Question 1

Costing more than the average person's yearly income, the Atlantic passage in the early seventeenth century was roughly

Accepted Answer

A)  £1 
B)  £10 
C)  £100 
D)  £1,000

Question 2

Which nation pioneered Atlantic exploration?

Accepted Answer

A)  England 
B)  Italy 
C)  Portugal 
D)  Spain

Question 3

Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the Native Americans during the colonial period?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is a strong consensus among historians about the size of the Native American population at the time of arrival of the first European settlers. 
B)  Native Americans rarely formed trading alliances with the European settlers. 
C)  The significant deterioration of the Native American population occurred after 1825, when the US started to expand to the west. 
D)  The susceptibility to disease was one of the primary reasons the Native American population declined.

Question 4

Which of the following regions of the North American continent was subject to the most European colonial claims?

Accepted Answer

A)  modern-day California 
B)  modern-day Florida 
C)  modern-day Quebec 
D)  modern-day Washington

Question 5

In the early colonies, private landholdings

Accepted Answer

A)  gradually replaced common ownership. 
B)  occasionally supplemented common ownership. 
C)  were only legalized after 1650. 
D)  were the norm from the very beginning of colonization.

Question 6

Prince Henry the Navigator was one of the leading explorers for which nation?

Accepted Answer

A)  England. 
B)  France. 
C)  Holland. 
D)  Portugal. 
E)  Spain.

Question 7

Bartholomew Dias was one of the leading explorers for which nation?

Accepted Answer

A)  England. 
B)  France. 
C)  Holland. 
D)  Portugal. 
E)  Spain.

Question 8

Of the 6,000 settlers who migrated to Virginia since the founding of the first permanent settlement in 1607, nearly ________ had died by 1623.

Accepted Answer

A)  5,500 
B)  4,000 
C)  2,500 
D)  1,000

Question 9

The first arrivals in Jamestown

Accepted Answer

A)  were easily distracted by get-rich quick schemes. 
B)  worked hard to plant their crops in time for the harvest. 
C)  b relied heavily on Christopher Columbus'sketchy accounts of the Chesapeake. 
D)  quickly set up a series of gold and silver mines.

Question 10

Which of the following statements about the data presented in Table 2.1 "Population by Region for the 13 North American Colonies (in Thousands) is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  White population growth in New England far surpassed that of white population growth in the Upper South. 
B)  The Upper South had the highest proportion of black populations in the English North American colonies. 
C)  Data for the Middle Colonies speak to the significant ethnic diversity of colonies like New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 
D)  Beginning in 1700, New England began to supplant the Upper South as the region with the largest total population.

Question 11

Vasco de Gama was recognized for what accomplishment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rounding the Cape of Good Hope. 
B)  Sailing from Europe to India and back. 
C)  Sailing around the world. 
D)  Reaching South America. 
E)  Exploring Newfoundland.

Question 12

The first English colonies in North America were established by

Accepted Answer

A)  Sir Humphrey Gilbert. 
B)  Christopher Columbus 
C)  Capt. John Smith 
D)  Sir Walter Raleigh

Question 13

According to the text, studies of 18th century colonial demographics indicate that, compared to Europe,

Accepted Answer

A)  the birthrate in the colonies was lower. 
B)  women in the colonies tended to marry later in life. 
C)  the child mortality rate in the colonies was lower. 
D)  average life expectancy for males in the colonies was lower. 
E)  All of the above.

Question 14

Indentured servitude was first used to promote emigration to

Accepted Answer

A)  Jamestown in 1618. 
B)  Plymouth Colony in 1623. 
C)  New York in 1630. 
D)  Rhode Island Colony in 1652.

Question 15

Ferdinand Magellan was one of the leading explorers for which nation?

Accepted Answer

A)  England . 
B)  France . 
C)  Holland . 
D)  Portugal. 
E)  Spain.

Question 16

Suppose 10 workers jointly own and farm a piece of land.  They all consume the farm's output in equal shares.  If one worker decides to shirk and cuts her labor effort by 50 percent,

Accepted Answer

A)  her consumption will decrease by 50 percent. 
B)  her consumption will decrease by greater than 50 percent. 
C)  her consumption will decrease by less than 50 percent. 
D)  her consumption will not change.

Question 17

Which European nation had occupied Florida and Northern Mexico during the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  France 
B)  Portugal 
C)  Netherlands 
D)  Spain

Question 18

Based on the research findings of David Galenson, Robert Heavner and others, what type of person would you expect to negotiate an indenture contract of the longest duration?

Accepted Answer

A)  a 13 year-old illiterate male who went to New York 
B)  a 22 year-old female weaver who went to Massachusetts 
C)  a 20 year-old male unskilled worker went to the West Indies 
D)  a 21 year-old male blacksmith who went to the Pennsylvania

Exam 2: Founding the Colonies