Question 1

In the late sixteenth century,which change in English agriculture contributed to England's drive to establish overseas colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  English empire-building had nothing to do with agriculture or economic motives. 
B)  Early industrialization drew many farm laborers off the land, creating a need for crops supplied from overseas. 
C)  A drought and poor growing conditions made it difficult for English farmers to produce enough tobacco to satisfy European demand. 
D)  The enclosure movement among landowners displaced many small farmers, creating a marginalized group that supplied many of the earliest immigrants to America. 
E)  The enclosure of many farms for sheep grazing created a need for overseas supplies of livestock feed. 
A)  English empire-building had nothing to do with agriculture or economic motives. 
B)  Early industrialization drew many farm laborers off the land, creating a need for crops supplied from overseas. 
C)  A drought and poor growing conditions made it difficult for English farmers to produce enough tobacco to satisfy European demand. 
D)  The enclosure movement among landowners displaced many small farmers, creating a marginalized group that supplied many of the earliest immigrants to America. 
E)  The enclosure of many farms for sheep grazing created a need for overseas supplies of livestock feed. D

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-smallpox and measles

Accepted Answer

Smallpox and measles are both highly contagious and deadly diseases that have had a significant impact on human history. Smallpox, caused by the variola virus, is estimated to have killed hundreds of millions of people in the 20th century alone. It was responsible for the deaths of countless individuals throughout history, including many indigenous peoples in the Americas following European colonization. The disease also had a major impact on warfare, as it was used as a biological weapon by European colonizers against Native American populations.

Measles, caused by the measles virus, has also had a profound impact on human history. It is highly contagious and can lead to severe complications, especially in young children. Before the development of a vaccine, measles was a leading cause of death among children worldwide. The disease has had a significant impact on population dynamics and has been responsible for numerous epidemics throughout history.

Both smallpox and measles have had a lasting impact on human society, leading to widespread suffering and death. However, the development of vaccines for these diseases has been a major breakthrough in public health, leading to their eventual eradication in the case of smallpox and significant reduction in the case of measles. These vaccines have saved countless lives and have had a profound impact on global health.

Question 3

Georgia grew very slowly for all of the following reasons except

Accepted Answer

A)  its unhealthy climate. 
B)  early restrictions on black slavery. 
C)  Spanish attacks. 
D)  John Oglethorpe's leadership. 
E)  lack of a plantation economy. 
A)  its unhealthy climate. 
B)  early restrictions on black slavery. 
C)  Spanish attacks. 
D)  John Oglethorpe's leadership. 
E)  lack of a plantation economy. D

Question 4

Which monarch launched the Protestant Reformation in England?

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles I 
B)  James I 
C)  Henry VIII 
D)  Elizabeth I 
E)  George IV 
A)  Charles I 
B)  James I 
C)  Henry VIII 
D)  Elizabeth I 
E)  George IV

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-longhouse

Accepted Answer

A longhouse is a type of long, narrow, s

Question 6

How did primogeniture contribute to England´s transformation into an empire-building nation?

Accepted Answer

A)  It prevented some landowners from enclosing their lands for sheep-grazing, thus encouraging them to seek a fresh start overseas. 
B)  It banned English buccaneers from plundering Spanish treasure on the high seas, leading them to seek wealth by establishing their own colonies. 
C)  It decreed that only eldest sons could inherit landed estates, which encouraged ambitious younger sons of wealthy landholders to seek their fortunes in colonizing adventures. 
D)  It required the English monarch to fund any reasonable proposal for establishing a colony, which virtually guaranteed a ready source of capital for colonial enterprises. 
E)  It decreed that wealthy fathers had to provide equal financial support to all of their sons, which included funding adventurers who might want to explore and colonize the New World. 
A)  It prevented some landowners from enclosing their lands for sheep-grazing, thus encouraging them to seek a fresh start overseas. 
B)  It banned English buccaneers from plundering Spanish treasure on the high seas, leading them to seek wealth by establishing their own colonies. 
C)  It decreed that only eldest sons could inherit landed estates, which encouraged ambitious younger sons of wealthy landholders to seek their fortunes in colonizing adventures. 
D)  It required the English monarch to fund any reasonable proposal for establishing a colony, which virtually guaranteed a ready source of capital for colonial enterprises. 
E)  It decreed that wealthy fathers had to provide equal financial support to all of their sons, which included funding adventurers who might want to explore and colonize the New World.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Powhatan

Accepted Answer

Powhatan refers to both a Native America

Question 8

One of the main objectives of the aristocratic founders of Carolina was to

Accepted Answer

A)  provide a utopian settlement for reformed convicts. 
B)  grow foodstuffs to provision sugar plantations in the West Indies. 
C)  provide a measure of religious tolerance to Catholics and Protestant dissenters. 
D)  establish sugar plantations without resorting to slave labor. 
E)  develop strong trade between the southern and northern colonies. 
A)  provide a utopian settlement for reformed convicts. 
B)  grow foodstuffs to provision sugar plantations in the West Indies. 
C)  provide a measure of religious tolerance to Catholics and Protestant dissenters. 
D)  establish sugar plantations without resorting to slave labor. 
E)  develop strong trade between the southern and northern colonies.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Barbados slave code

Accepted Answer

The Barbados Slave Code was a set of law

Question 10

The inhabitants of North Carolina were regarded by their neighbors as all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  riffraff. 
B)  resistant to authority. 
C)  too religious. 
D)  hospitable to pirates. 
E)  poverty-stricken outcasts. 
A)  riffraff. 
B)  resistant to authority. 
C)  too religious. 
D)  hospitable to pirates. 
E)  poverty-stricken outcasts.

