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

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