USA Narrative History Volume 2 Since 1865 7th Edition by James West Davidson – Test Bank

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USA Narrative History Volume 2 Since 1865 7th Edition by James West Davidson – Test Bank

Chapter 03 Colonization and Conflict in the South 1600-1750

Multiple Choice Questions

1. (p. 37-39) This chapter tells the story of the Powhatan confederacy to make the point that
A. Indians initially tolerated the first English settlers as allies against rival tribes, but the cultivation of tobacco led to white land hunger that would destroy Indian power.
B. the initial English settlements at Virginia survived only because of the generous assistance provided by local Indian tribes.
C. Powhatan had no strategy to deal with the white “tribes” who invaded his domain, so he tried in vain to organize an alliance to resist the English.
D. since the English colony was so self-sufficient, they felt no need to cultivate friendly relations with the few scattered, unorganized tribal bands in the Chesapeake region.

Topic: English Society on the Chesapeake

2. (p. 40) What was the ultimate fate of Juan de Oñate?
A. He led a prosperous, long-lived colony in New Mexico.
B. After failing in New Mexico, he moved to Florida.
C. He was recalled by Spanish authorities and charged with mismanagement.
D. He was one of the few Spanish leaders to live in harmony with the Indians.

Topic: Spain in the Americas

3. (p. 40-41) The principal institution used by the Spanish to incorporate natives into colonial society was the
A. presidio.
B. hacienda.
C. vaquero.
D. mission.

Topic: Spain’s North American Colonies

4. (p. 41) For strategic reasons, in what location did the Spaniards most rely on the Franciscans?
A. Florida
B. New Mexico
C. Arizona
D. Georgia

Topic: Spain’s North American Colonies

5. (p. 42) Which of the following was responsible for the drastic decrease in the Pueblo population between 1620 and 1680?
A. epidemics
B. locust infestations
C. severe drought
D. All of these answers are correct.

Topic: Spain’s North American Colonies

6. (p. 42) Who called for the Pueblo Revolt, the most successful Pan-Indian uprising in North American history?
A. Powhatan
B. Popé
C. Pamunkey
D. Acoma

Topic: Spain’s North American Colonies

7. (p. 42) The primary objective of mercantilism was to
A. promote free trade policies.
B. develop industries in the Americas.
C. build national self-sufficiency through a favorable balance of trade.
D. encourage development of a textile industry in Europe.

Topic: English Society on the Chesapeake

8. (p. 43) Which of the following accounted for the desperate circumstances early in the Jamestown settlement?
A. failure of the first tobacco crop
B. Jamestown’s lack of fortifications
C. colonists’ willingness to cooperate
D. agrarian skills of the colonists

Topic: English Society on the Chesapeake

9. (p. 43-44) Which of the following best characterizes the Virginia colony in its first two decades?
A. the profitability of the Virginia Company due to the tobacco boom
B. political stability due to the representative assembly
C. Indian wars
D. immigrant deaths

Topic: English Society on the Chesapeake

10. (p. 43) Which of the following best describes a “headright”?
A. the right of a free settler or sponsor of immigrants to receive 50 acres per person or head
B. the recognized right of the gentry class to rule
C. the right, according to European diplomacy, of the first nation to colonize a river valley to claim all adjacent lands up to its headwaters
D. the absolute property right, according to English law, of a head of household over his wife, children, servants, and slaves

Topic: English Society on the Chesapeake

11. (p. 44) Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of immigrants to Virginia during the tobacco boom of the 1620s?
A. They were mostly young, single males.
B. Most came as indentured servants.
C. Nearly all were recruited from peasant villages where they had lived all their lives.
D. Their life expectancy was very low.

Topic: English Society on the Chesapeake

12. (p. 44) The king revoked the company’s charter and made Virginia a royal colony in 1624 for what reason?
A. He wanted to keep all the colony’s profits for the royal treasury.
B. Indian attacks on the settlers required revenue for security.
C. An investigation revealed the horrible death rate for the Spanish.
D. More than 3,000 immigrants had succumbed to the brutal conditions of Chesapeake life.

Topic: English Society on the Chesapeake

13. (p. 44) In the 1630s and 1640s, as the tobacco boom broke, which of the following situations developed in Virginia?
A. Conditions improved somewhat for less powerful Virginians.
B. Planters raised more corn and cattle.
C. Single women stood a good chance of improving their status through marriage.
D. All of these answers are correct.

Topic: English Society on the Chesapeake

14. (p. 45) Of the following, which is the most likely reason that Maryland granted religious toleration?
A. Its Catholic founders wished to provide a haven for Catholics.
B. Its Puritan founders wished to break the power of the Anglican state church.
C. Its merchant founders needed a gimmick to lure settlers away from Virginia.
D. Its idealistic founders sought a virtuous and egalitarian utopia for the worthy poor of all faiths.

Topic: English Society on the Chesapeake

15. (p. 46) What created the conditions of unrest that led to local rebellions in the Chesapeake?
A. religious persecution
B. a sharp rise in the death rate
C. political oppression
D. diminishing economic opportunity

Topic: Chesapeake Society in Crisis

16. (p. 46) In an effort to ensure that his American colonies contributed to England’s prosperity, King Charles II initiated a series of regulations known as the
A. mercantile regulations.
B. Navigation Acts.
C. tariff and tax laws.
D. Neutrality Acts.

Topic: English Society on the Chesapeake

17. (p. 46) British authorities based their colonial trade policies, as embodied in the Navigation Acts, on the theory of
A. mercantilism: insuring self-sufficiency by monopolizing trade.
B. industrialism: promoting English industrial development.
C. imperialism: keeping the American colonies weak and dependent.
D. developmentalism: stimulating colonial economic diversification.

Topic: English Society on the Chesapeake

18. (p. 44) Women in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake
A. usually outnumbered men.
B. usually outlived men.
C. had a good chance of improving their status through marriage.
D. had a good chance of ending up as unmarried and landless vagabonds.

Topic: English Society on the Chesapeake

19. (p. 46) The Navigation Acts were
A. procedures instituted by the king when he chartered the Virginia Company.
B. reforms prescribed by the Virginia Company to encourage diversification of the economy.
C. regulations decreed by Massachusetts to regulate shipping safety.
D. laws passed to give English merchants a monopoly on the colonial trade.

Topic: English Society on the Chesapeake

20. (p. 46) The English Civil War of the mid-1600s resulted in the execution of ________ and then the dictatorship of _______.
A. Charles I; Charles II
B. Charles I; Oliver Cromwell
C. Parliament; Oliver Cromwell
D. Parliament; Charles II

Topic: English Society on the Chesapeake

21. (p. 46) Which of the following did NOT trigger the revolt led by Nathaniel Bacon?
A. clashes between Indians and whites
B. diminishing economic opportunities for freed servants and small planters
C. popular opposition to the restoration of the monarchy
D. a contest for power between older and newer elites

Topic: Chesapeake Society in Crisis

22. (p. 50) While the rising demand for slaves in the Chesapeake played some role in the growth of the Atlantic slave trade between the mid-1500s and the late 1800s, it was the spread of plantation economies in other places that spurred and sustained the traffic in human beings. Which were these other places?
A. the Caribbean and South America
B. South Africa and India
C. the Middle East and North Africa
D. British North America

Topic: Chesapeake Society in Crisis

23. (p. 52) The leaders of Chesapeake society by the end of the 1600s were able to foster greater unity and stability because
A. they relied more on serfs than servitude.
B. economic prospects for slaves improved.
C. new land on the frontier became available.
D. they gave more white males a vote in elections.

Topic: Chesapeake Society in Crisis