Ch 17, American Identity Question Preview (ID: 36880)


Colombian Exchange, Colonial America, Conflict. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

In Mexico, the most devastating effect of thee Colombian Exchange was
a) The introuction of African slavery
b) the increase in famine and water shortages
c) smallpox, which may have killed 50 percent ofor more of the Amerindian population in Mexico and Central America
d) the introduction of large-scale cash crop farming

This refers to the transfer of peoples, animals, plants, and diseases between the New and Old Worlds.
a) Atlantic system
b) Atlantic conveyer
c) Columbian system
d) Columbian Exchange

In both Spanish colonies and in Portuguese Brazil
a) the Catholic Church was the primary agent for the transimission of Christian belief as well as European language and culture
b) Joint-stock companies sold land to settlers
c) other than the viceroy, officials were elected by the wealthy landowners
d) baptism of the Amerindians was forbidden

The most influential defender of the Amerindians in the Spanish colonies was
a) the Council of the Indies
b) Bartolome' de Las Casas
c) Vasco Nunez de Balboa
d) Hernan Cortes

In contrast to Spanish settlement in the New World, Portuguese settlement in Brazil
a) depended on how much money Portugal received from the Asian spice trade and allocated to spending in Brazil.
b) was able to develop without any government interference from Portugal
c) failed because of diseases and native attacks on the settlements
d) was limited mainly to coastal regions

In the 1500s, the majority of the wealth in the Spanish-American colonies came from
a) growing cash crops such as tobacco
b) the importations of African slaves
c) the sale of finished goods to the Amerindians
d) silver from the mines in Potosi

In the Spanish colonies, the colonizers adopted
a) the native language of the Amerindians as the official language
b) forced labor of the Amerindians
c) the diet of the Amerindians, which was superior in nutrients
d) laws and trade regulations devised by the Amerindians

Unlike the Portuguese and Spanish settlements, the English settlements in North America
a) encouraged the use of indentured servants as their initial forced labor system
b) brought slaves from Africa but did not use them in their colonies
c) encouraged all settlers to enslave Amerindians as a labor force
d) never adopted a forced labor system

Unlike the settlements in the Chesapeake Bay region and the Carolinas, settlements in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
a) were made up mainly of males for the first two decades
b) encouraged intermarriage with the natives
c) had a normal gender balance due to immigration of family units
d) had low mortality rates from the start

Unlike in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies, in the the English colonies
a) women had political and civil rights
b) taxation was local, and not taxes were assessed on exports
c) traded with the Amerindians was not lucrative
d) merchants engaged in more trade across the Atlantic with other countries than just England

Unlike the English colonies, the French colonies in the Americas
a) resembled the settlement patterns of the Spanish and Portuguese colonies
b) existed without much direct aid from the French government
c) had few French soldiers due to the decimation of the Amerindian population
d) avoided the use of slavery, which they viewed as a sin

By the late 1700s, the wealthiest and most influential of Spain's colonial societies had come to view the Spanish government as
a) the homeland and savior of the conomy
b) the protector on foreign affairs and trade
c) an impediment to growth and prosperity
d) a drain on natural resources

Besides the occasional tax revolts and urban riot in the Spanish New World, the dangerous internal threat to Spanish rule in the 1700's was
a) Amerindian uprisings in Peru
b) the attempted secssion of Argentina
c) the world economic downturn at the end of the century
d) pirates who raided in the Caribbean and looted Spanish shipping

The first representative assembly in the New World was
a) Mexico's Governor's Council
b) Brazil's Congress
c) The House of Burgesses in Virginia
d) the French government's council in Quebec

In comparison to the Spanish and Portuguese colonies of the Americas, the English colonies
a) were unified by religion
b) were generally more diverse
c) were not sustainable over the long run
d) contained from more gold and silver deposits

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