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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Introduction and Chapter 11 Yorkshire and the Maritime Northeast.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the data source that the author mentions incomplete?
(a) It includes only information for England and Scotland.
(b) It includes only information about males.
(c) It includes only information about those who are indentured servants.
(d) It includes only information about life after emigration.

2. Of the 6,190 emigrants whose occupation is listed, only _____________ listed occupations that were considered "gentle."
(a) 2.3%.
(b) 4.5%
(c) 23%.
(d) 45%

3. Where is a new British naval base and provincial capital built?
(a) At Quebec.
(b) At Vermont.
(c) At Boston.
(d) At Halifax.

4. During the seventeenth century, who are the only people who would continue to use this service?
(a) Those who are desperate or naive.
(b) Those who are new to the country.
(c) Those who do not speak English.
(d) Those who are young.

5. Do those in the colonies have to struggle to maintain the forms of civilized existence that were present elsewhere?
(a) Yes.
(b) Not much.
(c) No.
(d) A little.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On the verge of the Revolution, the American colonies were producing what percentage of the world's iron supply or about 30,000 tons annually?

3. The largest occupation category is what?

4. Besides not making money quickly, why else does a seller not want the "goods" to remain in his care?

5. What are unscrupulous recruiters called?

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