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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 types of groups of emigrants leave steadily over the months for North America?
(a) Very large.
(b) Medium.
(c) Large.
(d) Small.

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

3. At this time, most individuals concerned with emigration focused on what?
(a) Personal losses.
(b) A loss in a sense of nationalism.
(c) Demographic and economic losses.
(d) A sense of fear felt by those who stay in Great Britain.

4. The reports from the customs officials show 9,868 individuals leaving for North America from December, 1773 to March, 1776. Why must this number must be adjusted?
(a) Not all travelers are emigrants.
(b) Many women are pregnant.
(c) The customs officials did not count correctly.
(d) One year is left out of the count.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the data source that the author mentions incomplete?

2. In 1753, into what debate does the Earl of Hillsborough enter?

3. What is John Tompkyns' job?

4. In what kind of world do these people live?

5. In the pre-Revolutionary years, many people emigrated from where?

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