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Question #1
Which of the following was "awakened" during the Great Awakening?
A.   tensions between rich and poor colonists
B.   religious belief
C.   patriotism
D.   tensions between colonists and Native Americans
Question #2
During the seventeenth century, indentured servitude solved the labor problem in many English colonies for all of the following reasons except that
A.   African slaves cost too much money.
B.   the Indian population proved to be an unreliable work force because they died quickly after contact with whites.
C.   families procreated too slowly.
D.   in some areas families formed too slowly.
E.   Spain had stopped sending slaves to its New World colonies.
Question #3
Which of the following directly conributed to the increase if African slaves brought to the colonies?
A.   decrease in the birthrate in colonies
B.   high wages paid to indentured servants
C.   a lack of indentured servants
D.   laws restricting white slavery
Question #4
A cash crop is one that is raised primarily for
A.   food.
B.   a farmer’s own use.
C.   a colony's home country.
D.   sale.
Question #5
The English justified taking land from the native inhabitants on the grounds that the Indians
A.   refused to sell it.
B.   wasted the earth.
C.   did not have a legal right to it.
D.   were not Christians.
E.   burned woodlands.
Question #6
The “triangular trade” could best be described as a network of trade routes connecting
A.   the Northern and Southern colonies.
B.   the colonies, West Indies, England, Europe, and Africa.
C.   England and the West Indies.
D.   England, Europe, and Africa.
Question #7
When new towns were established in New England, all of the following were true except
A.   a land grant was given by the legislature.
B.   schools were required in towns of more than fifty families.
C.   a village green was laid out.
D.   families did not automatically receive land.
E.   a meeting house was built,
Question #8
The main reason that Puritan churches were struggling in the early eighteenth century was because
A.   parishioners found their theological doctrines too elaborate.
B.   the Anglican Church successfully competed for church members.
C.   church members embraced the notion of predestination.
D.   parishioners thought that ministers had gone too soft in their preaching.
E.   they banned their predominantly female membership from any leadership positions.
Question #9
In which 17th century colony was the ratio of male to female so out of balance that the family unit was almost impossible to maintain?
A.   West Indies
B.   Puritan
C.   Virginia

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