Chapter 05 Self-Quiz 1

. Most of the increase in colonial population during the 1700s was due to

African immigration.

European immigration.

longer life expectancy.

natural reproduction.

. The vast majority of European immigrants in the 18th century were

German

Italian

Scots-Irish

English

. Most African slaves bound for the colonies

were traded by Africans to the Europeans.

were kidnapped by Europeans from African villages.

were traded using Spanish middlemen.

ended up in the northern colonies.

. The voyage of slaves from African ports to the New World was called

the "Middle Passage."

the "Terrible Times."

the "Middle Voyage"

the Trail of Tears.

. Historians believe that increased production in this period came primarily from the

labor of slaves and indentured servants.

labor of women and children.

labor of the increased number of children born to colonial families.

labor of men.

. Which colony could be said to have the most diverse economy — engaging in activities from shipbuilding to agriculture to lumbering?

Massachusetts.

Pennsylvania.

Maryland.

South Carolina.

. By the eve of the Revolution, each city had

an affluent elite, made up of merchants, professionals, and government officials.

a class of indigent poor of widows and orphans and men who could not provide for themselves.

a growing middle class.

All of the above.

. As a result of slave revolts in the early 1700s in America,

British colonies halted the importation of African slaves.

all urban slaves were shipped to the rural South.

Colonies enacted stricter slave codes and punishments.

Indentured servants replaced slaves as the main source of labor.

. The Great Awakening was

an American movement that claimed that experience more than anything else could provide answers to the problems of architecture and science.

a trans-Atlantic philosophical and intellectual movement that held that the universe could be understood and improved by the human mind.

a belief that the supernatural explanations for phenomena could best be explained as the work of God.

a trans-Atlantic religious and social movement that held that all people were born sinners, that they knew this without a minister telling them, and that all people were equal in the sight of God.

. The Great Awakening was so popular because

it address the problem of emotionally unfulfilling religion.

it preached a message that rich and poor, male and female, free and unfree could benefit from.

was a message that stressed equality in God's eyes.

All of the above.

. The greatest impact of the Great Awakening was on people who lived

in New England colonies.

in the lower South.

among the elite classes.

in cities and on the frontier.

. How did preachers during the Great Awakening treat slavery?

They were opposed to slavery in all forms.

They called for the abolition of slavery.

It was immoral to enslave Africans, but not own them, and long as one treated them well.

They preached that slaves must follow the Biblical teaching that slaves obey their masters.

. The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment caused the colonists to be more

self-reliant.

economically and culturally diverse.

individualistic.

resistant to authority.

. Which statement best describes the founding of Georgia?

It was founded to be a merchant Quaker society.

It was founded by settlers from Barbados.

It was founded to be a cotton plantation colony.

It was founded as a colony for Britain's "deserving poor" and initially banned both liquor and slavery.

. How did consumer behavior compare on both sides of the Atlantic during the early 18th century?

It was similar: people on both sides consumed new and more goods.

It was similar: people on both sides cut back in response to recessions.

It was different: people in America consumed new and more goods.

It was different: people in Europe consumed new and more goods.

. The largest group of European immigrants of the 1700s was the Scotch-Irish.

True

False

. Colonial women were likely to marry younger and bear more children than their European counterparts.

True

False

. Unlike the normal world pattern of an increasing population usually having a lower standard of living, in the mainland English colonies the increasing population enjoyed an improved standard of living.

True

False

. In Colonial America, Europeans had very clear-cut notions of what was men's work and what was women's work.

True

False

. As was true with the rest of the colonies, most of the exports from New England were shipped to England.

True

False

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