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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Antinomian Controversy take place?
(a) The Massachusetts Bay Colony
(b) The Province of Maine
(c) The Jamestown Colony
(d) The Plymouth Colony

2. Where did the Stono Rebellion take place?
(a) South Carolina
(b) Kentucky
(c) Virginia
(d) Maine

3. The word “Arawak” comes from “aru” which is the Lucayan word for what?
(a) Banana leaf
(b) Coconut oil
(c) Elk
(d) Cassava flour

4. 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 Gallega
(d) The Nina

5. Bacon's Rebellion started due to a conflict over how the settlers should deal with what issue?
(a) Women’s rights
(b) The Indians
(c) African slavery
(d) Loyalty to the crown

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was W. E. B. Du Bois born?

2. When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after inadvertently landing in the Americas, he told the Queen and King of Spain that he had reached Asia and an island off of China. In reality, Columbus had traveled to what currently-known locations?

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

4. In Chapter 9, the author asserts that in 1790, there were 500,000 slaves in the U.S. How many slaves were there in 1860?

5. What is the title of Chapter 9?

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