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APUSH Period 2 Review

Total questions: 74

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which European kingdoms explored and settled in parts of North America?

a)

The Spanish

b)

The English

c)

The French

d)

The Dutch

2.

Which European kingdom was the first to explore and establish a presence in North America?

a)

The Spanish

b)

The English

c)

The French

d)

The Dutch

3.

The ​ (a)   sought colonies in the Americas to extract ​ (b)   and their primary means of doing so was ​ (c)   and the mining of ​ (d)   .

Choose from the below words
Spanish
wealth
agriculture
gold and silver
4.

Whom did the Spanish try to subjugate (enslave) to help them extract wealth from their colonial holdings (colonies)?

a)

Native Americas

b)

Africans

c)

Other Spanish

d)

Asians

5.

What was the primary motivating factor for the French in North America?

a)

Trade

b)

Wars in Europe

c)

Persecution of the protestants in France known as Heugots

d)

All of the above

6.

The French had a relatively large presence in North America with multiple densely populated settlements.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What was the primary motivating factor for the Dutch in North America?

a)

Economics

b)

Exploration

c)

Conversions of the Native Population

d)

All of the above

8.

Match the following

a)

Spanish approach toward Native population

1.

Forcefully convert them to Christianity

b)

French approach toward Native population

2.

Form kinship bonds (understand them and intermarry)

c)

Dutch approach toward Native population

3.

Viewed them strictly as economic partners.

d)

The English approach toward Native population

4.

After a brief window of coexistence they looked to expel them from their lands.

9.

American Indian peoples who lived in present-day New Mexico and Arizona and built permanent multi-story adobe dwellings.

a)

Pueblo

b)

Chinook

c)

Algonquin

d)

Iroquois

10.

Spanish government's policy to give Native Americans to colonists to provide labor and to be converted to Christianity. Part of a broader Spanish effort to subdue native tribes.

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

Mission System

c)

Encomienda System

d)

Asiento System

11.

This rebellion was an uprising of Native American pueblos that resulted in the expulsion of Spaniards from New Mexico for about a decade.

a)

Pueblo Revolt

b)

Stono Rebellion

c)

Battle of Acoma

d)

Anglo-Powhatan Wars

12.

An economic system based on government regulation that controlled colonial commerce and manufacturing for the enrichment of the mother country.

a)

Encomienda System

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Mission System

d)

Asiento System

13.

Dominican friar who supported peaceful conversion of Nation Americans, advocated for Native American rights, and opposed the harsh treatment and forced labor of Native Americans.

a)

Juan de Sepulveda

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Bartolomeo de Las Casas

d)

Junipero Serra

14.

Native American confederacy located in the Northeastern Woodlands. They lived in permanent settlements consisting of multi-family longhouses built of wood and bark. They used three-sister agriculture and hunting to support their community.

a)

Pueblo

b)

Chinook

c)

Algonquin

d)

Iroquois

15.

In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented

a)

colonial attempts to build a strong national government

b)

efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies

c)

early social reform movements

d)

steps in the growth of representative democracy

16.

The British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it

a)

encouraged colonial agriculture

b)

placed restrictions on trading

c)

placed limits on immigration

d)

discouraged the export of raw materials to England

17.

The Mayflower Compact of 1620 is considered an important step in the development of democracy in America because it

a)

expressed the importance of self-government

b)

established freedom of religion

c)

created the first colonial judicial system

d)

granted all males the right to vote

18.

The British benefited from their mercantilist relationship with the American colonies primarily by

a)

supporting the growth of colonial industries

b)

prohibiting colonists from fishing and fur trading

c)

taking large amounts of gold and silver from the southern colonies

d)

buying raw materials from the colonies and selling them as finished products

19.

One reason traditions of self-government developed in the American colonies before the French and Indian War was that the British

a)

sent effective leaders to govern colonial settlements

b)

required colonial representation in Parliament

c)

practiced salutary neglect in the colonies

d)

maintained a strong military presence in the colonies

20.

 

Indian groups in this region developed a nomadic lifestyle based mainly on hunting the bison.

a)

Southwest

b)

Eastern Woodlands

c)

Great Plains

d)

Pacific Northwest

21.

This was a form of labor utilized by colonists in which Europeans would pay for passage to the New World through contract labor.

a)

Indentured Servitude

b)

Headright System

c)

Primogeniture

d)

Encomienda System

22.

A person of mixed decent (Spanish and Native American) is called a __________.

a)

Mestizo

b)

Mullato

c)

Zambo

d)

Spandian

23.

Like many colonists, Catholics came to America to escape religious persecution. in which colony did they settle and create an Act of Toleration?

a)

Maryland

b)

New Jersey

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Rhode Island

24.

What was a long term impact of the Columbian exchange?

a)

Labor Surplus

b)

Global Markets

c)

Lower Death Rate

d)

Better Health for All

25.

One major difference between the English and the Spanish was

a)

the English traded with natives where the Spanish did not

b)

the English assimilated natives into their culture

c)

the English were focused on removing natives from their land

d)

the English wanted to convert natives to Christianity

26.

