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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. In the pre-Revolutionary days, what is the largest urban center in the western world?
(a) London.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) Paris.

2. What is the most common form of payment?
(a) Cash.
(b) Trade in goods.
(c) Checks.
(d) Bills of exchange.

3. By 1765, it was evident that one result of the employment problems in the silk industry would be what?
(a) A large exodus of weavers to the colonies.
(b) A large exodus of weavers to other trades.
(c) A large exodus of weavers to other countries in Europe.
(d) A small exodus of weavers to the colonies.

4. The flow of individuals into New York and North Carolina seem to form small communities composed largely of _________ working the land.
(a) Couples.
(b) Families.
(c) Men.
(d) Individuals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the silk industry developed in the late seventeenth century?

2. From the buyer's side, the longer he delayed the more likely what would happen?

3. To where do they immigrate?

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

5. When do the first of these offices appear?

(see the answer key)

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