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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Chapter 12 Failure in Xanadu.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most of these vessels listed were probably engaged in commercial voyages and carried passengers for what reason?
(a) To have enough workers on the ship.
(b) To fill out their cargo and to gain some extra profit.
(c) To help them get to America.
(d) To break even on their profits.

2. Do similar situations exist in other industries in this city?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Yes, but not until later in the century.
(d) Yes, but only in a small amount of industries.

3. Who had provided what little information was known about this area from experience in the battles with the Spanish?
(a) Spanish politicians.
(b) Spanish settlers.
(c) Land speculators.
(d) Military leaders.

4. Most available for labor are who?
(a) Condemned criminals.
(b) Indentured servants.
(c) Women.
(d) Children.

5. It is estimated that for the years 1718 to 1775, how many convicts were banished to the colonies?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 20,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Can the precise difference between the actual numbers of emigrants and between the Register's totals be established?

2. After ten years, what would happen to any land not populated?

3. At certain times, vessels would carry _________ numbers of emigrants.

4. The emigrants listed in the Register sailed to America in how many different vessels?

5. Where are deliberately organized emigrant vessels more common?

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