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

2. Bailyn compares the Register's totals to notices of ships' arrivals in North America and finds what?
(a) The Register's totals account for probably around one-fifth of the total number of British emigrants.
(b) The Register's totals account for probably around four-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(c) The Register's totals account for probably around two-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(d) The Register's totals account for probably around three-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.

3. After 1760 and the end of the war in North America, what happens to the colonies?
(a) They expand.
(b) They shrink.
(c) They become less risky.
(d) They stay the same.

4. The emigrants listed in the Register sailed to America in how many different vessels?
(a) 402.
(b) 302.
(c) 202.
(d) 102.

5. What information is sometimes estimated by the customs officials?
(a) Race.
(b) Age.
(c) Gender.
(d) Trade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of groups of emigrants leave steadily over the months for North America?

2. At this time, most individuals concerned with emigration focused on what?

3. What is John Tompkyns' job?

4. Is the movement to the colonies a patternless roaming?

5. As what do the colonies become known?

(see the answer key)

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