Question 1

Which statement regarding the lives of slaves in colonial North America is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most slaves worked as house servants. 
B)  Whites rarely intruded upon the conventions of black society. 
C)  Slaves had no opportunity to develop their own society or culture. 
D)  Slave religion was a blend of Christianity and African folk tradition. 
E)  Slaves hardly ever resisted their masters. 
A)  Most slaves worked as house servants. 
B)  Whites rarely intruded upon the conventions of black society. 
C)  Slaves had no opportunity to develop their own society or culture. 
D)  Slave religion was a blend of Christianity and African folk tradition. 
E)  Slaves hardly ever resisted their masters.

Question 2

How did immigration affect social and economic life in the colonies?

Accepted Answer

Immigration had a significant impact on

Question 3

The case of John Peter Zenger saw the courts rule that criticisms of the government were not libelous if actually true.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Immigration was the most important factor for long-term English colonial population growth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Stono Rebellion

Accepted Answer

A)  led to the death of dozens of white Virginian colonists. 
B)  saw slaves in South Carolina attempt to escape from the colony. 
C)  led to the banning of the slave trade in Maryland. 
D)  prompted Georgia to strengthen its laws on slavery. 
E)  led planters to resume hiring indentured servants for their labor needs. 
A)  led to the death of dozens of white Virginian colonists. 
B)  saw slaves in South Carolina attempt to escape from the colony. 
C)  led to the banning of the slave trade in Maryland. 
D)  prompted Georgia to strengthen its laws on slavery. 
E)  led planters to resume hiring indentured servants for their labor needs.

Question 6

In the seventeenth century,white women in the colonial Chesapeake

Accepted Answer

A)  generally married later than in England. 
B)  generally had a longer life expectancy than their husbands. 
C)  rarely engaged in premarital sex. 
D)  averaged one pregnancy for every two years of marriage. 
E)  bore an average of four children apiece. 
A)  generally married later than in England. 
B)  generally had a longer life expectancy than their husbands. 
C)  rarely engaged in premarital sex. 
D)  averaged one pregnancy for every two years of marriage. 
E)  bore an average of four children apiece.

Question 7

The seventeenth-century tobacco economy of the Chesapeake region

Accepted Answer

A)  was concentrated on many small farms with few slaves. 
B)  went through numerous boom-and-bust cycles. 
C)  often saw production not meet demand. 
D)  saw planters cut back on production as a way of raising prices. 
E)  saw prices rise steadily throughout the period. 
A)  was concentrated on many small farms with few slaves. 
B)  went through numerous boom-and-bust cycles. 
C)  often saw production not meet demand. 
D)  saw planters cut back on production as a way of raising prices. 
E)  saw prices rise steadily throughout the period.

Question 8

The most commonly owned tool on colonial American farms was the plow.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Colonial agriculture in the northern colonies was more diversified than in the southern colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In Puritan New England,full membership in town governance was limited to

Accepted Answer

A)  all land-owning adults. 
B)  "selectmen." 
C)  adult males who were church members. 
D)  all church members. 
E)  land-owning males. 
A)  all land-owning adults. 
B)  "selectmen." 
C)  adult males who were church members. 
D)  all church members. 
E)  land-owning males.

Question 11

Belief in witchcraft was not a common feature of Puritan religious life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The seventeenth-century medical practice of deliberately bleeding a person was based on

Accepted Answer

A)  Calvinist religious doctrine. 
B)  scientific experimentation and observation. 
C)  evidence that it helped in the recovery from illness. 
D)  practices acquired from Indians. 
E)  the belief that a person needed to maintain a balance of different bodily fluids. 
A)  Calvinist religious doctrine. 
B)  scientific experimentation and observation. 
C)  evidence that it helped in the recovery from illness. 
D)  practices acquired from Indians. 
E)  the belief that a person needed to maintain a balance of different bodily fluids.

Question 13

African slaves engaged in the cultivation of rice,but they were not very adept at it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Parliament passed the Iron Act in 1750 to encourage colonial production of this metal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The most outstanding Great Awakening preacher was New England Congregationalist ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The most outstanding Great Awakening preacher was...

Question 16

In comparing the colonial societies of Spanish America and English America,people of mixed races had a

Accepted Answer

A)  higher status than pure Africans in Spanish America. 
B)  higher status than pure Africans in English America. 
C)  lower status than pure Africans in Spanish America. 
D)  higher status than pure Africans in both Spanish and English America. 
E)  lower status than pure Africans in both Spanish and English America. 
A)  higher status than pure Africans in Spanish America. 
B)  higher status than pure Africans in English America. 
C)  lower status than pure Africans in Spanish America. 
D)  higher status than pure Africans in both Spanish and English America. 
E)  lower status than pure Africans in both Spanish and English America.

Question 17

Seventeenth-century colonial plantations were actually relatively small estates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Very little slave resistance took the form of open rebellion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The "triangular trade" in the Atlantic dealt with which commodity?

Accepted Answer

A)  rum 
B)  sugar 
C)  slaves 
D)  molasses 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  rum 
B)  sugar 
C)  slaves 
D)  molasses 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 20

French Calvinists were referred to as ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of French Calvinists were referred to as ________....

Exam 3: Society and Culture in Provincial America

Which statement regarding the lives of slaves in colonial North America is true?

How did immigration affect social and economic life in the colonies?

The case of John Peter Zenger saw the courts rule that criticisms of the government were not libelous if actually true.

Immigration was the most important factor for long-term English colonial population growth.

The Stono Rebellion

In the seventeenth century,white women in the colonial Chesapeake

The seventeenth-century tobacco economy of the Chesapeake region

The most commonly owned tool on colonial American farms was the plow.

Colonial agriculture in the northern colonies was more diversified than in the southern colonies.

In Puritan New England,full membership in town governance was limited to

Belief in witchcraft was not a common feature of Puritan religious life.

The seventeenth-century medical practice of deliberately bleeding a person was based on

African slaves engaged in the cultivation of rice,but they were not very adept at it.

Parliament passed the Iron Act in 1750 to encourage colonial production of this metal.

The most outstanding Great Awakening preacher was New England Congregationalist ________.

In comparing the colonial societies of Spanish America and English America,people of mixed races had a

Seventeenth-century colonial plantations were actually relatively small estates.

Very little slave resistance took the form of open rebellion.

The "triangular trade" in the Atlantic dealt with which commodity?

French Calvinists were referred to as ________.

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The Empire in Transition

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Varieties of American Nationalism

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America’s Economic Revolution

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