Transcript Exam 1 Review - Westinghouse College Prep

Exam 1 Review
Sample Questions and Connections
Practice
Which of the following was the LEAST important
factor behind European exploration and
settlement in the 16th century?
a. increase in scientific knowledge
b. population increase
c. development of nation-states
d. competition for trade
e. religious commitment
Which of the following statements is the most widely
accepted description of Columbus’
accomplishments?
a. He discovered a New World.
b. He bears much blame for oppressing Native
American peoples in North America.
c. He started a permanent relationship between
Europe and the Americas.
d. He is responsible for most of the problems in the
Americas during the colonial period.
e. His heroic deeds will always be respected by fairminded American citizens
Indentured servants were important to the
development of the 17c Chesapeake Bay Colony
because they?
a. were usually artisans who brought needed skills to
the area
b. provided a relatively cheap and abundant source
of labor for tobacco planters
c. brought new ideas concerning the cultivation and
cure of tobacco
d. provided labor for important public projects
undertaken by the colonial governments of
Virginia and Maryland
e. were permanently enslaved and treated as
property
Connections
• Laws of Primogeniture
• Joint-Stock Company
• Economic class divisions
A central theme of the Puritan Ethic is its
emphasis on:
a. world economic dependency on the
institution of slavery
b. the mobility of America's class structure
c. the damaging effects of slavery on the South's
economy
d. patriotism and the glorification of the
American nation
e. hard work, thrift, and sobriety
One important difference between the founding of
Virginia and Maryland colonies was that Virginia:
a. colonists were willing to come only if they could
acquire land, while Maryland colonists were
willing to work as tenants for feudal lords
b. depended primarily on tobacco for its economy,
while Maryland turned to rice cultivation
c. depended on African slave labor, while Maryland
relied mainly on white indentured servitude
d. was founded strictly on economic venture, while
Maryland was intended partly to secure religious
freedom for persecuted Roman Catholics
e. struggled to find leadership for several decades,
while Lord Baltimore personally governed
Maryland’s early colonists’
Connections
• Maryland’s Act of Toleration
• Roger Williams
• “City Upon A Hill”
The Mayflower Compact is significant in
American political thought because:
a. in it the people regard themselves as the
source of political power
b. it was copied for the Massachusetts Bay
Charter
c. in it the people agreed to be bound by the will
of the majority
d. in it church and state are separated
e. in it were provisions guaranteeing civil rights
for women and blacks
The Half-Way Covenant was adopted because:
a. too few second- and third-generation Puritans
were willing to testify publicly about their
conversion experiences
b. Puritans believed that Native Americans were
not capable of becoming fully Christian
c. Puritans wanted to justify enslavement of
converted Indians and Africans
d. Puritans wanted to show Anglicans that they
were willing to meet them half-way on resolving
differences over religious doctrine
e. None of the above
Connections
• 1700s immigration
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Chattel
Preacher’s of the Great Awakening focused on
the importance of:
a. the consequences of leading a sinful life
b. the sovereignty and power of God
c. repenting of one’s sins in order to be saved
from eternal damnation
d. looking into the Bible as the final source of
authority
e. All of the above
The trial of John Peter Zenger established the
principle that:
a. no government could be sued
b. criticism of government was not libel (slander)
if factually true
c. British public officials were immune from
prosecution
d. any criticism of the British colonial
administration was slander
e. freedom of speech was not possible in the
colonies
Connections
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Lexington/Concord
French and Indian War
Tax Acts (sugar, stamp, etc)
Coercive Acts
Declaration of Independence
Connections
• How does the Enlightenment influence…
– Protest to tax acts
– Revolution
– Constitution
*USE specific Enlightenment thinkers to support
your answers!*
The Great Awakening was political in that:
a. It gave people more freedom over decisions
that impacted their daily life
b. It aimed to draw attention to the sinfulness of
people
c. the colonists openly rejected royal rule in the
colonies
d. it unified 7 of the 13 colonies
e. it established democratic assemblies in all of
the 13 colonies; however the leaders were
not chosen by majority rule
Connections
• Compare the Puritans, Separatists and
Quakers.
• Shay’s Rebellion
• Articles of Confederation
• VA, NJ and CT Plans