Unit 1 Review Chapter 2
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1. In the early 1600s, what was the main obstacle the English settlers faced due to the location of their settlements?
a. The Native Americans were so close to the English that they relied on the English settlers for food.
b. When the Indians grew tobacco, they encroached on the English land.
c. The English settlements were inside the territory of the Indian settlements.
d. The English found gold within the Indian settlements.
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2. What was one cause of the decline of indentured servitude in Virginia?
a. the defeat of the Powhatans
b. Bacon’s Rebellion
c. the need for additional laborers for the first successful tobacco crop
d. removal of the ban on slavery
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3. Roger Williams established the settlement of Providence with a belief in religious tolerance and
a. the right of women to vote.
b. the ability of ordinary people to communicate directly with God.
c. the authority of the Pope.
d. the separation of government and religion.
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4. What was the name of the colonial system the Spanish created in which land owners received grants from the king?
a. encomienda
b. indentured servitude
c. headrights
d. the mission system
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5. What was the main goal of Spanish explorers of North America?
a. to trade slaves
b. to map the New World
c. to find gold
d. to study Native cultures
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6. Puritans wanted to educate children so the children
a. could participate in government.
b. could provide labor on farms.
c. could read the Bible.
d. would not have to learn a trade or craft.
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7. Why did William Penn receive a land grant in North America?
a. The king wanted to reward a growing religious group.
b. The king needed to repay Penn’s father for loans that helped restore the monarchy.
c. William Penn paid for the land.
d. The king believed the land was uninhabitable.
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8. Hernando De Soto was the first European to
a. explore Florida.
b. see the Mississippi River.
c. explore the American Southwest.
d. find a gold mine.
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9. Under Spain’s encomienda system, the king expected the landowners to
a. give up a portion of their lands for missionaries.
b. free the enslaved Native Americans.
c. convert the Native Americans to Christianity and teach them European ways.
d. mine for gold.
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10. The Pueblo Revolt was against
a.
b.
c.
d.
the Spanish missionary system.
slavery of the Native Americans.
Spanish Catholicism.
huge taxes imposed by Spain.
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11. Sir Frances Drake was a famous naval captain from England who
a. found gold and silver in Caribbean Islands.
b. established relationships with the people who lived along the coast of South America.
c. circumnavigated the globe, plundering towns on the Pacific Coast of South America along the way.
d. discovered Florida and claimed the land for England.
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12. Which crop made Jamestown and the Virginia Company profitable?
a. tobacco
b. corn
c. squash
d. tomatoes
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13. From a colonist’s perspective, what advantage did slaves have over indentured servants?
a. Slaves could not escape.
b. Slaves were harder workers.
c. Slaves required lower wages than indentured servants.
d. Indentured servants were mostly female.
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14. The army of Bacon’s Rebellion was comprised mostly of
a. former indentured servants.
b. Native Americans.
c. African slaves.
d. Virginia colonists.
“For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us.”
—John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity
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15. What “City” could Winthrop be referring to in his quote?
a. Boston
b. Philadelphia
c. Charleston
d. Jamestown
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16. John Winthrop was in charge of the
a. Virginia Company.
b. Massachusetts Bay Colony.
c. Plymouth settlement.
d. Great Migration.
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17. In the late 1600s, which war killed almost all of the Wampanoag and Narragansett Indians as well as about 600 settlers?
a. King Philip’s War
b. the Pequot WAr
c. the Pueblo Revolt
d. conflict with the Powhatan Confederacy
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18. In 1664 New Netherland became an English colony when
a. an English fleet sailed into the harbor and demanded that New Netherland surrender.
b. Charles II gave the land to his brother the James, duke of York.
c. Anne Hutchinson moved there.
d. James, the duke of York, named it New York.
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19. The Quaker belief that most sharply contradicted New England society’s notion of strict social classes was
a. the belief in the equality of all men and women.
b. the belief in no hierarchy of priests and bishops.
c. the belief in casual worship services.
d. the belief in direct communication with God.
“I am doomed, Tituba thought. Even if the master were the kind who would risk his own life and his
family’s safety to protect his slave, even so he couldn’t possibly save me from hanging.”
—Excerpt from Tituba of Salem Village by Ann Petry
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20. The slave who is speaking in the above quote is worried that
a. she’ll be killed for witchcraft.
b. she’ll be killed for disobeying her master.
c. she’ll be sent back to Africa.
d. she’ll be killed for being a Quaker.
Unit 1 Review Chapter 2
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS: C
PTS:
1
DIF:
3
NAT: 2.2.1
2. ANS: B
PTS:
1
DIF:
3
NAT: 2.2.3
3. ANS: D
PTS:
1
DIF:
2
NAT: 2.3.2
4. ANS: A
PTS:
1
DIF:
2
NAT: 2.1.2
5. ANS: C
PTS:
1
DIF:
2
NAT: 2.1.1
6. ANS: C
PTS:
1
DIF:
3
NAT: 2.3.3
7. ANS: B
PTS:
1
DIF:
1
NAT: 2.4.3
8. ANS: B
PTS:
1
DIF:
2
NAT: 2.1.1
9. ANS: C
PTS:
1
DIF:
2
NAT: 2.1.2
10. ANS: A
PTS:
1
DIF:
2
NAT: 2.1.2
11. ANS: C
PTS:
1
DIF:
2
NAT: 2.1.3
12. ANS: A
PTS:
1
DIF:
1
NAT: 2.2.2
13. ANS: A
PTS:
1
DIF:
2
NAT: 2.2.3
14. ANS: A
PTS:
1
DIF:
2
NAT: 2.2.3
15. ANS: A
PTS:
1
DIF:
1
NAT: 2.3.1
16. ANS: B
PTS:
1
DIF:
2
NAT: 2.3.1
17. ANS: A
PTS:
1
DIF:
3
NAT: 2.3.3
18. ANS: A
PTS:
1
DIF:
3
NAT: 2.4.1
19. ANS: A
PTS:
1
DIF:
2
NAT: 2.4.3
20. ANS: A
PTS:
1
DIF:
1
NAT: 2.3.2