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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the two main resources sought by Christopher Columbus on his voyage when he first encountered the Arawaks?
(a) Gold and spices
(b) Spices and silver
(c) Slaves and wheat
(d) Diamonds and gold

2. How many men did Columbus leave behind at the Navidad fort?
(a) 39
(b) 19
(c) 20
(d) 59

3. By 1619, how many blacks had already been transported from Africa to the Caribbean and South America to work as slaves, according to the author in Chapter 2?
(a) 100,000
(b) 200,000
(c) 590
(d) 1 million

4. The ship headed for Jamestown that J. Saunders Redding writes about in Chapter 2 carried how many slaves?
(a) 30
(b) 50
(c) 20
(d) 100

5. According to the author in Chapter 4, in 1700 colonial trade equaled £500,000; by 1770 it totaled how much?
(a) £1,000,000
(b) £800,000
(c) £2,800,000
(d) £1,500,000

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 2 that the history of slavery in the United States traces back to where?

2. Who among Christopher Columbus’s shipmates took the Pinta on an unauthorized expedition in search of an island called "Babeque" to search for gold while in Cuba?

3. When was the United States Bill of Rights ratified?

4. Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by whom?

5. When was the Tea Act passed by the British Parliament?

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