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WH Unit 5: New Global Connections Test 2 (5.4 to 5.6)

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Explored the coastline of eastern Canada, and discovered the St. Lawrence River; he claimed much of present day eastern Canada for France as he traveled inland on the river.

a)

Francois de Cadillac

b)

Hernando de Soto

c)

Jacques Cartier

d)

Samuel de Champlain

2.

Established Quebec, the first permanent French settlement.

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

Sir Walter Raleigh

d)

John Cabot

3.

Why did the landowners in New France have trouble getting enough settlers to work their land?

a)

They were not paying well.

b)

The land was completely useless for farming.

c)

The peasants were turned off by the harsh Canadian winters.

d)

Bears.

4.

Which industries thrived in colonial New France (Canada)? Check all that apply.

a)

Fishing

b)

Fur Trapping

c)

Cotton Farming

d)

Snow Cones

e)

Tourism

5.

What group was not allowed to settle New France under King Louis XIV?

a)

Catholics

b)

Women

c)

Protestants

d)

Children

6.

Colony set up in Virginia in 1587 that mysteriously vanished, leaving only the word "Croatoan" carved on a tree as a clue.

a)

Roanoke

b)

Raleigh

c)

Jamestown

d)

Plymouth

7.

The first successful permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607.

a)

Roanoke

b)

Plymouth

c)

Jamestown

d)

Salem

8.

What was the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

a)

It was the only clue left on the disappearance of the colony.

b)

It was the first document drafted regarding self-government of English colonists.

c)

It was the first document drafted after the Declaration of Independence.

d)

It was the only set of laws ever drafted until the Revolution.

9.

Plymouth Colony was founded by .....

a)

people who left England for religious freedom.

b)

people who left England for monetary gain.

c)

people who left England for political reasons.

d)

people who left Spain for religious reasons.

10.

What happened when the colonists at Plymouth and Jamestown began to struggle with starvation?

a)

They died off and were replaced by other settlers a few years later.

b)

They returned to England for more supplies and reestablished the settlement.

c)

They were helped by friendly Indians who taught them to farm.

d)

They were assimilated into friendly Indian tribes.

11.

Which of the following English colonies was not founded for religious freedom.

a)

Maryland

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Massachusetts Bay

d)

Georgia

12.

English colonies based on Farming, Merchants, Shipbuilding

a)

New England

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

13.

English colonies based on the plantation system and slave labor.

a)

New England

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

14.

Paid for their passage to the colonies by laboring for an agreed upon number of years before attaining freedom.

a)

African Slaves

b)

Indentured Servants

c)

Exotic Servants

d)

Peasants

15.

Spain controlled ___________ during the 1600s.

a)

New York

b)

The East Coast of North America

c)

Florida and Texas

d)

Canada and much of what is today the central U.S.

16.

England controlled ___________ during the 1600s.

a)

New York

b)

The East Coast of North America

c)

Florida and Texas

d)

Canada and much of what is today the central U.S.

17.

The Dutch controlled ___________ during the 1600s.

a)

New York

b)

The East Coast of North America

c)

Florida and Texas

d)

Canada and much of what is today the central U.S.

18.

The French controlled ___________ during the 1600s.

a)

New York

b)

The East Coast of North America

c)

Florida and Texas

d)

Canada and much of what is today the central U.S.

19.

The French and Indian War was fought between _______.

a)

The French & Indians

b)

The French (with Indian allies) and the British

c)

The French (with Indian allies) and the Spanish

d)

France and India

20.

What contested region was the central cause of conflict in the French and Indian War?

a)

The Ohio River Valley

b)

The Mississippi River Delta

c)

New Orleans

d)

India

21.

The French & Indian War also spilled over into Europe. What was it called there?

a)

The Seven Years War

b)

The Ten Years War

c)

The War of the Roses

d)

The French (but without Indians) War

22.

What were the results of the Treaty of Paris in 1763? Check ALL that apply.

a)

Louis XVI was removed as King of France

b)

France lost Canada to Britain.

c)

France regained Caribbean islands that Britain had occupied.

d)

France had to give Spain all of its holdings west of the Mississippi River (aka "Louisiana")

e)

Britain had to give France full control of Canada and Maine

23.

Who were the first people to enslave Africans?

a)

Southerners

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Arabs

24.

How were African slaves usually captured?

a)

They were captured by rival African tribes and sold in exchange for weapons and textiles.

b)

They were captured by Arabs, sold to Italians, and shipped to Europe, then the Americas.

c)

Spanish and Dutch "slave hunters" went into the African interior and captured them.

d)

Europeans only captured coastal slaves, so interior Africans were safe.

25.

A slave who was captured from Africa, brought to America, and wrote his memoir of the Middle Passage later on after attaining freedom.

a)

Olaudah Equiano

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Toussaint Louverture

d)

Willy T. Ribbs

26.

