Question 1

In the outbreaks of witchcraft hysteria that marked New England colonial life,those accused were most commonly

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A)  not members of the church.
B)  criminals.
C)  indentured servants.
D)  women of low social position.
E)  Indians or slaves.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

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 just over forty years.
C)  few single adults.
D)  eight out of ten children dying in infancy.
E)  an increasingly unbalanced sex ratio.F) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 3

Which statement about colonial America is true?

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A)  Birth patterns and life expectancy were similar throughout New England and the Chesapeake.
B)  The population characteristics of colonial America were quite similar to those of England.
C)  To be classified as black,one had to have at least one African American parent.
D)  There were more colonial American Catholics than Protestants.
E)  The diversity of the American population was its most enduring and distinctive feature.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 4

Rice production in colonial America

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A)  was very difficult and unhealthy work.
B)  relied largely on free white labor.
C)  involved a crop that was new to most Africans.
D)  was found mostly in the Chesapeake colonies.
E)  mostly occurred in inland regions.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above A

Question 5

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

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A)  higher status than pure Africans in Spanish America.
B)  higher status than pure Africans in English America.
C)  lower status than pure Africans in Spanish America.
D)  higher status than pure Africans in both Spanish and English America.
E)  lower status than pure Africans in both Spanish and English America.F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 6

All of the following Americans made important contributions to Enlightenment thought EXCEPT

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A)  James Madison.
B)  Benjamin Franklin.
C)  Thomas Jefferson.
D)  John Locke.
E)  Thomas Paine.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

The Enlightenment was the product of seventeenth-century scientific and intellectual discoveries.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In the early seventeenth century,the legal status of slaves was ambiguous and fluid.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Most of those accused of witchcraft in Salem were women of low social position.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Immigration was the most important factor for long-term English colonial population growth.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

How did immigration affect social and economic life in the colonies?

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Question 12

By 1700,English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery because

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A)  of a declining birthrate in England.
B)  of worsening economic conditions in England.
C)  indentured servants generally refused to work in the southern colonies.
D)  the English government had come to discourage the practice of indenture.
E)  colonial parliaments passed laws improving the status of indentured servants.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 13

Skin color was the only factor in determining whether a person was subject to slave codes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Salem girls who accused people of being witches never recanted their stories.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The percentage of enslaved African Americans living on a plantation of at least ten slaves was approximately

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A)  25 percent.
B)  30 percent.
C)  50 percent.
D)  75 percent.
E)  90 percent.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above D

Question 16

Which statement regarding the lives of slaves in colonial North America is true?

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A)  Most slaves worked as house servants.
B)  Whites rarely intruded upon the conventions of black society.
C)  Slaves had no opportunity to develop their own society or culture.
D)  Slave religion was a blend of Christianity and African folk tradition.
E)  Slaves hardly ever resisted their masters.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

Some enslaved Africans became skilled crafts workers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In Puritan New England,participation in town meetings was limited to

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A)  all land-owning adults.
B)  "selectmen."
C)  adult males who were church members.
D)  all church members.
E)  land-owning males.F) None of the above
G) B) and C) C

Question 19

Fewer than 5 percent of African slaves imported to the Americas arrived first in the English colonies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The verdict of the 1735 libel trial of New York publisher John Peter Zenger

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A)  increased freedom of the press in the colonies.
B)  restricted the ability of the press to report on government affairs.
C)  resulted in the closure of several colonial newspapers.
D)  ruled that criticisms by the press,even if factually accurate,were libelous.
E)  banned all printed attacks on the King or Parliament in the colonies.F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

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