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APUSH Period 1 & 2 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following sources would be most useful in studying the development of democratic institutions in the early colonial period? (LT 1.8)

a)

the first chapter of the Virginia Company charter

b)

Columbus's journals

c)

the Treaty of Tordesillas

d)

the Mayflower Compact

2.

Which group focused their settlements primarily on the trading of fur? (LT 1.3)

a)

English

b)

Portugese

c)

French

d)

Spanish

3.

The survival of the Jamestown colony can be most directly attributed to the (LT 1.4)

a)

religious spirit of the settlers

b)

management of the Virginia Company

c)

development of a tobacco industry

d)

location of the settlement

4.

The first democratically elected legislative body in the colonies was the... (LT 1.4)

a)

Virginia House of Burgesses

b)

Quaker Council

c)

Dominion of New England

d)

Fundamental Orders

5.

All of the following are examples of conflicts between Europeans and Native American tribes EXCEPT... (LT 1.6)

a)

Pope's Rebellion

b)

the Pequot War

c)

the Stono Uprising

d)

King Philip's War

6.

Which of the following distinguished British settlement patterns from those of other major European powers? (LT 1.3)

a)

their respect for native cultures

b)

their establishment of widespread missions

c)

their focus on extracting gold and silver for export

d)

their creation of larger-scale colonies with permanent settlers

7.

The chief purpose of Mercantilist policies was to (LT 1.5)

a)

help colonies to be self-sufficient

b)

strengthen the economy and power of the parent country

c)

defend the colonies from rival powers

d)

foster stable relations between the Crown and the colonies

8.

As a result of the Colombian Exchange, the New World gained... (LT 1.1)

a)

a significant new source of staple food crops

b)

an influx of gold and silver capital for the construction of new urban centers

c)

advanced medical techniques that extended the life-span of Native Americans

d)

new animals as sources of food and to serve as beasts of burden

9.

During the Great Awakening, English preachers George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards gave sermons about... (LT 1.8)

a)

the existence of many gods.

b)

the helplessness and sinfulness of humankind.

c)

the importance of government.

d)

the importance of religious toleration.

10.

To encourage settlers to come to Jamestown, the headright system offered ___ to people who would pay for someone's passage. (LT 1.4)

a)

Land

b)

Employment

c)

Profit-sharing

d)

Passage to Virginia

11.

In the mid-18th century, all of the following were generally true about slavery in the British colonies EXCEPT (LT 1.7)

a)

Planters thought it provided a more dependable labor supply than other options

b)

There were more slaves than indentured servants in the southern colonies

c)

it was strongly opposed in New England

d)

Colonial laws gave slavery a permanent legal status

12.

The Great Awakening was a reaction to (LT 1.8)

a)

the flood of immigrants

b)

churches' early failure to take account of people's emotional needs

c)

the overly strict teachings of the Church of England

d)

guilt over the evils of slavery

13.

French immigrants to the New World tended to inhabit... (LT 1.3)

a)

Canada

b)

Florida

c)

territory east of the Appalachian Mountains

d)

southern colonies

14.

Which event most prompted the shift from indentured servitude to African slavery? (LT 1.7)

a)

Shays' Rebellion

b)

Bacon's Rebellion

c)

Stono rebellion

d)

Pueblo Rebellion

15.

Why did the mercantilist Navigation Laws do little to modify colonial behavior? (LT 1.5)

a)

The colonists had enjoyed decades of political and economic freedom due to salutary neglect

b)

The British navy was too weak to enforce such laws

c)

The colonists organized strong, unified demonstrations against the Laws

d)

The increased prevalence of slavery made the Navigation Laws irrelevant

16.

What aspect of Spanish colonization did missionary Bartolome de Las Casas famously protest? (LT 1.2)

a)

the refusal of explorers to tithe on the wealth they discovered

b)

the lack of missionary zeal among the conquistadors

c)

the treatment of Native Americans as subhuman and expendable

d)

the focus of the Spanish Crown on Latin America while neglecting the Reconquista at home

17.

Colonial resistance to what they perceived as unjust laws was most directly rooted in the influence of the... (LT 1.8)

a)

French Revolution

b)

Haitian Revolution

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Renaissance

18.

The issue of religious toleration figured prominently in founding of colonies by all of the following EXCEPT: (LT 1.4)

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

Anne Hutchinson

c)

William Penn

d)

Roger Williams

19.

The Maryland Act of Toleration (1649) granted religious toleration to... (LT 1.8)

a)

only those colonists who had settled in Maryland before the statue was ratified

b)

all residents of Maryland except Indians

c)

Protestants only

d)

all Christians, but no Jews or atheists

20.

All the following are true of the purpose of the Dominion of New England EXCEPT: (LT 1.8)

a)

to strengthen colonial defense from Native American attacks

b)

to collect taxes more efficiently by enforcing the Navigation Acts

c)

to establish more direct control over the New England colonies

d)

to end the religious pluralism that was developing in the region