Merchant Ships bring guns, cloth, & money to ______ in exchange for slaves.

a)

Africa

b)

America

c)

Europe

d)

The Indies

27.

Slaves are transported to the Americas and exchanged for sugar, molasses & other plantation products.

a)

The Middle Passage

b)

The Voyage to Freedom

c)

The Middle Colonial Bay Colony Transit

d)

The Voyage of Death

28.

What happened when Africans were captured to be enslaved.

a)

They were chained together and marched to slave pens along the African coast.

b)

They were chained together and marched to slave pens along the Nile.

c)

They were put in a wagon and take to slave islands on the African coast, where they were fed well and awaited Spanish.

d)

They were never captured. They volunteered.

29.

Which of the following were true of the Middle Passage? Select all that apply.

a)

Many slaves attempted mutiny or suicide.

b)

Many slaves died of dysentery, smallpox, or starvation.

c)

Slaves were packed in above deck with almost no room in between.

d)

Slaves were treated much better aboard the ship than they were at their destination

e)

Most slaves were fed well.

30.

At its height in the 1780s, ____________ Africans per year were captured, sold into slavery, and sent to the Americas.

a)

2,000

b)

10,000

c)

80,000

d)

2-3 million

31.

African kingdom in which Osei Tuti conquered & enslaved rival Africans, and held royal monopolies on the gold and slave trade.

a)

Asante

b)

Oyo

c)

Senegal

d)

Kongo

32.

Which of the following countries was the last to abolish slavery.

a)

Canada

b)

Britain

c)

The United States

d)

Brazil

33.
a)

Triangular Trade

b)

The Columbian Exchange

c)

The Middle Passage

d)

The Northwest Passage

34.

Which two items led to the most population growth as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Potatoes and Corn

b)

Tomatoes and Corn

c)

Peanuts and Potatoes

d)

Bananas and Citrus Fruits

35.

What European animal was the most impactful to the buffalo population in North America?

a)

Dogs

b)

Pigs

c)

Horses

d)

Chickens

36.

The period of economic growth in Europe due to direct links with colonies in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, which spurred the growth of modern capitalism.

a)

The Commercial Revolution

b)

The Price Revolution

c)

Inflation

d)

The Free Enterprise Revolution

37.

The period of time where inflation rose rapidly in Europe during the 1500s.

a)

The Commercial Revolution

b)

The Price Revolution

c)

The Biden Administration

d)

The Economic Boom

38.

rise in prices caused by a sharp increase in in the amount of money in circulation.

a)

Deflation

b)

Inflation

c)

Boom

d)

Bust

39.

A capitalist economic system where most businesses are privately owned and transactions by buyers & sellers are based on supply & demand, and competition.

a)

Joint Stock System

b)

Free Enterprise System

c)

Communism

d)

Socialism

40.

allowed multiple people to invest capital in a venture, sharing the risk and reward of voyages.

a)

Free Enterprise System

b)

Joint Stock Companies

c)

Insurance Companies

d)

Communist Ventures

41.

The idea that a nation must export more goods than it imports in order to build reserves of gold & silver. The colony can only trade with the parent country.

a)

Communism

b)

Colonialism

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Exclusivism

42.

What was the most major change in European life as a result of the ability to invest in colonies and overseas voyages?

a)

The nobles surpassed the merchants in wealth.

b)

The merchants surpassed the nobles in wealth.

c)

Peasants surpassed merchants in wealth if they moved to the Americas.

d)

The king's power increased as the nobles faltered.

43.

Use the chart above to answer the following question: According to the chart, where did most African slaves end up as a result of the Triangular Trade Route?

a)

North America

b)

Europeans started depending on slaves for free labor in the new colonies

c)

Caribbean and South America

d)

Back in Africa

44.

What was one main reason why slave trading greatly expanded beginning around the 1500s?

a)

Africans gave up trying to resist capture by European slave traders

b)

Europeans started depending on slaves for free labor in the new colonies

c)

Caribbean and South America

d)

Arab merchants expanded the slave trade into South and East Asia

45.

Based on the information shown on this map, most manufactured goods were produced in

a)

the West Indies

b)

English colonies

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

46.

Which of the following conclusions about the slave trade is most valid based on the historical record?

a)

It affected millions of Africans

b)

It prevented Brazil from becoming a prosperous country

c)

It caused Europeans to establish colonies in the Americas

d)

It caused Africans to unite and support the abolition of slavery

47.

Which title best completes the partial outline below? "Sugar, tobacco, and cotton to Europe." "Textiles, rum, and manufactured goods to Africa." "Enslaved Africans to the Americas"

a)

Trade Within the Hanseatic League

b)

Elements of Triangular Trade

c)

Factors of Industrialization

d)

Results fo the Congress of Vienna