Unit 1 Multiple Choice Exam
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1. The size and sophistication of Native American civilizations in Mexico and
South America can be attributed to
a. Spanish influences.
b. their way of life based on hunting and gathering.
c. the development of agriculture.
d. influences brought by early settlers from Siberia.
2. The crop that became the staple of life in Mexico and South America was
a. wheat.
b. potatoes.
c. tobacco.
d. corn.
3. Before the arrival of Columbus, most native peoples in North America
a. lived in large communities.
b. were more advanced than those in South America.
c. lived in small, scattered, and impermanent settlements.
d. populated the greater part of the continent.
4. The Christian crusaders were indirectly responsible for the discovery of America
because they
a. were victorious over the Muslims.
b. brought back news of valuable Far Eastern spices, drugs, and silk.
c. succeeded in establishing improved business relations between Muslims and
Christians.
d. returned with captured Muslim maps showing the North and South American continents.
5. Europeans wanted to discover a new, shorter route to eastern Asia in order to
a. break the hold that Muslim merchants had on trade with Asia.
b. reduce the price of goods from Asia.
c. gain more profits for themselves.
d. all of the above.
6. After his first voyage, Christopher Columbus believed that he had
a. discovered a New World.
b. failed at what he had set out to do.
c. sailed to the outskirts of the East Indies.
d. sailed around the world.
7. In the new interdependent global economic system that emerged after Columbus’s discovery, Europe provided all of the following except
a. markets.
b. technology.
c. raw materials.
d. capital.
8. The introduction of American plants around the world resulted in
a. rapid population growth in Europe.
b. many illnesses, caused by the new germs contained in these foodstuffs.
c. an African population decline.
d. very little change.
9. European contact with Native Americans led to
a. the Europeans’ acceptance of the horse into their culture.
b. the deaths of millions of Native Americans, who had little resistance to European diseases.
c. the introduction into the New World of such plants as potatoes, tomatoes,and beans.
d. an increase in the Native American population.
10. European explorers introduced ______into the New World.
a. syphilis
b. maize
c. tobacco
d. smallpox
11. The institution of encomienda allowed the
a. native people to enslave members of other tribes.
b. Europeans to marry Native Americans.
c. European governments to give Indians to colonists if they promised to Christianize them.
d. governments of Europe to abolish the practice of Indian slavery and to establish African slavery.
12.The Aztec chief Montezuma allowed Cortés to enter the capital of Tenochtitlán
because
a. Cortës’s army was so powerful.
b. Montezuma believed that Cortés was the god Quetzalcoatl.
c. there was little in the city of interest to the Spanish.
d. all of the above.
13. As a result of Pope’s Rebellion in 1680,
a. the Pueblo Indians destroyed every Catholic church in the province of New
Mexico.
b. the Pueblo Indians were destroyed.
c. the Spanish destroyed Pueblo temples and erected Catholic churches on
those sites.
d. the Spanish missionaries suppressed native religions.
14. The settlement founded in the early 1600s that was the most important for the
future United States was
a. Santa Fe.
b. Quebec.
c. Jamestown.
d. Massachusetts Bay.
15. England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada
a. led to a Franco-Spanish alliance that prevented England from establishing
its own American colonies.
b. allowed England to take control of Spain’s American colonies.
c. demonstrated that Spanish Catholicism was inferior to English Protestantism.
d. helped to ensure England’s naval dominance in the North Atlantic.
16. On the eve of its colonizing adventure, England possessed
a. a united national state.
b. a measure of religious unity.
c. a sense of nationalism.
d. all of the above.
17. The financial means for England’s first permanent colonization in America wereprovided by
a. a joint—stock company.
b. a royal proprietor.
c. Queen Elizabeth II.
d. the law of primogeniture.
18. The guarantee that English settlers in the New World would retain the “rights ofEnglishmen” proved to be
a. an empty promise.
b. unpopular among the settlers.
c. the cause of revolutions in Spain and France.
d. the foundation for American liberties.
19. The early years at Jamestown were mainly characterized by
a. starvation, disease, and frequent Indian raids.
b. economic prosperity.
c. constant fear of Spanish invasion.
d. major technological advancement
20. The cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown resulted in all of the following except
a. the destruction of the soil.
b. a great demand for controlled labor.
c. soaring prosperity in the colony.
d. diversification of the colony’s economy.
21. The summoning of Virginia’s House of Burgesses marked an important precedent because it
a. failed.
b. was abolished by King James I.
c. was the first of many miniature parliaments to convene in America.
d. forced King James 1 to revoke the colony’s royal charter and grant it self-government.
22. Georgia’s founders were determined to
a. conquer Florida and add it to Britain’s empire.
b. create a haven for people imprisoned for debt.
c. keep Georgia for Catholics.
d. restrict the colony to British citizens.
