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Unit 1 Test (Module 1-2.5)

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which nation started the slave trade?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

Portugal

d)

Netherlands

2.

Which was not a cultural trait among Native Americans?

a)

Patterns of Trade

b)

Attitudes towards land ownership

c)

Scarcity of horticulture

d)

Family-centric societies

3.

What consequences emerged out of trade between West Africa and Portugal?

a)

Death and Disease

b)

Direct Trade and Slavery

c)

Industrialism and Proto-Realism

d)

Advent of Mercantilism and Militarism

4.

Who was responsible for the motivation to colonize?

a)

My mans CC

b)

Bartolome de Las Casas

c)

John Smith

d)

Prince Henry the Navigator

5.

The Period when Europeans began investigating all aspects of the physical world

a)

Renaissance

b)

Altruism

c)

Reformation

d)

Crusades

6.

Why did Artisans and Merchants experience Social Mobility?

a)

The were nobility by birth

b)

They garnered wealth for the crown

c)

They garnered individual wealth

d)

They were military leaders

7.

True or False: The Reformation brought Catholicism and Protestantism together

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What was NOT a long-term consequence/significance of the Crusades?

a)

Spark in increase in trade

b)

Weakened power of the nobility

c)

Weakened power of the Pope

d)

Weakened power of the Monarch

9.

Which Factor: Monarchs require funds to maintain armies; tech advances play key role in conquest

a)

Economic

b)

Political

c)

Military

d)

Social

10.

Trade Routes Open; Interest in Eastern luxuries

a)

Economic

b)

Religious

c)

Political

d)

Social

11.

Which Factor: Monarchs gain power; sponsor oversees exploration for wealth and power

a)

Economic

b)

Political

c)

Military

d)

Social

12.

Which Factor: Catholic Church teaches followers to travel and spread faith; Reformation

a)

Religious

b)

Military

c)

Political

d)

Social

13.

People motivated as merchants; Opportunity to gain affluence, influence, and rise in hierarchy

a)

Economic

b)

Military

c)

Political

d)

Social

14.

How did advancements in technology open the way for exploration

a)

Allowed for swifter results

b)

implemented navigation tools

c)

strengthened military power

d)

permitted commerce growth

15.

What was not a motivation for exploration

a)

Renaissance

b)

Gold, Glory, God

c)

Agricultural Revolution

d)

Religion

16.

What is this

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

Middle Passage

c)

Mercantile Map

d)

Columbian Exchange

17.

The Spanish system of forcing natives to work was known as...

a)

Mestizo

b)

Encomienda

c)

Conquistadores

d)

Indentured Servitude

18.
Which of these features made the Southern colonies unique?
a)
self-government
b)
religious freedom
c)
general assemblies
d)
tobacco plantations
19.
Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years:
a)
slaves
b)
migrant workers
c)
employees
d)
indentured servants
20.
The Pilgrims settled which colony?
a)
Roanoke
b)
Jamestown
c)
Plymouth
21.
Which colony used the Mayflower Compact as a form of government?
a)
Roanoke
b)
Jamestown
c)
Plymouth
22.
Hub of shipping and trade in the colonies
a)
New England
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Jamestown
23.
The "breadbasket" colonies, where wheat was the major cash crop
a)
New England
b)
Southern Colonies
c)
Middle Colonies
d)
West Indies
24.
The colonial region with the most ethnic diversity
a)
New England
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Canada
25.
Region of large plantations which grew tobacco, indigo, and rice
a)
New England
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Back Country
26.
This colony was founded by the pilgrims or puritans to gain religious freedom from the church of England.  
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Georgia
27.
Each of the 13 colonies had a governor, who served as head of the colony's government.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
Why did many of the colonists want to leave Europe?
a)
to escape religious persecution
b)
to escape the harsh winters
c)
to travel across the ocean in search of riches
d)
to build sandcastles in the sand at the beaches
29.

Why was Rhode Island founded?

a)

Economic Disputes

b)

Democratic Reasons

c)

Separation of Church & State

d)

Territorial Claims

30.

Who originally colonized New York?

a)

The Swedish

b)

The French

c)

The Dutch

d)

The English

31.

Why was Virginia founded?

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

Territorial Disputes

c)

To obtain wealth

d)