What was the demographics of the French colony in North America?

a)

Many French colonists

b)

Few French Colonists

c)

Equal amount natives to French

d)

There were no major French colonies in North America

27.

What was the primary economic basis for the Dutch colony (New Netherland)?

a)

Elk

b)

Lumber

c)

Iron

d)

Beaver fur

28.

What are some of the reasons for England establishing colonies in North America?

a)

Challenge Spanish dominion of the New World

b)

Challenge French dominion of the New World

c)

Poorer classes could be moved there

d)

Wealthier classes could be moved there

29.

What is a proprietary colony?

a)

A colony administered directly by the King

b)

A colony administered by someone granted that land by the king

c)

A colony administered by a board of trustees running it like a business

30.

The Maryland Toleration Act (Act of Toleration) was the first law in North America requiring religious tolerance

a)

True

b)

False

31.

What was the halfway covenant?

a)

The compromise Puritans made to gain church membership

b)

The compromise Anglicans made to gain church membership

c)

Young people were adhering too strictly to religious practices

d)

Young people were not adhering to strict religious practice

32.

Why was Pennsylvania founded? What was one major reason?

a)

A safe haven for Puritans

b)

A safe haven for Atheists

c)

A safe haven for Quakers

d)

A safe haven for Anglicans

33.

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Georgia Colony?

a)

No Slaves

b)

Land could not be sold or mortgaged / It passed to male heirs of owner

c)

It was meant to help the "worthy poor"

d)

It was meant to gain land for wealthy plantation owners

34.

What was the House of Burgesses?

a)

A representative legislative body in Virginia

b)

A legislative body of wealthy landowners

c)

A representative legislative body in New England

d)

A legislative body of small farm owners

35.

What was the importance of the Mayflower Compact?

a)

It was the first document in North America that described self-governance

b)

It was the first document in North America that pledged allegiance to a King

c)

It was the only document in North America that described self-governance

d)

It was a crucial first step in declaring unity against Great Britain

36.

What was the Triangular Trade?

a)

The trade of raw resources between North America and England

b)

The trade of manufactured goods between England and Africa

c)

The trade of manufactured goods between North America and Africa

d)

The trade of slaves, gold, and supplies from Africa to North America

37.

What is mercantilism?

a)

The Economic policy followed by colonial nations at the time

b)

Letting merchants run the economy of the nation

c)

Mother countries of colonies extracting wealth through natural resources

d)

Mother countries of colonies extracting wealth through cheaper manufactured goods

38.

Which of the following was NOT a key provision of the Navigation Acts?

a)

Trade to and from the colonies could be carried only by English or colonial built ships

b)

All goods imported into the colonies had to pass through English ports

c)

Specified Goods from the colonies had to be exported to England only

d)

The colonies could only buy tea from the British East India Company

39.

Which of the following was a con from the Navigation Acts?

a)

Limited the development of colonial economy

b)

New England shipbuilding shipbuilding

c)

Military forces now stationed inside the colonies

d)

Increased security within the colonies

40.

How did colonists work around the Navigation Acts?

a)

Colonies traded secretly with French Colonies

b)

Colonies traded secretly with Spanish Colonies

c)

Colonies traded with the Native Americans

41.

What is salutary neglect?

a)

Neglecting new technologies being sent to the Colonies

b)

Random enforcement of trade laws

c)

Non-enforcement of trade laws

d)

Neglect of military forces in the colonies

42.

Why was salutary neglect practiced?

a)

Atlantic Ocean separated British Govt from Colonies, making exerting authority difficult

b)

Britain's colonial agents were corrupt

c)

England did not need money from the colonies

d)

England faced bigger issues

43.

What happened in King Philip's War?

a)

The colonies led a major triumph over the Native Americans

b)

The Native Americans led a major triumph over the Colonies

c)

Neither side led an effective war effort

d)

Both sides were devastated by the war

44.

What cause did Nathaniel Bacon argue for against the wishes of Governor Berkeley?

a)

Colonial expansion into the East

b)

Colonial expansion into the West

c)

Colonial expansion into the South

d)

Colonial expansion into the North

45.

Who were the major supporters of Bacon's Rebellion?

a)

Small farmers

b)

Indentured servants

c)

wealthy landowners

d)

House of Burgesses

46.

What was the result of Bacon's Rebellion? Think about the long-term impact

a)

Indentured servant system was done away with

b)

The King started taking Colonial matters more seriously

c)

The King placed more faith in Colonial governors to handle situations

d)

The seeds of race-based slavery started

47.

What was the Headright System?

a)

50 acres of land to an immigrant who paid for his own passage

b)

100 acres for a plantation owner who paid for someone else's passage

c)

50 acres of land to plantation owners who paid for someone else's passage

48.

Since there was no hereditary aristocracy in the Colonies, what factor determined your place in the social structure?

a)

# of slaves held

b)

How much land you owned

c)

Your occupation

d)

Economics

49.
Frontier leader who organized a rebellion due to the treatment of poor farmers in the south.
a)
Nathaniel Sausage
b)
Nathaniel Bacon
c)
Nathaniel Williams
d)
Jonah Hex
50.

