Exam 2: The Contest for North America

A) died in large numbers from European diseases.
B) lacked the unity necessary to resist the well-organized whites.
C) were no longer a resource for food once the Virginians began growing their own crops.
D) were not a reliable labor source and could be disposed of without harming the colonial economy.
E) All of these are correct.

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A) halted the rapid population decline.
B) re-established better relations with the Indians.
C) brought many Irish immigrants with him.
D) died within a few months of his arrival.
E) imposed a harsh military regime on the colony.

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Leader of Indians in...

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A) Samuel de Champlain.
B) Robert de La Salle.
C) Antoine Cadillac.
D) Des Moines.
E) Edward Vincennes.

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A) poorer than the aristocratic neighbors in Virginia and South Carolina
B) resistant to authority and independent-minded
C) irreligious
D) sympathetic to Indian tribes
E) sturdy and adaptable to their physical environment

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A) England's victory over the Spanish Armada helped ensure England's naval dominance in the North Atlantic.
B) England never experienced any religious unity or stability as it continued to have years and years of bloody warfare over religious radicalism.
C) England's victory over the Spanish Armada started England on its way to becoming master of the world oceans.
D) England had a strong, unified national state under a popular monarch.
E) England had a strong vibrant sense of nationalism and national destiny.

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A) impress Smith with his power and show the Indian's desire for peace.
B) demonstrate the Indians' desire for war.
C) punish Smith for refusing to marry Pocahontas.
D) hold him for a large ransom to be paid by King James.
E) save the Virginia community from utter collapse.

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A) to avenge the deaths of Huron warriors.
B) to stop the spread of European settlements.
C) the result of diplomatic failures among the Indians.
D) to break up the Iroquois Confederacy.
E) the large-scale adoption of captives and refugees.

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A) a joint-stock company.
B) a royal proprietor.
C) Queen Elizabeth II.
D) the law of primogeniture.
E) an expanding wool trade.

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Queen of England during the de...

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A) almost completely autocratic.
B) democratic.
C) similar to that of the English colonies.
D) noted for its trial by jury.
E) free from the king's control.

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A) The Powhatans were extremely resistant to European-borne maladies, unlike their other Indian counterparts.
B) The Powhatans, despite their apparent cohesiveness, lacked the unity with which to make effective opposition to the well-organized whites.
C) The Powhatans served no economic function for the Virginia colonists.
D) Once the English settlers began growing their own food crops, the Powhatans had no valuable commodities to offer them in commerce.
E) The Indian presence frustrated the colonists, they desperately wanted their land.

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A) firm but fair.
B) better than their treatment of any English subjects.
C) the prime example of salutary neglect.
D) violent and unjust.
E) supportive of their Catholic faith.

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A) very limited.
B) saving the colony from collapse.
C) persuading the colonists to continue their hunt for gold.
D) worsening the colonists' relationship with the Indians.
E) reducing the terrible death toll.

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A) marriage of Pocahontas to the colonist John Rolfe.
B) mass killing of the entire Powhatan tribe.
C) English agreeing to give up all land in Virginia to the Powhatan tribe.
D) Powhatan tribe agreeing to give up all land in Virginia to the English.
E) agreement of John Rolfe and Pocahontas to divorce.

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A) the second wave of Spanish settlers in the Southwest
B) an alliance between Spanish colonies against English aggression
C) an alliance between Spanish missionaries and the military
D) the navy of the Spanish empire
E) the collective name for the Spanish explorers in Central America

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A) based their economies on the production of staple crops for export.
B) practiced slavery.
C) provided tax support for the Church of England.
D) had few large cities.
E) All of these are correct.

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A) were forced to move to the west.
B) became sedentary forest dwellers.
C) died out.
D) lost their oral traditions.
E) became nomadic hunters.

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