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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What trade does the author assert was largely responsible for the growth of slavery in the United States in Chapter 9?
(a) The hemp trade
(b) The coal trade
(c) The gold trade
(d) The cotton trade

4. When did the Stono Rebellion take place?
(a) 1776
(b) 1739
(c) 1659
(d) 1773

5. What is the title of Chapter 9?
(a) The Coming Revolt of the Guards
(b) The Empire and the People
(c) The Socialist Challenge
(d) Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Antinomian Controversy take place?

2. Where was Amelia Bloomer born?

3. The First Seminole War began in 1814 and lasted until what year?

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. The Anti-Rent War was also known by what name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe Virginia’s “chain of oppression” in Chapter 3?

2. How does the author describe the uprisings in Kentucky and other colonies in 1760 in Chapter 4?

3. What positive qualities of the establishment of the United States does Zinn discuss in Chapter 4?

4. How does Howard Zinn describe the changes of the Native American population from the 1820s to the 1840s in Chapter 7?

5. Who wrote the history of Columbus’s adventures in Cuba from the perspective of the inhabitants, according to the author in Chapter 1?

6. What was the first representative assembly introduced in Virginia? What were the responsibilities of this assembly regarding slavery?

7. How does the author compare and contrast the treatment of women to that of the Native Americans in Chapter 7?

8. How does the author describe history’s depiction of women in the beginning of Chapter 6?

9. What choice were the Native American people given in regard to their futures and their homes, according to the author in Chapter 7?

10. When and where did Dorr’s Rebellion occur? How does the author describe the surrounding circumstances of this event in Chapter 10?

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