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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Christopher Columbus erected the Navidad fort at the site of what present-day country?
(a) Haiti
(b) Peru
(c) Trinidad
(d) Brazil

2. The author notes in Chapter 4 that by 1760, there had been how many uprisings designed to create a coup to overthrown various branches of the colonial governments?
(a) 25
(b) 5
(c) 32
(d) 18

3. 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?
(a) Bartolome de las Casas
(b) Martín Alonso Pinzón
(c) Nathan Bacon
(d) William Berkeley

4. When did Christopher Columbus first encounter the Arawak people?
(a) 1492
(b) 1502
(c) 1499
(d) 1479

5. What ship in Christopher Columbus’s fleet ran aground in Hispaniola, leading him to build a fort from it?
(a) The Pinta
(b) The Santa Maria
(c) The Nina
(d) The Gallega

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the Stono Rebellion take place?

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?

4. When did the Seven Years’ War begin?

5. Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers against what governor?

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