To fight the Spanish

32.
How did Roger William's colony of Providence differ from the Puritan colony of Massachusetts?
a)
Enslaved people were made free
b)
Only religious men were allowed to vote
c)
American Indians were considered enemies
d)
People of different religious beliefs were welcomed
33.
WHy did Virginia replace indentured servants with African Slaves? 
a)
It was required by law.
b)
Africa was closer than Europe.
c)
Africans were more willing to work.
d)
It provided a permanent source of labor. 
34.
Why did people in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies adapt different ways of life?
a)
People with specific skills settled in each area.
b)
The regions had different geographies and resources.
c)
The people all had different reasons for settling in North America.
d)
The leaders of the colonies decided how the people would earn a living. 
35.
WHich of these colonies were motivated by making profit?
a)
Virginia
b)
Connecticut
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Massachusetts
36.
Which of the three colonial regions was the most dependent on the ocean for its economy?
a)
New England
b)
Middle 
c)
Southern
d)
All Colonies
37.
Which of these situations describes an indentured servant? 
a)
Jonathon paid his debt to a farmer by working for him without pay for seven years. 
b)
Samuel paid rent on his farm with a portion of his crops.
c)
Cecilia made and sold candles to wealthy landowners.
d)
Sarah was sold to a landowner and worked as a cook for the rest of her life. 
38.
Rebellion in Virginia between settlers who wanted help with Indians, and colonial governor who refused to help them.
a)
King Phillip's War
b)
Pequot War
c)
Bacon's Rebellion
d)
Shays Rebellion
39.
What was traded for slaves in West Africa?
a)
sugar and molasses
b)
fish and lumber
c)
slaves
d)
guns and rum
40.
Enslaved Africans crossed a brutal voyage across the Atlantic called the ________________
a)
Gullah
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Atlantic Crossing
d)
Columbian Exchange
41.
The trade route among the colonies, the islands of the Caribbean and West Africa was called_________________________. 
a)
the Middle Passage
b)
triangular trade 
c)
trade code
d)
Navigation Act
42.
What were two effects of the Great Awakening?
a)
changed people's religious ideas and practices; led to greater religious toleration
b)
made people tolerant of other religions; stopped slavery
c)
helped bring slaves and people together
d)
freedom of religion and end of immigration
43.
How did people in the middle colonies learn to do skilled jobs
a)
on their own
b)
by becoming apprentices
c)
from the Native Americans
d)
from colonists who were there first
44.
Gradually, European settlers moved into the Virginia and Carolina __________ , the frontier region between the coastal settlements and the Appalachian Mountains.
a)
colonies
b)
states 
c)
backcountry
d)
regions
45.
What continents were involved in the triangular trade?
a)
Europe, Asia, and North America
b)
Europe, Asia, and South America
c)
Europe, Africa and North America
d)
Europe, Antarctica, Australia
46.
Why did Jamestown need tobacco to survive?
a)
Because the American Indians would not help them.
b)
Because they never found any real gold.
c)
Because they were addicted to smoking.
d)
Because people in England would not buy anything else.
47.
What became Jamestown's "gold"?
a)
gold
b)
tobaccco
c)
water
d)
tomatoes
48.
He led a group of Puritans to settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony.  They named their settlement Boston.
a)
John Winthrop
b)
Roger Williams
c)
John Bradford
d)
John Smith
49.
An official paper from the king of England giving permission to start a colony is called what? 
a)
charter
b)
consent
c)
frontier
d)
contract
50.
What is  a Puritan??
a)
Someone who wants to leave and set up their own churches
b)
Someone who wants to leave the Anglican Church the way it is
c)
Someone that wants to reform the Anglican Church
51.
What is a Separatist??
a)
Someone who wants to leave the Anglican Church the way it is
b)
Someone who wants to leave the Anglican church and set up their own churches
c)
someone who wants to reform the Anglican Church
52.

Which of the following were motives for France to colonize the New World (Select all that Apply)

a)

Gold

b)

Religious Conversion

c)

Trade

d)

Land

e)

Competition w/ European rivals

53.

Paying for one's voyage to Jamestown, resulting in 50 acres and boosting immigration was known as...

a)

Indentured Servitude

b)

Mass-Migration

c)

Headright System

d)

Colonial Manipulation

54.

Period of time when English crown would turn a "blind eye" so long as the colonies followed the rules

a)

Glorious Revoution

b)

Contentment

c)

Satisfactory Resolution Era

d)

Salutary Neglect

55.

Strict set of laws regulating trade with the colonies

a)

Navigation Acts

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Commerce Acts

d)

Retribution Acts

56.

The Overthrow of James II, leading to relative peace between the colonies and the crown

a)

English Civil War

b)

Independence Era

c)

Glorious Revolution

d)

Rebellion of 1683

57.

Placing of the Colonies under oppressive rule reaching from Maine to New Jersey

a)

Dominion of New England

b)

Proclamation of 1663

c)

Region of Civility Ordinance

d)

Monarchical Regulatory Convention

58.

What was the goal of mercantilism?

a)

To control trade and gain wealth

b)

Make colonies wealthy

c)

Import many goods from other nations

d)

Share wealth with other nations

59.

Definition: When the value of what a country exports is more than the cost of imports

a)

Capitalism

b)

Bullion

c)

Favorable balance of trade

d)

Economics

60.

What is NOT the goal of the mother country in a mercantilist economy?

a)

Import many goods from other countries.

b)

Establish colonies to gain raw materials.

c)

Create a favorable balance of trade.

d)

Gain as much gold and silver as possible.

61.

In which year did Spain send the Spanish Armada?

a)

1558

b)

1588

c)

1598

d)

1586

62.

The sinking of the Spanish Armada led to what

a)

The fall of the Pope

b)

The opening to other European powers to colonize

c)

The removal of Elizabeth I

d)

The promotion of favorable relationships between England and Spain

63.
Which of the following is NOT true about the English settlement of Roanoke?
a)
It is known as the Lost Colony.
b)
It was the first permanent English colony.
c)
The first English child born in North America lived at Roanoke.
d)
The settlers were hoping to find gold and silver.
64.
Why was colony of Roanoke called the lost colony?
a)
The people returned to England.
b)
The colonist were gone when the other colonists came back.
c)
They moved to Jamestown.
d)
The colonist kept losing supplies and couldn't find anything!
65.

Bacon's Rebellion revealed that there was _____ in which the poor and the rich in the colonies were at odds with each other.

a)

Class Conflict

b)

Racism

c)

Slavery

66.

The House of Burgesses was the first law-making body in North America made up of _____________ officials.

a)

appointed

b)

assigned

c)

elected

d)

delegated

67.

What did Nathaniel Bacon do?

a)

Grew tobacco

b)

Turned Jamestown to toast

c)

Killed Indians

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

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