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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did the Mayflower land in the Americas?
(a) 1492.
(b) 1620.
(c) 1583.
(d) 1605.

2. What year were Israel and South Africa founded?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1950.

3. What was the name of the first governing document of Plymouth Colony?
(a) The Federalist Papers.
(b) The Mayflower Compact.
(c) The Declaration of Independence.
(d) The Bill of Rights.

4. Which philosopher and theologian influenced the Puritans as they formed the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
(a) John Calvin.
(b) John Knox.
(c) John Smith.
(d) John Locke.

5. What term is used for the Acadian diaspora that took place in the mid-1700s?
(a) The Great Disruption.
(b) The Great Trouble.
(c) The Great Upheaval.
(d) The Great Exodus.

6. Who were the Conversos?
(a) Muslims who had converted to Judaism.
(b) Muslims who had converted to Christianity.
(c) Christians who had converted to Judaism.
(d) Jewish people who had converted to Christianity.

7. Dunbar-Ortiz describes settler colonialism as a certain type of political policy. What adjective does she use to describe this policy?
(a) Genocidal.
(b) Abnormal.
(c) Consequential.
(d) Imperial.

8. John Smith convinced Powhatan leaders to feed and clothe English settlers. How did he achieve this?
(a) He threatened to kill all Native women and children.
(b) He traded gold and silver in exchange for Native help.
(c) He promised that the English government would repay Natives.
(d) He claimed that the Native people had a spiritual duty of offer help.

9. What term refers to the the use of economic and political pressures to control foreign countries?
(a) Development.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Expansionism.
(d) Neocolonialism.

10. How did the European aristocracy treat women in their society?
(a) Women were often sent abroad and served as soldiers.
(b) Women were allowed to vote and hold political office.
(c) Women were allowed to attend universities and gain degrees.
(d) Women were often accused of witchcraft and executed.

11. What was the primary crop in Native American agriculture?
(a) Corn.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Millet.

12. How did Europeans view the newly "discovered" Americas?
(a) As a confining spare or prison.
(b) As a complex civilization.
(c) As a barren wasteland.
(d) As a virgin land or wilderness.

13. How does corn differ from most grains?
(a) It germinates beneath the soil.
(b) It's harvested by flooding the land.
(c) It cannot grow in the wild.
(d) It cannot be eaten raw.

14. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, which Christian denomination represented the "elite" in the Colonial era?
(a) Baptists.
(b) Episcopalians.
(c) Pentecostals.
(d) Quakers.

15. What percentage of the population of the Thirteen Colonies was made up of Ulster-Scots?
(a) 20%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 25%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term for a narrative describing how a nation came to exist?

2. What Christian denomination did most Calvinists belong to?

3. What form of warfare did Major General Jeffery Amherst infamously support using against Native people?

4. What term is used to describe the historical and cultural region encompassing North America?

5. What Native nation was predominant in the territory of Georgia during the early 1700s?

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