Armed conflict between aspiring merchants and the ruling elite of New York.

a)

Bacon's Rebellion

b)

Leisler's Rebellion

c)

The Slave Regellions

d)

Salem witch trials

51.
Bacon’s Rebellion was supported mainly by
a)
young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land and find women to marry.
b)
the planter class of Virginia.
c)
the local Indians.
d)
people from Jamestown only.
52.
The Pueblos were angry with the missionaries because
a)
the Catholics had tried to remove their traditional way of life
b)
the Franciscans tried to meld Pueblo and Protestant faiths
c)
the priests would not allow Pueblos to marry in the church
d)
Spanish cattle destroyed the corn fields
53.
Following the Pueblo Revolt and the return of the Spanish
a)
the Spanish allowed the Natives to keep much of their culture
b)
the Pueblo way of life was wiped out by the conquistadors
c)
the Pueblo were forced to move to Oklahoma
d)
the Pueblo were wiped out in a genocide
54.
Which of the following statements about indentured servitude is true?
a)
indentured servitude was the means by which most Africans came to the New World
b)
indentured servitude never attracted many people because its terms were too harsh
c)
approximately half of all indentured servants died before earning their freedom
d)
indenture was one of several systems used to distinguish house slaves from field slaves
55.
The Mayflower Compact foreshadows the US Constitution in which of the following ways?
a)
it posits the source of government power in the people rather than in God
b)
it ensures both the right to free speech and the separation of church and state
c)
it limits the term of office for all government officials
d)
it establishes three branches of government in order to create a system of checks/balances
56.

Which group focused their settlements primarily on the trading of fur?

a)

English

b)

Portugese

c)

French

d)

Spanish

57.

Which event singularly most prompted the shift from indentured servitude to African slavery?

a)

Shay's Rebellion

b)

Bacon's Rebellion

c)

Stono rebellion

d)

Pueblo Rebellion

58.

What term describes investors who pool their money together in order to establish a colony?

a)

joint stock company

b)

headright system

c)

proprietary colony

d)

caste system

59.

What did the British rename the New Netherlands after they took possession of it from the Dutch?

a)

New Hampshire

b)

New Jersey

c)

New York

d)

Newport

60.

Laws created by the English to regulate colonial trade.

a)

Navigation Acts

b)

Proclamation of 1763

c)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

d)

Virginia Charter

61.

Supporter of Charles II and founder of Pennsylvania

a)

Willam Penn

b)

Lord Baltimore

c)

Lord Philadelphia

d)

Peter Stuyvesent

62.

Main trade route for many slaves coming to the Americas

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Great Circle Route

c)

Trade Winds

d)

Trans-Atlantic route

63.

System of labor where the laborers are considered property

a)

Chattel slavery

b)

Barbados slavery

c)

Portuguese system

d)

Plantation system

64.

Large farms dedicated to the production of a single cash crop.

a)

Plantations

b)

Manors

c)

Feudal estates

d)

Haciendas

65.

Primary unit of government for the New England. Most democratic of the government systems used in the American colonies.

a)

Town Meeting

b)

Colonial legislature

c)

House of Burgesses

d)

Proprietary Council

66.

System of commerce linking Europe, Africa, and the America.

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

Atlantic Commerce System

c)

Navigation Acts

d)

North American Free Trade Agreement

67.
According to the theory of mercantilism, a country has a favorable balance of trade when
a)
It does not depend on products from other countries
b)
Other countries do not depend on its products
c)
The value of exports is less than the value of imports
d)
The value of exports is greater than the value of imports
68.
What was the Toleration Act?
a)
a law that allowed Native Americans to live in Maryland
b)
a law the required every one to be Catholic
c)
a law that allowed religious freedom in Maryland
d)
a law that banned Christianity in Maryland
69.
Which of the following documents extended voting rights to non-church members?
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Magna Carta
c)
Virginia House of Burgesses
d)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
70.
Which of the following is the best explanation for why the British did not establish a powerful central government in the American colonies?
a)
The British cared little how the colonists lived so long as the colonies remained a productive economic asset
b)
Britain feared that the colonists would rebel against any substantial government force that it established
c)
few members of the British elite were willing to travel to the colonies, even for the opportunity to govern
d)
Britain gave the coloines a large measure of autonomy as a first step in transitioning the region to independence
71.

Which group of colonies had the highest concentration of enslaved people?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

New Ireland

72.

A religious revival in the 18th century was known as...

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

The American Revolution

d)

The Market Revolution

73.

Match the following

a)

Focus on establishing settlements for economic gain, such as for trade and to create more markets.

1.

British Colonization

b)

Primarily interested in establishing trading posts for the fur trade.

2.

French Colonization

c)

The first permanent English settlement in North America, known for its strong economic focus.

3.

Jamestown

d)

Established by Pilgrims, it was known for its focus on religious freedom.

4.

Plymouth

74.

The ​ (a)   sought colonies in the Americas to extract ​ (b)   and their primary means of doing so was ​ (c)   and the mining of ​ (d)   .

Choose from the below words
Spanish
wealth
agriculture
gold and silver