23. Arrange the following events in chronological order: the founding of:
(A) Georgia,(B) the Carolinas, (C) Virginia, (D) Maryland.
a. A,C,B,D
b. B,D,C,A
c. C,D,B,A
d. D,C,B,A
24. In American history, 1619 is important because in that year
a. blacks from Africa first arrived in English America.
b. tobacco was first cultivated in Jamestown.
c. the House of Burgesses was established for the Virginia colony.
d. Jamestown was founded.
25. In Puritan doctrine, the “elect” were also referred to as
a. Separatists.
b. “patroons.”
c. “visible saints.”
d. Pilgrims.
26. The historical significance of the Pilgrims of Plymouth Bay lies in their
a. numerical size.
b. economic power.
c. moral and spiritual qualities.
d. unique charter, which permitted self-government.
27. According to Anne Hutchinson, a dissenter in Massachusetts Bay,
a. predestination was not a valid idea.
b. the truly saved need not bother to obey the laws of God or man.
c. antinomianism was heresy.
d. direct revelation from God was impossible.
28. During the early years of colonization in the New World, England
a. closely controlled its colonies.
b. maintained an excellent relationship with the Indians.
c. paid little attention to its colonies.
d. made sure all the colonies had royal charters.
29. New York and Pennsylvania were similar in that they both
a. were established by joint-stock companies.
b. experienced slow population growth.
c. had ethnically mixed populations.
d. were founded as religious refuges.
30. One of the traits that made Quakers unpopular in England was
a. their refusal to do military service,
b. the high pay given their clergy.
c. their support of slavery.
d. their violent treatment of their enemies.
31. By the mid-eighteenth century, the thirteen colonies were similar in that theyall
a. reflected English customs and laws.
b. relied on slave labor to perform most of the work.
c. had at one time or another relied heavily on indentured servants
d. practiced democratic government
32. English yeomen who agreed to exchange their labor temporarily in return forpayment of their passage to an American colony were called
a. headrights.
b. burgesses.
c. indentured servants.
d. slaves.
33. Throughout the greater part of the seventeenth century. the Chesapeake coloniesacquired most of the labor they needed from
a. African slaves.
b. white servants.
c. captured Indians.
d. West Indian natives.
34. The majority of African slaves coming to the New World
a. went to English North America.
b. were delivered to South America and the West Indies.
c. came to New England.
d. were brought by the Dutch.
35. Compared with indentured servants, African-American slaves were
a. less reliable workers.
b. more likely to rebel.
c. cheaper to buy and own.
d. a more manageable labor force.
36. It was typical of colonial New England adults to
a. marry early and have several children.
b. be unable to read and write.
c. arrive in New England unmarried.
d. die before becoming grandparents.
37. The New England family can best be described as
a. relatively small in size due to the frequency of deaths from childbirth.
b. a very stable institution.
c. a limiting factor in the growth of the region’s population.
d. not very close-knit
38. Southern colonies generally allowed married women to retain separate title totheir property because
a. of religious beliefs.
b. of English tradition.
c. southern men frequently died young.
d. southern families were stable.
39. The New England economy depended heavily on
a. slave labor.
b. the production of many staple crops.
c. fishing, shipbuilding, and commerce.
d. all of the above.
40. By 1775, the ______were the largest non-English ethnic group in colonialAmerica.
a. Africans
b. Germans
c. West Indians
d. Scots-Irish
41. Most non-English Europeans who migrated to colonial America
a. settled in eastern seaboard cities.
b. were Catholics.
c. moved to the western frontier.
d. became intensely loyal to the British crown out of gratitude
42. The riches created by the growing slave population in the American South
a. were distributed evenly among whites.
b. helped to narrow the gap between rich and poor.
c. created a serious problem with inflation.
d. were not distributed evenly among whites.
43. One feature of the American economy that strained the relationship between the colonies and Britain was the
a. British demand to halt the importation of slaves.
b. growing desire of Americans to trade with other nations in addition to Britain.
c. lack of any British regulations regarding trade with foreign nations.
d. British rejection of the Molasses Act.
44. In 1775, the ______churches were the only two established (tax-supported)churches in colonial America.
a. Methodist and Anglican
b. Presbyterian and Congregational
c. Congregational and Anglican
d. Quaker and Catholic
45. The “new light” preachers of the Great Awakening
a. delivered intensely emotional sermons.
b. rarely addressed themselves to the matter of individual salvation.
c. reinforced the established churches.
d. were ultimately unsuccessful in arousing the religious enthusiasm of colonialAmericans
46. The Great Awakening
a. undermined the prestige of the learned clergy in the colonies.
b. split colonial churches into several competing denominations.
c. led to the founding of Princeton, Dartmouth, and Rutgers colleges.
d. all of the above.