Multiple Choice Quiz #1

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Chapter 1: Alien Encounters: Europe in the Americas

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This activity contains 10 questions.

When he sailed from Spain in 1492, Columbus intended to find

the Navajo tribe.the fabled northwest passage.a new route to the Orient.the lost continent of Atlantis.a new world.

Wherever Europeans went as explorers and settlers in the fifteenth century, they

enriched the local economy.quickly assimilated the native people into their culture.mistreated the native people they encountered.found gold and silver.established more democratic political institutions.

Europeans usually viewed Native Americans as

overly possessive and materialistic.highly skilled orators.racially and culturally inferior.incapable of Christian education.politically weak and disorganized.

England was slow to colonize in the New World in the sixteenth century because

it was torn by domestic political and religious differences.it had no finished goods to export.Queen Elizabeth I had no interest in colonization.it was a Protestant nation.it had no early territorial claim to the New World.

Early Jamestown nearly failed as a colony because of all of the following EXCEPT

no farming skills among early settlers.too much time spent in search of gold.lack of a common sense of purpose among early settlers.unrealistic direction from company officials.poor leadership from Captain John Smith.

Puritan reformers of the Anglican church hoped to focus the act of worship on

increasing material possessions.reading the Bible and analyzing the Scriptures.the forgiveness of sins by the granting of indulgences.traditional rituals using candles, incense, and music.sermons that emphasized doing good works.

Anne Hutchinson's heresy of antinomianism called into question the

application of the colony's laws to those in possession of saving grace.possibility of divine revelation.truth of predestination.role of women as Puritan clergy.right of Puritans to possess Indian land.

Quakers were committed to all these concepts EXCEPT

freedom of conscience.the importance of the sermon to worship.pacifism.direct communication with God.toleration of other religions.

After leaving England, where did the Pilgrims go before coming to Virginia?

France.Germany.Ireland.Holland.Spain.

The joint-stock company was an effective tool for colonization because it

created large pools of investment capital.prohibited foolish investments in risky ventures.held each investor personally responsible for all company debts.restricted investments to short-term payoffs.was not taxable.

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