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- 1. Multiple Choice
Maize swept into Africa as introduced disease was leveling Indian societies. Faced with a labor shortage, the Europeans turned their eyes to Africa. The continent’s quarrelsome societies helped them siphon off millions of people.”
Charles C. Mann, historian, 1491, 2006
The most significant impact of the introduction of sugarcane in the West Indies was
The need for slave labor from Africa to maintain constant production of sugar.
The desire of the Spanish to settle the Western Hemisphere with permanent settlementsmade up of families.
The development of a continuous war between Spain and Portugal over Caribbean islands.
The destruction of the ecosystem of many Caribbean islands resulting in the death ofthousands of natives.
- 2. Multiple Choice
The illustration above best depicts which of the following outcomes from the early Atlantic world?Interaction of Africans and Europeans resulted in the deaths of thousands due to the bubonic plagueThousands of Europeans died of disease as a result of interactions with Native AmericansIncreased exploitation of local resources of led to starvation among various Native American groupsIncreased interactions between Europeans and Native Americans led to the deaths of millions by diseases such as smallpox - 3. Multiple Choice
“The common ways mainly employed by the Spaniards who call themselves Christian and who have gone there to extirpate those pitiful nations and wipe them off the earth is by unjustly waging cruel and bloody wars. Then, when they have slain all those who fought for their lives or to escape the tortures they would have to endure, that is to say, when they have slain all the native rulers and young men (since the Spaniards usually spare only the women and children, who are subjected to the hardest and bitterest servitude ever suffered by man or beast), they enslave any survivors. With these infernal methods of tyranny they debase and weaken countless numbers of those pitiful Indian nations.”
Bartolome de Las Casas, A Brief Description of the Devastation of the Indies, 1542
Bartolome de Las Casas is most known for
Speaking out against the atrocities by the Spanish against the native peoples of the Americas
Advocating the conversion of indigenous people to Christianity by allowing Spanish conquistadors to own them and teach them scripture
Suppressing native people in order to gain new land for Spanish Christians wishing to start religious societies in the New World
Starting missions in the New World as sanctuaries for native people fleeing persecution by Spanish conquistadors
- 4. Multiple Choice“Be it enacted. . . that after the five and twentieth day of March, 1698, no goods or merchandizes whatsoever shall be imported into, or exported out of, any colony or plantation to his Majesty, in Asia, Africa, or America. . . in any ship or bottom, but what is or shall be of the built of England, Ireland, or the said colonies or plantations. . . and navigated with the masters and three fourths of the mariners of the said places only. . . under pain of forfeiture of ships and goods.”
English Parliament, Navigation Acts, 1698
What was one of the things that was forbidden under the Navigation Acts?Producing raw goods for the mother countryManufacturing goods within the colonies to sell to nations other than BritainBuying all finished goods from Great BritainExporting all goods leaving the colonies via British ships - 5. Multiple Choice“We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread Sovereigne Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britaine, France and Ireland king, defender of the faith, etc. having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honour of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civill body politick, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just and equall laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the generall good of the Colonie unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. “
Mayflower Compact, November 11, 1620
The Main idea of the document influenced which of the following ideals of the British North American colonies?The idea of separation of church and stateThe concept that the colonies need to be governed by a constitutionThe concept of direct democracyThe foundation for social equality - 6. Multiple Choice
That whatsoever person or persons within this Province and the Islands thereunto helonging shall from henceforth blaspheme God, that is Curse him, or deny our Saviour Jesus Christ to bee the sonne of God, or shall deny the holy Trinity the father sonne and holy Ghost, or the Godhead of any of the said Three persons of the Trinity or the Unity of the Godhead, or shall use or utter any reproachfull Speeches, words or language concerning the said Holy Trinity, or any of the said three persons thereof, shalbe punished with death and confiscation or forfeiture of all his or her lands and goods to the Lord Proprietary and his heires.”
Maryland Act of Toleration, 1649
According to the above excerpt of the Maryland Act of Toleration, what religious groups were tolerated?
Only Christians
All various religions
Christians, Jews, and Muslims
Only Catholics
- 7. Multiple Choice“Now the onely way to avoyde this shipwracke and to provide for our posterity is to… knitt together in this worke as one man, wee must entertaine each other in brotherly Affeccion,… soe shall wee keepe the unitie of the spirit in the bond of peace, the Lord will be our God and delight to dwell among us, as his owne people and will commaund a blessing upon us in all our ways… that men shall say of succeeding plantacions: the lord make it like that of New England: for wee must Consider that wee shall be as a Citty upon a Hill, the eies of all people are uppon us; soe that if wee shall deale falsely with our god in this worke wee have undertaken and soe cause him to withdrawe his present help from us, wee shall be made a story and a byword through the world,… wee shall shame the faces of many of gods worthy servants, and cause theire prayers to be turned into Cursses upon us till wee be consumed out of the good land whether wee are going.”
John Winthrop, “City upon a Hill” sermon, 1630
Which of the following supports Winthrop’s vision for his “City upon a Hill”?He sought to establish a religious society that was accepting of all peoples and different religious beliefsHe wanted to create a city to be a holy example to others and devoted to a Protestant work ethic.He wanted to establish a religious missionary to convert native peoples to Protestantism to gain favor within the Anglican ChurchHe wanted his community to be a successful economic venture to pay off the joint- stock company that financed his establishment of a new city. - 8. Multiple Choice
How did Britain's destruction of the Spanish Armada in 1588 impact explorations and settlement in the New World?
It advanced the colonizing of North America's Atlantic coast
It prevented tSpanish takeover of Oglethorpe's Georgia colony
It encouraged investors to support the founding of New Netherland
It complicated the relationship between British leaders and the Catholic Church
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best characterizes the purpose of British mercantilist policy in the colonies?
The develop the colonies' industrial base
To exploit colonial resources for the benefit of Britain
To foster democracy and self-government in the New World
To establish British military bases in the New World
- 10. Multiple Choice
"Tobacco is the only solid staple commodity of this province: the use of it was first found out by the indians many ages agoe, and transferr'd into Christiandom....Tobacco is the current coyn of the province, and will sooner purchase commodities from the merchant, then money"
George Alsop, 1660
What was the significance of tobacco in the Southern colonies?
It turned their focus from finding gold to growing tobacco as a means for profit
It was a colonial attempt to build a stronger relationship with the native population
It served as a step towards a representative democracy
It built strong entangling alliances in the New World
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