Deck 3: Experimentation, Resistance, and Persistence, 1585-1650

Question 1

In exchange for a small tract of land at the end of their term, French engagés committed to work for ________________ years.​

A)five
B)seven
C)ten
D)three
E)twelve

Answer 1

D

Question 2

_________________ won a contract from King Phillip II to conquer New Mexico.​

A)Pedro Menendez de Aviles
B)Juan de Oñate
C)Luis de Velasco
D)Mesgouez de la Roche
E)Samuel de Champlain

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Beyond St. Augustine, the second major institution of Spanish presence in Florida was

A)a series of smaller military installations along the Florida east coast.
B)a colonial settlement near present-day Miami.
C)a sprawling chain of Catholic missions.
D)a town made up of plantation-like farms in southwest Florida.
E)None of these are correct.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Socially, the French colony resembled rural France.​

Question 5

Which of the following is true about colonization in New Mexico?​

A)There was less conflict than in New France.
B)The Pueblo Indians did not suffer severe population loss.
C)There was a well-armed military garrison for the defense of the settlers.
D)Most of the early settlers were single men.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 6

The Puritan victory over the Pequot in 1638 reaffirmed their belief that they were God's chosen people.  ​

Question 7

Although the Jesuits had failed to create missions among the Florida Indians, the Franciscans, who began to arrive in 1573 succeeded, founding dozens of missions in the region.​

Question 8

Slave codes in Barbados were based on those that were in practice in seventeenth-century England.  ​

Question 9

Although England would come to establish more colonies in North America than any other imperial European nation, it was slow to extend its influence overseas.​

Question 10

Which of the following are demands that Catholic missionaries placed on Indians?​

A)living in sedentary communities
B)practicing lifelong monogamy
C)adopting European agricultural techniques
D)attending catechism and Mass
E)All of these are correct.

Question 11

To populate and work the land of the Canadian seignuries , the Company of 100 Associates relied on​

A)French families.
B)refugee Indians.
C)male indentured servants.
D)missionaries.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 12

Puritans settled in the Plymouth colony.​

Question 13

The adelantamiento was

A)a royal concession of economic and political privilege given to a wealthy man who planned to undertake the conquest of a territory at his own expense.
B)the pledge that Native Americans made when they promised to convert to Christianity.
C)the funding given to Catholic missionaries to enable them to convert Indians.
D)a payment of tribute given by native groups to the Spanish governor of a region.
E)a parcel of land given to Spanish colonists.

Question 14

Missionaries directed their initial efforts at conversion toward ___________________ because they believed they were easier to convert.

A)children
B)women
C)men
D)Indian leaders
E)the elderly

Question 15

As sugar production increased in the West Indies, sugar prices rose.​

Question 16

Which of the following is true about the sabana system?​

A)It turned Indian women into peasants for months on end.
B)It was a method used by the French to acquire agricultural products from the native peoples.
C)Indians were generally content within this system and, therefore, no armed rebellions took place.
D)It was intended solely to provide food for missionaries and local Natives.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 17

In Dutch colonies, patroonships were similar to Spanish encomiendas in that they came with access to Indian labor and tribute.​

Question 18

In North America, the most active missionaries were​

A)Jesuits.
B)Franciscans.
C)Dominicans.
D)Augustinians.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 19

Most Spanish missionaries believed that even though Indians had consented to baptism, it was unrealistic to expect them to live completely according to Catholic notions of morality.  ​

Question 20

Puritans were slower to adopt slavery because in densely populated New England, large families did most of the labor.​

Question 21

As a result of Opechancanough's attack on the Virginia Colony in 1624,​

A)the House of Burgesses was established.
B)the English crown took over the colony.
C)the Virginia Company established the headright system.
D)the Virginia colony was converted to a proprietary colony.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 22

One of the driving forces behind the founding of England's first permanent colony was

A)merchants wanted to exploit commercial and agricultural opportunities for profit.
B)to establish a haven for English Catholics.
C)to gain knowledge about the flora and fauna of the New World.
D)to challenge France's power in the New World.
E)to gain cultural knowledge of the native groups who inhabited the region.

Question 23

Initially, tobacco plantations in Virginia were worked mainly by​

A)slaves.
B)Indians.
C)women.
D)indentured servants.
E)the plantation owners themselves.

Question 24

Which of the following is true about the Jamestown colony?​

A)Most of the settlers were well-prepared for the challenges of colonization.
B)The main motivation behind the founding of the colony was to convert the natives to Christianity.
C)The local natives were, from the start, friendly, welcoming and helpful.
D)Meager rations, Indian attacks and a humid summer caused tensions to rise.
E)Spaniards destroyed the settlement within weeks of its founding.

Question 25

The Separatists who settled in New England

A)believed the Church of England had not moved far enough away from Catholicism.
B)had broken away from the Church of England.
C)were radical Calvinists.
D)had moved to the Netherlands initially where they could worship openly.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 26

The colonists who arrived at Plymouth in 1620

A)expected that the Indians would work for them.
B)were primarily indentured servants.
C)were able to avoid starvation due to their skills in farming and fishing.
D)were almost all men.
E)succumbed to starvation much like the Jamestown colonists had.

