Colonization Test

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. What could be a reason for the southern economic worth being so much higher than that of the New England
and the Middle Colonies?

a. because their land had a much higher value than that of the middle and northern colonies
b. because of their heavy reliance on cheap or free labor
c. because their abundant tobacco crops were more heavily sought after than any other
American products
d. because their valuable livestock heightened their commercial relations
____ 2. Describe features shown on this map that, based on your reading, would have attracted settlers of Jamestown
to this location?
 a. The location was surrounded by water that could be used for crops.
b. The location allowed water travel in several different directions.
c. The location was on the water but not visible from larger bodies of water.
d. The location was the most convenient one to ships coming from England.
____ 3. Which of the following reasons for bringing women to Jamestown was likely the most important for the
Virginia Company?
a. They could help heal the sick men.
b. They could do domestic work inside the homes.
c. They could marry the men and raise children.
d. They could make clothing and medicine.
____ 4. Based on the illustration, what can be inferred about the transportation of newly enslaved Africans?
 a. Most of the slaves transported to the Americas were men.
b. Sometimes enslaved Africans were allowed to leave the hold and go up on deck.
c. The enslaved Africans were often put on overcrowded ships bound for America.
d. Enslaved Africans were usually grouped with their families during transport.
____ 5. After 1769, the life of the California natives [American Indians] who came in contact with the Spanish was
reshaped by the mission fathers, not the townspeople of the pueblos or the soldiers of the presidios. The
Franciscans came to California not merely to convert the tribes to Christianity but to train them for life in a
European colonial society. Conversion was seldom an entirely voluntary process, and converts (neophytes)
were not left to return to their old ways but were required to live in the walled mission enclosure or on
rancherías, separate settlements sponsored by missions although located some distance from the mission
proper. There they were taught Spanish as well as the tenets of their new religion and trained in skills that
would fit them for their new lives: brickmaking and construction, raising cattle and horses, blacksmithing,
weaving, tanning hides, etc. —Library of Congress

Inferring from this text, why might the Spanish have felt it important to train the natives of California for a
“European colonial society”?
a. to make it easier to govern the Indians
b. to prevent the Indians from leaving
c. to make the Indians equals in colonial society
d. to spread European beliefs and language
____ 6. France took the lead in colonizing the Upper Midwest region. From the early sixteenth century on, French
soldiers, missionaries and fur traders left their slight mark upon the St. Lawrence valley, the upper Great
Lakes and points west. For the early French explorers, the more continent they discovered the more their
hopes were frustrated. They had hoped that the vast St. Lawrence-Great Lakes waterway was part of a
Northwest Passage to the wealth of the Orient. The French presence was asserted by a network of forts,
trading posts and missions dotting the lake and river routes traversing the continental interior. —Library of
Congress

Based on your text and this reading, why was land near water so important for French settlers?
a. settlers relied on water routes for transportation
b. settlers used water routes to hunt for food
c. settlers depended on water from rivers and lakes for their crops
d. settlers continued to look for a Northwest Passage across the continent
____ 7. After the monopoly charter of the New Netherland Company expired in early 1618, a group of powerful
merchants in the Netherlands began to lobby for the formation of a West India Company (WIC) to develop
trade in the New World. The model was the Dutch East India Company that had been founded in 1602 and
that controlled the highly profitable spice trade with Asia. The WIC was founded in 1621, with a twenty-four-
year monopoly from the Dutch government on all trade with West Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas.

Although they were mainly interested in trade, the directors of the WIC, the Lords Nineteen, decided to start a
permanent colony in the region where the New Netherland Company had held its charter. These colonists
formed the nucleus of the future Dutch presence in the area. Some settled at present-day Albany and along the
Delaware and Connecticut Rivers. Others settled at the southern tip of present-day Manhattan, where they
built simple houses and Fort Amsterdam. —Library of Congress

Inferring from this source, why did Dutch merchants most likely decide to begin a colony in the New World?
a. to create a new place for their refugees to live and work
b. to control more territory than other European nations
c. to have settlements where traders could be based
d. to control strategic rivers in the area
____ 8. Native Americans were replaced as slaves by Africans largely due to the fact that it was believed that
Africans were
a. better able to work in the climate.
b. less likely to escape from their masters.
c. less likely to die from European diseases.
d. better able to grow the crops the Spanish desired.

Essay

1. Explain the structure of the Triangular Trade, citing evidence from the text.

2. Explain how the rivalries of European countries caused the colonization of the Americas, citing evidence
from the text.
Colonization Test
Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: medium

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2. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: medium
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3. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: medium
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4. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: medium
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5. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: medium
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6. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: medium
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7. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: medium
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8. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: medium
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ESSAY

1. ANS:
The Triangular Trade was a trade route across the Atlantic Ocean involving three passages, or segments. The
version of the Triangular Trade described in the text included a passage from ports in the New England or
Middle Colonies to West Africa. On this passage, ships would carry rum produced in the colonies and guns
and other manufactures from the colonies or England to be sold in West Africa. In West Africa, merchants
would use these goods to purchase enslaved Africans. The second, or middle passage carried enslaved
Africans to the West Indies and sometimes to the Southern Colonies in North America. There, the enslaved
Africans would be sold in exchange for molasses, which could be made into rum in the northern colonies, or
for tobacco. These goods in turn would be sold in West Africa on the next voyage or to England in exchange
for guns and other goods that could be sold in West Africa. The Triangular Trade involved these three
passages because merchants could profit from each passage. On each passage, merchants brought goods
produced in one region to another region where there was a demand for those goods. No two regions involved
in the trade could meet all of any other's demands, but the three regions formed the basis for a profitable trade.
Because profit was the only concern, conditions on the middle passage were often cruel and inhuman and led
to suffering and death among the enslaved Africans.

PTS: 1 DIF: complex

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2. ANS:
European countries such as Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands were competing with one another
over riches around the world. Those countries that colonized and “owned”. land outside of their borders
would also be able to claim any valuable resources found in those colonies, which would often prevent other
countries from gaining the resources or would cause them to pay very high prices for them. Under the
doctrine of mercantilism, according to the text, each country tried to minimize its imports and maximize its
exports. Each aimed to control as many valuable resources as possible to achieve this goal. In the New World,
land and resources were essentially up for grabs, and the European countries colonized the area in an effort to
expand their empires and support their efforts at mercantilism.

PTS: 1 DIF: complex

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