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Question #1
Which of the following was "awakened" during the Great Awakening?
A.   tensions between colonists and Native Americans
B.   religious belief
C.   tensions between rich and poor colonists
D.   patriotism
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.   families procreated too slowly.
B.   African slaves cost too much money.
C.   in some areas families formed too slowly.
D.   Spain had stopped sending slaves to its New World colonies.
E.   the Indian population proved to be an unreliable work force because they died quickly after contact with whites.
Question #3
Which of the following directly conributed to the increase if African slaves brought to the colonies?
A.   a lack of indentured servants
B.   high wages paid to indentured servants
C.   laws restricting white slavery
D.   decrease in the birthrate in colonies
Question #4
A cash crop is one that is raised primarily for
A.   sale.
B.   a farmer’s own use.
C.   food.
D.   a colony's home country.
Question #5
The English justified taking land from the native inhabitants on the grounds that the Indians
A.   wasted the earth.
B.   burned woodlands.
C.   did not have a legal right to it.
D.   refused to sell it.
E.   were not Christians.
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 Northern and Southern colonies.
D.   the colonies, West Indies, 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 land grant was given by the legislature.
D.   a meeting house was built,
E.   families did not automatically receive land.
Question #8
The main reason that Puritan churches were struggling in the early eighteenth century was because
A.   church members embraced the notion of predestination.
B.   parishioners found their theological doctrines too elaborate.
C.   they banned their predominantly female membership from any leadership positions.
D.   the Anglican Church successfully competed for church members.
E.   parishioners thought that ministers had gone too soft in their preaching.
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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