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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 4 Magnitudes, Locations, and Flow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As what do the colonies become known?
(a) A threat to British power.
(b) A savage land.
(c) A no man's land.
(d) A potential gold mine in land values, consumer markets, and so on.

2. Why does Tompkyns soon hire an extra clerk?
(a) He is tired of his job.
(b) He is overwhelmed with his job.
(c) He is emigrating to America.
(d) He is sick.

3. At certain times, vessels would carry _________ numbers of emigrants.
(a) Small.
(b) Large.
(c) An average.
(d) Very small.

4. What does the Earl of Hillsborough grasp?
(a) The importance of the colonies.
(b) The weaknesses found in the colonies.
(c) The positive effects expansion has on Great Britain.
(d) The implications of the westward expansion and emigration.

5. During this time, there was also an array of lobbyists working for land speculators and western trading interests, led by whom?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Benjamin Moore.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

Short Answer Questions

1. The information sent to where is sent directly to the Treasury in London without any editing or summarization?

2. Do the concerns over the settlement of western lands and emigration from Britain to the colonies play a role in the early efforts of the British government to establish and shape policies on the western lands?

3. Do those in the colonies have to struggle to maintain the forms of civilized existence that were present elsewhere?

4. How much regard is there for human suffering and rights?

5. What happens to the bill for which the Earl of Hillsborough fought?

(see the answer key)

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