Test Bank For America The Essential Learning Edition 1st Edition

CHAPTER 03: Colonial Ways of Life, 1607-1750

TRUE/FALSE

1. People in the American colonies generally married at a younger age than those in Britain.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 80

OBJ: 1. Explain the major factors that contributed to the demographic changes that took place in the English colonies during the 18th century. TOP: Birth and Death Rates

2. Most colonists strongly believed in the inferiority of women.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 81

OBJ:2. Describe women’s various roles in the English colonies.

TOP: “Women’s Work” in the Colonies

3. As the colonial era developed, the already stifling social position of women grew worse.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 82

OBJ:2. Describe women’s various roles in the English colonies.

TOP: “Women’s Work” in the Colonies

4. Southern colonies devoted their agricultural energies to the cultivation of cotton.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 83

OBJ: 3. Compare the societies and economies of the southern, middle, and New England colonies.

TOP: The Southern Colonies

5. The Half-Way Covenant addressed the problem of New England’s unfavorable balance of trade.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 85

OBJ: 3. Compare the societies and economies of the southern, middle, and New England colonies.

TOP: Religion

6. The allegations of witchcraft in Salem in 1691–1692 may have resulted from hysteria that came out of conflicts with Indians.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 86

OBJ: 3. Compare the societies and economies of the southern, middle, and New England colonies.

TOP: Religion

7. New Englanders, more than southerners, turned to the sea for their livelihood.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 87

OBJ: 3. Compare the societies and economies of the southern, middle, and New England colonies.

TOP: Economy

8. The colony of Pennsylvania was the great distribution point for various European ethnic groups that immigrated to the colonies.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 89

OBJ: 3. Compare the societies and economies of the southern, middle, and New England colonies.

TOP:The Middle Colonies

9. Because traveling at night was dangerous in the colonies, taverns became important during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult REF: p. 96

OBJ: 5. Analyze the impact of the Enlightenment and Great Awakening on American thought.

TOP:The Urban Web

10. The Enlightenment had very little influence upon the lives of Americans.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 98

OBJ: 5. Analyze the impact of the Enlightenment and Great Awakening on American thought.

TOP: The Enlightenment in America

11. Jonathan Edwards owned the largest plantation and the greatest number of slaves in South Carolina.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 101

OBJ: 5. Analyze the impact of the Enlightenment and Great Awakening on American thought.

TOP: The Great Awakening

12. George Whitefield was a great preacher who even impressed Ben Franklin with his eloquence.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 102

OBJ: 5. Analyze the impact of the Enlightenment and Great Awakening on American thought.

TOP: The Great Awakening

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. In the Americas,

a.	land was not plentiful.
b.	land was not cheap.
c.	workers were not scarce.
d.	laborers were expensive.
e.	all workers were white.

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 78

OBJ: 3. Compare the societies and economies of the southern, middle, and New England colonies.

NAT: Change and Continuity TOP: Economic Development | Population Growth

MSC:Remembering

2. Which of the following statements regarding population in the English colonies is most accurate?

a.	By 1650 the colonial population exceeded 1 million.
b.	Colonists tended to marry earlier than those back home in England.
c.	All colonists came in family units.
d.	The majority of colonists worked in trade in order to earn a living.
e.	Most colonists lived in large cities.

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 80

OBJ: 3. Compare the societies and economies of the southern, middle, and New England colonies.

NAT: Historical Documents TOP: Geographic Issues | Population Growth

MSC: Applying

3. Compared with back home in England,

a.	the English colonies had a much lower death rate.
b.	the English colonies had a much higher death rate.
c.	English colonists tended to freeze to death much more frequently.
d.	English colonists were much more susceptible to disease.
e.	opportunity was rare in the colonies.

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 80

OBJ: 3. Compare the societies and economies of the southern, middle, and New England colonies.

NAT: Comparisons and Connections TOP: Geographic Issues | Birth and Death Rates

MSC:Understanding

4. Many of those who came to colonial America as indentured servants were

a.	young.
b.	female.
c.	well to do.
d.	from France.
e.	from Italy.

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 80

OBJ: 4. Describe the creation of race-based slavery during the 17th century and its impact on the social and economic development of colonial America. NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: Social History | Colonial Ways of Life MSC: Understanding

5. Compared with other European colonizers, British America

a.	had a few more women.
b.	had many more women.
c.	had the same amount of women.
d.	had fewer women.
e.	had many more women than men.

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 81

OBJ:2. Describe women’s various roles in the English colonies.

NAT: Historical Interpretations TOP: Social History | Women in the Colonies

MSC:Understanding

6. In most European colonies in the Americas,

a.	women were perceived as men’s equals.
b.	women were perceived as men’s moral superiors.
c.	women were told to obey their husbands and nurture their offspring.
d.	women had greater equality than in their home countries.
e.	women were encouraged to participate in politics.

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 81

OBJ:2. Describe women’s various roles in the English colonies.

NAT: Historical Interpretations TOP: Social History | Women in the Colonies

MSC: Applying

7. Compared with women at home in England,

a.	more colonial women married.
b.	the colonial birthrate was lower than in England.
c.	colonial women were married older.
d.	because women were scarcer, they were less valued.
e.	fewer colonial women married.

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 81

OBJ:2. Describe women’s various roles in the English colonies.

NAT: Historical Interpretations TOP: Cultural History | Birth and Death Rates

MSC: Applying

8. In the English colonies, men’s attitudes toward women’s proper place was shaped by

a.	religion, laws, and social customs.
b.	women’s obvious intellectual and physical inferiority.
c.	women’s own beliefs regarding their abilities.
d.	ideas acquired from the Native Americans.
e.	ambition.

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 82

OBJ:2. Describe women’s various roles in the English colonies.

NAT: Historical Interpretations TOP: Social History | Women in the Colonies

MSC:Understanding

9. In the Americas, English colonial women

a.	could not vote.
b.	could hold elected office.
c.	could become ministers.
d.	could own property.
e.	could will property.

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 82

OBJ:2. Describe women’s various roles in the English colonies.

NAT: Historical Interpretations TOP: Social History | Women in the Colonies

MSC:Remembering

10. Which of the following statements regarding women in the colonial period is most accurate?

a.	Generally, slave women enjoyed greater equality than white women.
b.	English women enjoyed greater equality than slave women.
c.	There was no difference in equality enjoyed between slave women and white women.
d.	Colonial English women had many fewer opportunities than women at home in England.
e.	Women in the colonies lived easy lives.

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult REF: p. 82

OBJ:2. Describe women’s various roles in the English colonies.

NAT: Historical Interpretations TOP: Divergent Viewpoints | Slave Culture

MSC: Analyzing

11. In the Americas, women

a.	had fewer economic opportunities over time.
b.	were initially more numerous than men.
c.	had more economic opportunities over time.
d.	had more economic opportunities over time.
e.	were the majority of the population.

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 83

OBJ:2. Describe women’s various roles in the English colonies.

NAT: Historical Interpretations TOP: Social History | Women’s Work

MSC: Applying

12. Economically the English colonies in the Americas

a.	had plentiful hard currency.
b.	suffered from frequent inflation.
c.	desired no more paper money.
d.	experienced falling crop prices.
e.	relied exclusively on wheat cultivation.

ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 83

OBJ: 3. Compare the societies and economies of the southern, middle, and New England colonies.

NAT: Historical Documents TOP: Economic Development | Economy

MSC: Applying

13. Indentured servants

a.	were people who traded their labor for a fixed time in return for passage to America.
b.	were exactly the same thing as a slave.
c.	were most often of African descent.
d.	were not used in the English colonies.
e.	were often from France.