
true
b)
false
80.
In 1675 - 1676, there was a transfer from indentured servants to slaves.
a)
true
b)
false
81.
Which of the following is not true about Barbados?
a)
It was found in 1625 and colonized in 1627.
b)
It originally used indentured servants.
c)
It grew tobacco more successfully than Virginia.
d)
It struggled for more than a decade.
82.
Barbados tried to grow tobacco but they weren't as successful as Virginia.
a)
true
b)
false
83.
By the end of the American Revolution, what percentage of the economy was based off of slave labor?
a)
50%
b)
75%
c)
20%
d)
90%
84.
Who sailed over and showed the English how to grow sugar?
a)
Dutch
b)
African slaves
c)
Jamaicans
d)
Spanish
85.
Who suggested to the English to use African slaves to grow sugar?
a)
Dutch
b)
Jamaicans
c)
Spanish
d)
Germans
86.
What colony broke away from Massachusetts?
a)
Rhode Island
b)
New Hampshire
c)
Jamestown
d)
Plymouth
87.
New Hampshire was very religious.
a)
true
b)
false
88.
Which of the following is not true of New England?
a)
It had a positive birth rate.
b)
It was based on families.
c)
They depended on England's credit, which is what they used to get tools.
d)
People were no longer coming, but it did not hurt their economy.
89.
Which of the following is not a reason that people stopped coming to New England?
a)
There was a civil war going on in England.
b)
The king had asked people to stay to increase the economy.
c)
Oliver Cromwell took power.
d)
The Puritans no longer wanted to leave.
90.
Which of the following is not a reason for Massachusetts failing?
a)
They couldn't get furs or meat.
b)
They were losing a large part of their population to disease.
c)
They weren't good at hunting or trapping.
d)
They couldn't get enough food from farms.
91.
Oliver Cromwell was a Separatist.
a)
true
b)
false
92.
The King of England was beheaded.
a)
true
b)
false
93.
New England was self sufficient and didn't need England's credit.
a)
true
b)
false
94.
The sugar revolution was from 1640s to 1660s.
a)
true
b)
false
95.
Barbados used as much of the island as possible to farm .....
a)
sugar
b)
lumber
c)
cattle
d)
tobacco
96.
What colony did Barbados rely on for supplies?
a)
Massachusetts
b)
New Hampshire
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Virginia
97.
Which of the following was not a resource provided by Massachusetts to Barbados?
a)
molasses
b)
lumber
c)
cattle
d)
food
98.
Molasses was a byproduct of making sugar.
a)
true
b)
false
99.
Molasses was used by the islanders to make whiskey.
a)
false
b)
true
100.
Average male slaves lived for ____ years in a slave camp.
a)
7
b)
3
c)
10
d)
20
101.
Which colony was known as the "jewel of the crown?"
a)
Massachusetts
b)
Barbados
c)
Jamaica
d)
New Hampshire
102.
What was the most important fish caught in New England?
a)
flounder
b)
haddock
c)
cod
d)
salmon
103.
Fish were put in to 2 categories. What were they?
a)
fresh/frozen
b)
saltwater/ freshwater
c)
merchantable/refuse fish
d)
colorful/drab
104.
Which of the following is not something that they did with merchantable fish?
a)
Sold it to Catholics.
b)
Sold it to France
c)
Sold it to Spain
d)
Sold it to Barbados for slaves.
105.
New England sold merchantable fish to Catholics because the Catholic tradition had to eat fish.
a)
true
b)
false
106.
Refuse fish were sold to Barbados for them to feed to their families.
a)
true
b)
false
107.
New England built the first rum making factories.
a)
true
b)
false
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