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Unit 1 Test• Pre-Columbian American Indian Societies• Religious and Economic Reasons for

European Exploration• Early European Settlements --- SHIFT to

English Colonization primarily• Jamestown, Plymouth and Massachusetts

Bay• 13 English Colonies – origins,

environments• Colonial Economic, Political, Social Life• Colonial Conflict

•Test Structure:•Multiple Choice• Some stimulus

based, some factual

•Constructed Response Short Answers• 3-5 sentences to

completely answer the question.

Review Questions by ThemesSix themes of the class:• Exploration, Settlement and Expansion• Conflict and Compromise• Freedom, Equality, and Power• International Affairs and Foreign Policy• War• Progress, Crisis and the American Dream

Get in a group and find 4-5 different examples of historical events, ideas or trends/changes that would fall under this theme. Be prepared to explain why you chose those events in front of the class.

Essential Questions Review1. Why did European nations and groups of people explore and colonize the New World?2. How did the diversity of the populations in each region lead to varied experiences

economically, socially, and politically?3. How did environmental factors, such as topography, climate variations and disease,

influenced the settlement and development of the thirteen English colonies in North America?

4. How British colonists persevered in the face of harsh conditions to colonize North America?

5. How did the Great Awakening impact colonial religious, family and educational practices?6. To what extent did early English colonies rely on African slave labor to survive and

prosper?7. How did English Civil Wars and the Glorious Revolution of the 17th Century impact the

political development of the British colonies?8. How did various groups of American Indians influence the settlement and expansion of

the European colonies and the United States frontier?

Exit Ticket1) Which of the following most likely led to the development of more permanent villages for the Eastern Woodlands peoples?a. Relatively easy access to fertile farmland and large amounts of natural resourcesb. Proximity to major trading centers and political hubsc. Availability of large mammals for huntingd. Migration of peoples from North to South America

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2) Which of the following best describes most Indian religions?

a. emphasized monotheism (belief in one god).b. utilized totem poles in their ceremonies.c. were tied closely to the natural world.d. emphasized human sacrifice.

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3) What best explains the cause of Protestant Reformation?a. Corruption within the Church of Englandb. Corruption within the Catholic Churchc. The murder of Pope Leo Xd. The Spanish invasion of England

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4) Which of the following countries became the greatest rival of France and Spain after the Protestant Reformation?a. Portugalb. The United Statesc. Germanyd. England

Exit Ticket5)What condition(s) in England in the sixteenth century provided incentive for colonization?

a. The availability of farmland was declining while the population was growing.b. The demand for wool was declining while the population was growing.c. Pasture land was being converted to crop production while the population was declining.d. Both the food supply and the population were declining.

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6) Which statement about Spanish exploration in the New World is FALSE?

a. Spanish gold and silver mines were enormously productive.b. Spanish colonies would form one of the largest empires in the history of the world.c. The Catholic Church was very interested in spreading Christianity in Mexico.d. The first Spanish settlers were mostly interested in farming.

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7. The first and perhaps most impactful result of the meeting of native and European cultures was the

a. exchange of plants and animals.b. native adoption of European ways of waging war.c. intermarriage of Europeans and natives.d. importation of European diseases.

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8) In the sixteenth century, the market for slaves grew dramatically as a result of

a. the rising European demand for sugar cane.b. the need for labor in the tobacco fields.c. a desire to Christianize Africans.d. the need for labor in the rice plantations of South Carolina.

Reading Quiz9) The cause of the failure of the Roanoke colony

a. was a severe food shortage.b. is historically inconclusive.c. deterred the English from another colonizing effort for forty years.d. was the death of the colony's governor.

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10) In London, the initial promoters of Jamestown encouraged colonists to focus on

a. the long-term success of the settlement.b. building a family-centered community.c. developing peaceful relations with the Indians in the area.d. the search for gold.

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11) Captain John Smith helped Jamestown survive when he

A. divided the duties and privileges of leadership among several members of a council.B. imposed work and order on the colony.C. ended raids perpetrated on neighboring Indian villages to steal food and kidnap natives.D. divided the colony's profits among the stockholders.

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12) Which statement regarding the economic theory of mercantilism is FALSE?

a. It presumed that the world's wealth was limited/fixed.b. It increased competition among nations.c. It reduced the desire for nations to acquire and maintain colonies.d. It assumed that exporting goods was preferable to importing goods.

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13) During the early years the survival and growth of the Plymouth colony

a. was due in large part to the assistance of the natives.b. led the colonists to grow rich from the surrounding productive farmlands.c. saw the colonists carry out warfare that wiped out much of the local Indian population.d. nevertheless saw two-thirds of its population die.

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14) Why did the Puritan founders in Massachusetts describe their colony as a "city upon a hill“?

a. They felt they were creating a holy community that would be a model for the world.b. They wanted to build their community on high ground to save it from Indian attacks.c. They wanted to create a community that would be open to all peoples of all faiths.d. They sought to create a community in which all people were treated as equals.

Reading Quiz15) The development of the Carolina colony was notable in that

a. the colony was able to attract large numbers of settlers from nearby colonies.b. the northern and southern regions were very economically and socially distinct from each other.c. its economy was based on tobacco production.d. its founders had discouraged the use of slaves.

Exit Ticket16) Which of the following was NOT one of the reasons that Africans were so valuable to planters along the Carolina and Georgia coasts?

a. They could be forced to do work that white laborers refused to do.b. They often came from rice-producing regions of Africa.c. They were more accustomed to the hot and humid climate.d. They could be counted on to work the fields without protest.

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17) The "triangular trade" in the Atlantic dealt with which commodity?

a. rumb. sugarc. slavesd. molassese. All these answers are correct.

Exit Ticket18) Prior to 1763, the British policy of "salutary neglect":

a. allowed royal colonies to elect their own governors.b. did not enforce the Navigation Acts.c. took the Royal Navy off the high seas.d. encouraged colonists to establish their own parliament.

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19) Eighteenth-century Enlightenment thought

a. emphasized the importance of religious faith.b. rejected most religious thought.c. had little influence on American intellectual thought.d. challenged concepts such as "natural laws."e. suggested that people had considerable control over their own lives.

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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.

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21) Bacon's Rebellion was supported mainly by:

a. young, western farmers frustrated by their inability to acquire land.b. the planter class of Virginia.c. those protesting the increased importation of African slaves.d. people from Jamestown only.

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22) Why were slave codes written across colonial North America?

a. slaveholders’ widespread attempts to convert their slaves to Christianity b. a need to regularize the price of slaves across the colonies c. a desire to give owners full legal power of their slaves d. belief in the redemptive power of the criminal justice system