Question 11

Which statement best describes the Barbados slave code of 1661?

Accepted Answer

A)  It guaranteed slaves the right to marry. 
B)  It denied slaves the most fundamental rights. 
C)  It protected slaves from the most vicious punishments. 
D)  It gave slaves the opportunity to purchase their freedom. 
E)  It assigned specific monetary value to slaves. 
A)  It guaranteed slaves the right to marry. 
B)  It denied slaves the most fundamental rights. 
C)  It protected slaves from the most vicious punishments. 
D)  It gave slaves the opportunity to purchase their freedom. 
E)  It assigned specific monetary value to slaves.

Question 12

What role did the joint-stock company play in English colonization of America?

Accepted Answer

A)  It provided a crucial means to finance colonizing ventures by pooling investor resources. 
B)  It allowed debtors to escape jail and become investors in colonial schemes. 
C)  It channeled royal funds to colonial enterprises. 
D)  It enabled English colonials to create joint ventures with Indian tribes. 
E)  It delayed the colonization of America by drawing English investors to domestic rather than overseas ventures. 
A)  It provided a crucial means to finance colonizing ventures by pooling investor resources. 
B)  It allowed debtors to escape jail and become investors in colonial schemes. 
C)  It channeled royal funds to colonial enterprises. 
D)  It enabled English colonials to create joint ventures with Indian tribes. 
E)  It delayed the colonization of America by drawing English investors to domestic rather than overseas ventures.

Question 13

At the outset,Lord Baltimore allowed some religious toleration in the Maryland colony because he

Accepted Answer

A)  hoped to secure freedom of worship for his fellow Catholics. 
B)  was a committed atheist. 
C)  wanted the colony's Jews to be able to practice their faith. 
D)  hoped to maintain a Catholic majority. 
E)  was asked to do so by the king. 
A)  hoped to secure freedom of worship for his fellow Catholics. 
B)  was a committed atheist. 
C)  wanted the colony's Jews to be able to practice their faith. 
D)  hoped to maintain a Catholic majority. 
E)  was asked to do so by the king.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Protestantism

Accepted Answer

Protestantism is a branch of Christianit

Question 15

James Oglethorpe and Georgia's other founders were determined to

Accepted Answer

A)  conquer Florida and add it to Britain's empire. 
B)  create a haven for people imprisoned for debt. 
C)  make Georgia a haven for persecuted Catholics. 
D)  restrict the colony to British citizens. 
E)  establish slavery. 
A)  conquer Florida and add it to Britain's empire. 
B)  create a haven for people imprisoned for debt. 
C)  make Georgia a haven for persecuted Catholics. 
D)  restrict the colony to British citizens. 
E)  establish slavery.

Question 16

Where were Indians and European settlers most likely to create a "middle ground" of mutual accommodation in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  On the Atlantic seaboard 
B)  Florida 
C)  Inland areas around the Great Lakes 
D)  Latin America 
E)  The southern Piedmont region 
A)  On the Atlantic seaboard 
B)  Florida 
C)  Inland areas around the Great Lakes 
D)  Latin America 
E)  The southern Piedmont region

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-middle ground

Accepted Answer

The term "middle ground" refers to a con

Question 18

Which phrase best describes Sir Francis Drake?

Accepted Answer

A)  A "sea dog" who plundered the treasure ships returning from Spanish colonies in the Americas 
B)  The founder of a colony in Newfoundland 
C)  The merchant who established the first American colony in Jamestown 
D)  The first explorer to circumnavigate the world 
E)  The adventurer whose colony at Roanoke Island mysteriously disappeared in the 1580s 
A)  A "sea dog" who plundered the treasure ships returning from Spanish colonies in the Americas 
B)  The founder of a colony in Newfoundland 
C)  The merchant who established the first American colony in Jamestown 
D)  The first explorer to circumnavigate the world 
E)  The adventurer whose colony at Roanoke Island mysteriously disappeared in the 1580s

Question 19

The cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

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. 
E)  the plantation system. 
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. 
E)  the plantation system.

Question 20

In many ways,North Carolina was the least typical of the five plantation colonies.Describe the unique features of colonial North Carolina,and explain why this colony was so unlike its southern neighbors.

Accepted Answer

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Exam 2: The Planting of English America,1500-1733

In the late sixteenth century,which change in English agriculture contributed to England's drive to establish overseas colonies?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -smallpox and measles

Georgia grew very slowly for all of the following reasons except

Which monarch launched the Protestant Reformation in England?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -longhouse

How did primogeniture contribute to England´s transformation into an empire-building nation?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Powhatan

One of the main objectives of the aristocratic founders of Carolina was to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Barbados slave code

The inhabitants of North Carolina were regarded by their neighbors as all of the following EXCEPT

Which statement best describes the Barbados slave code of 1661?

What role did the joint-stock company play in English colonization of America?

At the outset,Lord Baltimore allowed some religious toleration in the Maryland colony because he

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Protestantism

James Oglethorpe and Georgia's other founders were determined to

Where were Indians and European settlers most likely to create a "middle ground" of mutual accommodation in the seventeenth century?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -middle ground

Which phrase best describes Sir Francis Drake?

The cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

In many ways,North Carolina was the least typical of the five plantation colonies.Describe the unique features of colonial North Carolina,and explain why this colony was so unlike its southern neighbors.

New World Beginnings

Settling the Northern Colonies,1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century,1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution,1700-1775

The Duel for North America,1608-1763

The Road to Revolution 1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire,1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution,1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State,1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic,1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism,1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture,1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South,1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

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