Question 1

How did the Great Awakening affect the colonies?

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The Great Awakening was a series of reli...

Question 2

Because traveling at night was dangerous in the colonies,taverns became important during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Half-Way Covenant addressed the problem of New England's unfavorable balance of trade.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In the English colonies,men's attitudes toward women's proper place was shaped by

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A)  religion,laws,and social customs.
B)  women's obvious intellectual and physical inferiority.
C)  women's own beliefs regarding their abilities.
D)  ideas acquired from the Native Americans.
E)  ambition.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

George Whitefield was a great preacher who even impressed Ben Franklin with his eloquence.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Compared with other European colonizers,British America

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A)  had a few more women.
B)  had many more women.
C)  had the same amount of women.
D)  had fewer women.
E)  had many more women than men.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 7

In the Americas,English colonial women

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A)  could not vote.
B)  could hold elected office.
C)  could become ministers.
D)  could own property.
E)  could will property.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 8

How did the social structure of the southern,middle,and New England colonies compare to one another?

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The social structure of the southern, mi...

Question 9

The African slaves brought to the Americas

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A)  were very diverse,and their experiences differed widely.
B)  all shared the same language.
C)  all practiced the same polytheistic religion.
D)  tended to be older than thirty years of age when they arrived.
E)  were captured exclusively by whites in Africa.F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 10

Both the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening

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A)  emphasized the power of reason.
B)  encouraged individual decision making.
C)  saw Native Americans as inferior.
D)  began in Spain and then moved to the colonies.
E)  encouraged economic development.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 11

What was the largest non-English ethnic group in the English colonies in the 17th century?

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A)  The Scots-Irish
B)  The Germans
C)  Africans
D)  The Spaniards
E)  The Scots-Irish and Germans combinedF) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 12

The burst of intellectual inquiry known as the Enlightenment

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A)  championed scientific thinking.
B)  praised anarchy.
C)  encouraged religion.
D)  spread from the English colonies to Europe.
E)  was a Protestant faith.F) All of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 13

Tituba

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A)  Gave the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
B)  Was an Irish-born Presbyterian revivalist
C)  Developed the theory of gravitation
D)  Moved to Philadelphia and became a printer
E)  Was a newspaper editor tried for libelF) Developed indigo as exotic stapleG) Thought the "natural rights" of all should be respectedH) Confessed to witchcraft in SalemI) B) and D)
J) C) and D)

Question 14

The southern colonies pursued an agriculturally based economy,whereas the New England colonies

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A)  had to rely on the Native Americans for food.
B)  never engaged in agriculture.
C)  had a more diverse economy including trade,farming,and fishing.
D)  relied almost exclusively on the raising of cattle.
E)  survived primarily as shipbuilders.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 15

According to the textbook,"Both geographically and culturally,the middle colonies stood between New England the South." Explain this statement.

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Question 16

What was the "triangular trade"?

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Question 17

Which had the most far-reaching consequences on American culture: the Enlightenment or the Great Awakening? Why?

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Question 18

In the Americas,

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A)  land was not plentiful.
B)  land was not cheap.
C)  workers were not scarce.
D)  laborers were expensive.
E)  all workers were white.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 19

The colony of Pennsylvania was the great distribution point for various European ethnic groups that immigrated to the colonies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The ideal example of a colonial Enlightenment thinker is

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A)  George Whitfield
B)  George Washington
C)  Jonathan Edwards
D)  Benjamin Franklin
E)  Andrew JacksonF) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

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