Question 1

Which statement concerning those accused of witchcraft in the Salem trials is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were almost exclusively the poor and powerless in the community. 
B)  They were young, troubled girls. 
C)  They were slaves. 
D)  They tended to be women who had previously been in trouble with the law. 
E)  They included both low-status and prominent citizens, mostly middle aged wives and widows. 
A)  They were almost exclusively the poor and powerless in the community. 
B)  They were young, troubled girls. 
C)  They were slaves. 
D)  They tended to be women who had previously been in trouble with the law. 
E)  They included both low-status and prominent citizens, mostly middle aged wives and widows.

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Charles I

Accepted Answer

Charles I was a monarch of the three kin

Question 3

A sign of early New England's democratic approach to government, town meetings

Accepted Answer

A)  decided who would be allowed to vote. 
B)  were phased out after New England broke from Great Britain. 
C)  were centered in buildings that served as both church and town hall. 
D)  conducted all aspects of administering the town. 
E)  could decide whether to let newcomers move to the area or share in land distribution. 
A)  decided who would be allowed to vote. 
B)  were phased out after New England broke from Great Britain. 
C)  were centered in buildings that served as both church and town hall. 
D)  conducted all aspects of administering the town. 
E)  could decide whether to let newcomers move to the area or share in land distribution.

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
New Sweden

Accepted Answer

New Sweden was a Swedish colony along th

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Elizabeth Clarke Freake

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth Clarke Freake was a prominent

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
P atroons

Accepted Answer

Patroons were wealthy Dutch landowners w

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Typhoid fever and malaria

Accepted Answer

Typhoid fever and malaria are both infec

Question 8

Why was the siege of Santa Fe significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  It led to the defeat of the Taos Indians. 
B)  It was one battle in the continuing war between the Taos and Apache Indians. 
C)  It led to subsequent Indian attacks and the expulsion of the Spanish from New Mexico for over a decade. 
D)  It marked the end of the Spanish empire and the beginning of French predominance. 
E)  It brought the Spanish into a head-on collision with the French over control of New Mexico's capital, Santa Fe. 
A)  It led to the defeat of the Taos Indians. 
B)  It was one battle in the continuing war between the Taos and Apache Indians. 
C)  It led to subsequent Indian attacks and the expulsion of the Spanish from New Mexico for over a decade. 
D)  It marked the end of the Spanish empire and the beginning of French predominance. 
E)  It brought the Spanish into a head-on collision with the French over control of New Mexico's capital, Santa Fe.

Question 9

Which statement accurately describes the role of religion in the Chesapeake region in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a driving force in cultural life. 
B)  It thrived because clergymen flocked to the area. 
C)  It confronted a chronic shortage of clergymen. 
D)  It was virtually nonexistent. 
E)  It was a point of contention that was pulling Chesapeake society apart. 
A)  It was a driving force in cultural life. 
B)  It thrived because clergymen flocked to the area. 
C)  It confronted a chronic shortage of clergymen. 
D)  It was virtually nonexistent. 
E)  It was a point of contention that was pulling Chesapeake society apart.

Question 10

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southeastern seaboard that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
Potomac River

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying...

Question 11

What qualification allowed a man to vote for governor and members of the General Court in seventeenth-century Massachusetts?

Accepted Answer

A)  Land ownership 
B)  Wealth 
C)  Length of residence in America 
D)  His ancestry 
E)  Church membership 
A)  Land ownership 
B)  Wealth 
C)  Length of residence in America 
D)  His ancestry 
E)  Church membership

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Outlivers

Accepted Answer

Outlivers is a term used to describe ind

Question 13

What happened to tobacco prices around 1660?

Accepted Answer

A)  They began a steady rise after having been stagnant for years. 
B)  They surged to record levels. 
C)  They plunged below the breakeven point for what was needed for a family to survive. 
D)  They returned to the levels of the 1630s. 
E)  They began to fluctuate each year. 
A)  They began a steady rise after having been stagnant for years. 
B)  They surged to record levels. 
C)  They plunged below the breakeven point for what was needed for a family to survive. 
D)  They returned to the levels of the 1630s. 
E)  They began to fluctuate each year.

Question 14

Why did class tensions in the Chesapeake region lessen after 1690?

Accepted Answer

A)  More land became available to small farmers. 
B)  The rise in tobacco prices allowed small farmers a better standard of living. 
C)  Poor whites shared a common racial identity as free people with upper-class whites which differentiated them from unfree non-whites. 
D)  An influx of Native Americans solved the labor shortage. 
E)  Poor whites shared a common interest with upper-class whites in maintaining social control over Native Americans. 
A)  More land became available to small farmers. 
B)  The rise in tobacco prices allowed small farmers a better standard of living. 
C)  Poor whites shared a common racial identity as free people with upper-class whites which differentiated them from unfree non-whites. 
D)  An influx of Native Americans solved the labor shortage. 
E)  Poor whites shared a common interest with upper-class whites in maintaining social control over Native Americans.

Question 15

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: 
Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Caribbean that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
Antigua

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: 
Choose the letter on...

Question 16

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of New England that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
New Haven , Connecticut

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying...

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
John Winthrop, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Accepted Answer

John Winthrop (1588–1649) was a signific

Question 18

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: 
Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Caribbean that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
Puerto Rico

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: 
Choose the letter on...

Question 19

What became South Carolina's staple crop in the 1600s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cotton 
B)  Tobacco 
C)  Hemp 
D)  Indigo 
E)  Rice 
A)  Cotton 
B)  Tobacco 
C)  Hemp 
D)  Indigo 
E)  Rice

Question 20

Which crop changed the British West Indies from a society of independent small landowners utilizing white servant labor to a society of large plantation owners utilizing black slave labor?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tobacco 
B)  Cotton 
C)  Peanuts 
D)  Sugar 
E)  Wheat 
A)  Tobacco 
B)  Cotton 
C)  Peanuts 
D)  Sugar 
E)  Wheat

Exam 3: The Emergence of Colonial Societies

Which statement concerning those accused of witchcraft in the Salem trials is true?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Charles I

A sign of early New England's democratic approach to government, town meetings

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. New Sweden

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Elizabeth Clarke Freake

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. P atroons

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Typhoid fever and malaria

Why was the siege of Santa Fe significant?

Which statement accurately describes the role of religion in the Chesapeake region in the seventeenth century?

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southeastern seaboard that correctly identifies each of the following: Potomac River

What qualification allowed a man to vote for governor and members of the General Court in seventeenth-century Massachusetts?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Outlivers

What happened to tobacco prices around 1660?

Why did class tensions in the Chesapeake region lessen after 1690?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Caribbean that correctly identifies each of the following: Antigua

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of New England that correctly identifies each of the following: New Haven , Connecticut

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. John Winthrop, Massachusetts Bay Colony

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Caribbean that correctly identifies each of the following: Puerto Rico

What became South Carolina's staple crop in the 1600s?

Which crop changed the British West Indies from a society of independent small landowners utilizing white servant labor to a society of large plantation owners utilizing black slave labor?

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