Question 27

The Dutch created ________________to challenge the Spanish and to bolster or create Dutch settlements in Africa and North and South America.

A)the colony of New Netherland
B)Fort Orange
C)the Dutch West India Company
D)the Dutch East India Company
E)None of these are correct.

Question 28

The most common inducement to get people to migrate to Virginia was​

A)indentured servitude where settlers would receive land after seven years of servitude.
B)the promise of wealth due to abundant although undiscovered gold.
C)the promise of military honor in defeating hostile Indian groups.
D)the promise of religious freedom for Catholics.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 29

Colonization in New France​

A)was based on a cooperative relationship with Indians.
B)did not involve the enslavement or coercion of Indians.
C)was based primarily on the trade of beaver fur.
D)initially proved beneficial to all involved and did not immediately disrupt the lives of the natives.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 30

The Separatists left the Netherlands because they wanted to

A)avoid that their children grow up more Dutch than English.
B)rival Spain's influence in the New World.
C)escape persecution at the hands of Dutch Calvinists.
D)convert natives to Christianity.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 31

Which of the following is not true about Pocahontas?

A)She was the daughter of Chief Powhatan.
B)She married John Smith.
C)She married John Rolfe.
D)She was kidnapped by the English in the spring of 1613.
E)She was baptized and given the name Rebecca.

Question 32

The Protestant Dutch in New Netherland​

A)placed a high priority in converting Indians to Christianity.
B)had no tension with natives over the issue of land.
C)exploited natives for labor much as the Spaniards had done.
D)demanded that the Indians follow Dutch laws and become members of Dutch colonial society.
E)were more concerned with their own salvation than with converting natives to Christianity.

Question 33

The Dutch colony of New Netherland​

A)relied on the capital of private investors.
B)carried on trade with Indians.
C)received scant resources from the Netherlands.
D)offered few incentives to those who might immigrate.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 34

The Protestants who established the New England colonies​

A)were motivated by profit.
B)were primarily motivated by a desire to convert natives to Christianity.
C)were tolerant of all religious denominations, so long as they practiced Christianity.
D)wanted to establish tobacco plantations to compete with planters in Virginia.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 35

Caciques were

A)translators who facilitated communication between Spaniards and natives.
B)natives who were among the leadership elite.
C)Indians who converted to Catholicism and joined the priesthood.
D)Indians who lead resistance movements to Spanish colonization.
E)natives who were considered traitors within their respective group.

Question 36

The headright system

A)was established initially in Maryland.
B)encouraged entire families to migrate to the New World.
C)granted religious freedom to all Christians in Virginia.​
D)granted an additional fifty acres of land for each additional person brought to the Virginia Colony by those who had paid for their own passage.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 37

How did Maryland differ from Virginia?​

A)There was a more balanced ratio of men to women.
B)It was established as a proprietary colony.
C)There was a lack of religious toleration.
D)Catholics were actively removed from the colony.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 38

When the Virginia Company learned of the desperate condition that existed in the Virginia Colony in 1609, it​

A)convinced King James to launch a full-scale military attack on the natives.
B)called for missionaries to travel to the New World in order to convert the Indians to Christianity.
C)ordered that all settlers return to England and disbanded the colony.
D)reduced the price of its shares, promised land to all investors and launched a public campaign to promote interest in the colony.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 39

The Mayflower Compact​

A)was drafted as a response when non-Separatists challenged the authority of the colony's leaders.
B)provided for the election of a governor by male colonists.
C)provided for regular meetings over matters of self-governance.
D)established various laws for all to abide.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 40

Eventually, _________________ became the main export of the colony of New Netherland.​

A)tobacco
B)fish
C)corn
D)rice
E)furs

Question 41

Roger Williams was instrumental in establishing the colony of

A)Connecticut.
B)Rhode Island.
C)New York.
D)New Jersey.
E)Pennsylvania.

Question 42

The Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony​

A)chose and ordained their own ministers.
B)practiced a form of Calvinism similar to that practiced in England.
C)welcomed all in the community as members of the church.
D)distributed land equally among all inhabitants.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 43

Which of the following is not  true about the Massachusetts Bay Colony?​

A)They established a system similar to that of Virginia's headright system.
B)There was no peasantry in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
C)Families made up the majority of the early migrants.
D)Settlers in Massachusetts Bay had a longer lifespan that those who settled in the Chesapeake.
E)They found it immoral to appropriate Indian land, so they legally purchased it from the natives.

Question 44

The English colonies in the West Indies became highly profitable as a result of _______________ production.​

A)coffee
B)sugar
C)tobacco
D)cotton
E)rice

Question 45

Which of the following is true about the settlers at Massachusetts Bay?​

A)They were Puritans.
B)They wanted to reform English society from afar.
C)They wanted to establish a model Christian Utopia.
D)They did not officially break with the Anglican Church as the Separatists at Plymouth had.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 46

Which of the following was not  a characteristic of the Chesapeake colonies?

