Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of Handsome Lake.

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Question 2

In addition to their religious activities, what role did Jesuits often play in the New World?

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A)   generals
B)   fur-traders
C)   explorers
D)   soldiers
E)   colony shareholdersF) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 3

Which word best describes England's efforts in the 1500s to compete with the Spanish Empire?

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A)   indifferent
B)   competitive
C)   aggressive
D)   domineering
E)   influentialF) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 4

The spirit of the English on the eve of colonization included all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   restlessness.
B)   limited patriotism.
C)   curiosity about the unknown.
D)   thirst for adventure.
E)   self-confidence.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

After the Second Anglo-Powhatan War, the Powhatan tribe

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A)   were banned from their ancestral lands by the 1646 peace treaty.
B)   were forced to live in separate designated areas away from white settlers.
C)   were isolated in an early form of what would become the reservation system.
D)   were considered extinct by the English in 1685.
E)   All of these are correct.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

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.

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Question 7

Georgia grew very slowly for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

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

Question 8

All of the following were results of the Tuscarora War EXCEPT

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A)   the crushing of the Tuscarora Indians by British colonists in North Carolina.
B)   the sale of hundreds of Tuscarora Indians into slavery by the victorious British colonists in North Carolina.
C)   Indian survivors of the Tuscaroran War wandering northward to seek protection from the Iroquois.
D)   The Tuscarora Indians eventually becoming the Sixth Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy.
E)   a cessation of all armed conflicts and hostilities between Indians and British colonists throughout the Carolinas.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 9

On the eve of its colonizing adventure, England possessed a

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A)   unified national state.
B)   measure of religious unity.
C)   sense of nationalism.
D)   popular monarch.
E)   All of these are correct.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 10

Despite an abundance of fish and game, early Jamestown settlers continued to starve because

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A)   they had neither weapons nor fishing gear.
B)   their fear of Indians prevented them from venturing too far from the town.
C)   they were unaccustomed to fending for themselves and wasted time looking for gold.
D)   they lacked leaders to organize efficient hunting and fishing parties.
E)   there were not enough gentlemen to organize the work force.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 11

What was one of the legacies of the Dutch in the colony of New York?

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A)   a spirit of fierce individualism
B)   religious intolerance
C)   an autocratic spirit
D)   liberal values
E)   preference for urban developmentF) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a true statement about Iroquois society?

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A)   Two families would live together in one longhouse.
B)   When a man married, he moved into the home of his wife and her family.
C)   Women dominated Iroquois society.
D)   All men's connections and positions of prominence came from the maternal line.
E)   Five nations joined together to form the Iroquois Confederacy but maintained their independence.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 13

In the face of devastating diseases, war and dislocation, what strategy did dwindling Native American tribes use to survive?

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A)   poisoning food supplies of colonists encroaching on tribal lands
B)   adding captive colonists as tribal members to increase their numbers
C)   merging with other tribes
D)   embracing the reservation system
E)   converting to ChristianityF) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 14

What lessons do you think English colonists learned from their early Jamestown experience? Focus on matters of fulfilling expectations, financial support, leadership skills, and relations with the Indians. What specific developments illustrate that the English living in the plantation colonies tried to apply these lessons?

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Question 15

Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia were similar in that they were all

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A)   economically devoted to exporting commercial agricultural products, often a staple crop.
B)   proprietary colonies.
C)   founded after the restoration of Charles II to the throne.
D)   founded as refuges for persecuted religious sects in England.
E)   able to live in peace with the Native Americans.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

The coureurs de bois and the voyaguers

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A)   were critical French military divisions that helped France gain and retain political control of Québec.
B)   were allied with Jesuit missionaries in achieving similar goals and objectives for the Indians in New France.
C)   played critical roles in recruiting local Indian tribes to develop the French fur business in New France.
D)   declined to utilize regional Indian tribes to advance their economic goals and objectives in New France.
E)   failed to influence the economic development of New France in any significant way.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 17

Like Virginia, Maryland

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A)   cultivated tobacco on plantations.
B)   was founded as a religious refuge.
C)   created a high demand for labor.
D)   was founded by a joint-stock company.
E)   had a house of Burgesses.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 18

Identify the statement that is false.

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A)   England took little interest in establishing its own overseas colonies in the first half of the 16th century.
B)   English society was disrupted by religious conflict when King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s.
C)   The Protestant Reformation resulted in years of a seesaw of the balance of power between Catholics and Protestants throughout England.
D)   Spain and England were long-time and bitter enemies in the first half of the 16th century.
E)   When Elizabeth ascended to the English throne in 1558, the rivalry with Spain intensified.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

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