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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the silk industry developed in the late seventeenth century?
(a) Four blocks in North London.
(b) Four blocks in South London.
(c) Four blocks in East London.
(d) Four blocks in West London.

2. What is the major problem of this survey?
(a) There are many stowaways.
(b) Most people cannot write to fill out the paperwork.
(c) There is no legal requirement for vessels carrying emigrants to register with customs.
(d) Information is given by word of mouth.

3. The average ages for immigrants to the colonies range from a low of ________________ to a high of 40.5 for Canada.
(a) 15. 3 for Virginia.
(b) 20.5 for Massachusetts.
(c) 27.8 for New York.
(d) 18.7 for North Carolina.

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

5. The ages of the emigrants tended to concentrate around what ages?
(a) 10-15.
(b) 25-30.
(c) 20-24.
(d) 30-34.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. What information is sometimes estimated by the customs officials?

4. By 1775, it is estimated that one in every ____________ of the people in this city was a servant.

5. Of the 6,190 emigrants whose occupation is listed, only _____________ listed occupations that were considered "gentle."

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the unending demand for labor satisfied?

2. How do most of the emigrants travel? Why?

3. Who is John Powell? What does he suggest?

4. How do British officials initially feel about settlement of western lands in America or to emigration from Britain?

5. What is the age range for emigrants? What is important about this?

6. What is known about most of the families who emigrated?

7. What is done with the raw data from this collection?

8. How are the provinces different from the urban areas?

9. What does the author say about the silk industry?

10. What does the author discover about the gender of the emigrants?

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