A)a lack of imperative for literacy
B)a primarily male population
C)an environment conducive to good health
D)a population that lived in temporary dwellings that lacked basic necessities
E)immigration was the source of population growth in the seventeenth century

Question 47

In the English West Indies​

A)slave codes were much more restrictive than those of Spanish America.
B)slaves still planned rebellions in spite of the threat of severe punishment.
C)runaway slaves were common and lived for generations in maroon communities.
D)slaves had no path to manumission.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 48

The Indians initially avoided the settlers at Plymouthbecause

A)they feared hostility by the colonists.
B)they were planning a surprise attack on the settlement.
C)the settlers had stationed themselves inside a fort.
D)the settlers had settled on the grounds of an Indian village destroyed by an earlier epidemic.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 49

Which of the following was not  a reason why West Indian planters turned to slave labor?

A)Potential immigrants in England grew wary of the labor regime in the West Indies.
B)African slaves were more cost effective than indentured servants.
C)The English believed African slaves were better laborers because they were accustomed to hotter climates.
D)African slaves were less cost effective than indentured servants, but they worked harder.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 50

The Indians reached out to the Plymouth colonists in the spring of 1621 because​

A)they were fleeing an epidemic.
B)the local chief Massasoit wanted to forge a trade a military alliance to give him leverage over the Narragansett.
C)they were fleeing an attack by Spanish soldiers who had ambushed the area.
D)they were seeking food in the midst of a local famine.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 51

Which of the following was a cause of the Pequot War of 1636-1638?​

A)an epidemic that caused the demise of the native population
B)an alliance between the Indians and the Dutch
C)the natives' refusal to convert to Christianity
D)the desire on both sides to avenge previous attacks by the other
E)None of these are correct.

Question 52

The Massachusetts General Court

A)would become a colonial legislature.
B)punished civil offenders.
C)regulated prices.
D)mandated church attendance.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 53

By the late 1620s, the settlers at Plymouth​

A)decided to abandon the settlement and make their way back to England.
B)suffered levels of population attrition comparable to those in Jamestown.
C)enjoyed a stable existence based on subsistence agriculture and trade with the natives.
D)adopted a pattern of communal land ownership.
E)began reaching out to the Indians to convert them to Christianity.

Question 54

The production of sugar first develop in

A)theMediterranean.
B)the American South.
C)theWest Indies.
D)southeast Asia
E)western Africa.

Question 55

Seasoning refers to

A)the process of fertilizing the sugar crop.
B)the process of refining sugar cane.
C)the process of disciplining a slave.
D)the process of getting a slave accustomed to new surroundings and a brutal labor regime.
E)the process of enforcing slave codes on a plantation.

Question 56

Which of the following is true about slavery in New Spain in the mid-seventeenth century?​

A)The institution had long since peaked.
B)They were common only in wealthy urban areas.
C)They had a better chance of marrying and having children.
D)They could become artisans and skilled laborers and purchase their freedom.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 57

Roger Williams​

A)was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
B)was a pastor who sought the expulsion of heretics from Massachusetts Bay.
C)established the colony of Connecticut.
D)was banished by the Massachusetts General Court.
E)married an Indian woman and moved back to England.

Question 58

Anne Hutchinson challenged

A)the Pequot Indians.
B)Roger Williams.
C)Catholics in Maryland.
D)Puritan gender norms.
E)Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam.

Question 59

On the North American mainland, ________________ purchased far more slaves than any other colony during the seventeenth century.  

A)Maryland
B)Virginia
C)Massachusetts Bay
D)Connecticut
E)None of these are correct.

Question 60

In the English West Indies​

A)slaves were better cared for as a result of the brutal work regime associated with sugar planting.
B)planters' homes were large yet lacked many luxuries.
C)planters were happy to have escaped life in England.
D)Englishmen and women adopted a new style of dress as a result of the warm climate.
E)slave owners lived in constant fear of slave rebellions.

Question 61

Talk about:  situado

Question 62

Talk about:  Dutch West India Company​

Question 63

Talk about:  adelantado

Question 64

Talk about:  monopoly?

Question 65

Talk about:  caciques

Question 66

Talk about:  seigneur

Question 67

Talk about:  habitants

Question 68

Talk about:  engagés

Question 69

Talk about:  Northwest Passage​

Question 70

Talk about:  Jesuits?

Question 71

Talk about:  wampum?

Question 72

Talk about:  Freedoms and Exemptions​

Question 73

Talk about:  royal colony​

Question 74

Talk about:  Dutch East India Company​

Question 75

Talk about:  seigneuries

Question 76

Talk about:  baptism​

Question 77

Talk about: adelantamiento

Question 78

Talk about:  indentured servants​

Question 79

Talk about:  Franciscans​

Question 80

Talk about:  sabana