Question 1

Most blacks who came to the English colonies in North America came directly from Africa.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What statement regarding slavery in English North America in 1700 is FALSE?

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A)  There were about 25,000 slaves in the colonies.
B)  Blacks outnumbered whites in some colonies.
C)  There were twice as many black men as black women.
D)  The demand for slaves led to a steady rise in the prices paid for them.
E)  Blacks were heavily concentrated in a few southern colonies.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

In English North American colonies, the application of slave codes was based on race and

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A)  nothing more.
B)  religion.
C)  laboring skills.
D)  origin of birth.
E)  economic status.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

The largest contingent of immigrants during the colonial period were the

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A)  French Huguenots.
B)  Scotch-Irish.
C)  Moravians and Mennonites.
D)  Irish Catholics.
E)  Palatinate Germans.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

In comparing the colonial societies of Spanish America and English America, people of mixed races

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A)  had a higher status than pure Africans in Spanish America.
B)  had a higher status than pure Africans in English America.
C)  had a lower status than pure Africans in Spanish America.
D)  had a higher status than pure Africans in both Spanish and English America.
E)  had a lower status than pure Africans in both Spanish and English America.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

Compared to women in colonial Chesapeake, New England women

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A)  were more likely to become widows.
B)  were more likely to have their family remain intact.
C)  had fewer children.
D)  had much less legal authority in their marriages.
E)  lost their husbands earlier in life.F) All of the above
G) A) and B) B

Question 7

After the Bible, the first widely circulated publications in colonial America were

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A)  political pamphlets.
B)  hymnals.
C)  almanacs.
D)  historical writings.
E)  drinking songs.F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

During the eighteenth century, rising consumerism in the American colonies was encouraged by

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A)  increasing class distinctions within society.
B)  the association of material possessions with personal virtue and refinement.
C)  increased access to consumer credit.
D)  both increasing class distinctions within society and the association of material possessions with personal virtue and refinement.
E)  neither increasing class distinctions within society nor the association of material possessions with personal virtue and refinement.F) None of the above
G) A) and B) D

Question 9

Assess the character and nature of religion in colonial America.

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Question 10

The wide availability of reading material in colonial America was the result of

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A)  colonial laws which protected freedom of speech in the printed word.
B)  high rates of men who attended college.
C)  the Stamp Act of 1765.
D)  the invention of the printing press in the early 1700s.
E)  high rates of male literacy.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

The largest outbreak of witchcraft in British North America took place in ___________.

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Question 12

By the mid-eighteenth century, a distinct colonial merchant class came into existence because of

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A)  the abolishment of the British Navigation Acts.
B)  the development of a substantial colonial manufacturing industry.
C)  illegal colonial trade in markets outside of the British Empire.
D)  ready access to manufactured goods.
E)  All the answers are correct.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 13

During the seventeenth century, English colonists in the Chesapeake saw

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A)  women significantly outnumber men.
B)  a life expectancy for men of about forty years.
C)  few single adults.
D)  eight out of ten children dying in infancy.
E)  an increasingly unbalanced sex ratio.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 14

The Church of England was the official faith in

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A)  New Jersey.
B)  Massachusetts.
C)  Virginia.
D)  Connecticut.
E)  all of the colonies.F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 15

The practice of passing property to the firstborn son was called _________________.

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Question 16

In regards to colonial life expectancy during the seventeenth century,

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A)  backcountry settlers had a similar life expectancy as settlers in coastal areas.
B)  life expectancy was highest in the southern colonies.
C)  one in two white children in the Chesapeake died in infancy.
D)  men had a shorter life expectancy than women.
E)  life expectancy in New England was unusually high.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 17

Some enslaved Africans became skilled crafts workers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In the "triangular trade" the North American colonies primarily contributed

Accepted Answer

A)  manufactured goods.
B)  sugar.
C)  raw materials.
D)  gold dust.
E)  slaves.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above C

Question 19

Francis Bacon and John Locke were influential in the ideas of the ____________.

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Question 20

George Whitefield is to be associated with the

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A)  growth of American Catholicism.
B)  founding of the American Baptist Church.
C)  Quakers.
D)  Great Awakening.
E)  Enlightenment.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Exam 3: Society and Culture in Provincial America

Most blacks who came to the English colonies in North America came directly from Africa.

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What statement regarding slavery in English North America in 1700 is FALSE?

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In English North American colonies, the application of slave codes was based on race and

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The largest contingent of immigrants during the colonial period were the

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In comparing the colonial societies of Spanish America and English America, people of mixed races

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The largest outbreak of witchcraft in British North America took place in ___________.

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During the seventeenth century, English colonists in the Chesapeake saw

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The Church of England was the official faith in

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