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Question #1
Which of the following was "awakened" during the Great Awakening?
A.   religious belief
B.   tensions between rich and poor colonists
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.   the Indian population proved to be an unreliable work force because they died quickly after contact with whites.
B.   Spain had stopped sending slaves to its New World colonies.
C.   African slaves cost too much money.
D.   in some areas families formed too slowly.
E.   families procreated too slowly.
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.   laws restricting white slavery
C.   a lack of indentured servants
D.   high wages paid to indentured servants
Question #4
A cash crop is one that is raised primarily for
A.   a farmer’s own use.
B.   food.
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.   did not have a legal right to it.
B.   wasted the earth.
C.   refused to sell it.
D.   burned woodlands.
E.   were not Christians.
Question #6
The “triangular trade” could best be described as a network of trade routes connecting
A.   the Northern and Southern colonies.
B.   England and the West Indies.
C.   the colonies, West Indies, England, Europe, and Africa.
D.   England, Europe, and Africa.
Question #7
When new towns were established in New England, all of the following were true except
A.   schools were required in towns of more than fifty families.
B.   a village green was laid out.
C.   a meeting house was built,
D.   families did not automatically receive land.
E.   a land grant was given by the legislature.
Question #8
The main reason that Puritan churches were struggling in the early eighteenth century was because
A.   parishioners thought that ministers had gone too soft in their preaching.
B.   parishioners found their theological doctrines too elaborate.
C.   they banned their predominantly female membership from any leadership positions.
D.   church members embraced the notion of predestination.
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.   Puritan
B.   West Indies
C.   Virginia

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