HIST405 Week 2 Quiz Latest 2017 April

HIST405 Week 2 Quiz Latest 2017 April

Subject: History    / General History
Question

1. Question :

(TCO 4) What were encomiendas?

Indian structures for religious ceremonies

Military forts in New Spain

Golden cities that the Spanish hoped to find

Spanish plantations where enslaved Indians labored

Question 2. Question :

(TCO 1) The Jamestown colony was established by

a joint-stock company.

religious dissenters.

English missionaries.

an aristocratic explorer.

Question 3. Question :

(TCO 1) What made Rhode Island unique?

Religious dissenters founded the colony.

Colonists bought the land from Native Americans.

Suspected witches were tried and executed there.

Colonists agreed to separate church and state.

Question 4. Question :

(TCO 4) Why did English immigration to the colonies drop dramatically after 1660?

The English were no longer sought after as indentured servants.

The political turmoil in England kept them close to home.

The English economy improved and political and religious conflict diminished.

The English were opposed to the growing slave trade in the colonies.

Question 5. Question :

(TCO 2) What happened in the colonies as a result of the Glorious Revolution in England?

England adopted a policy of salutary neglect.

The dominion of New England was established.

England enacted the Navigation Acts.

The colonies profited from the new trade regulations.

Question 6. Question :

(TCO 2) To protest British taxes, colonists often organized boycotts to

destroy British property.

stop buying British goods.

attack British officials.

seize British food supplies.

Question 7. Question :

(TCO 2) The Battle of Lexington was part of a strategy by the British to suppress the colonists by

disarming the militia.

blockading ports.

capturing Patrick Henry.

laying siege to Boston.

Question 8. Question :

(TCO 2) Which is an advantage the British had over the Patriots at the beginning of the war?

The British people believed more passionately in the war.

The British army respected the people they were fighting.

The British government was more established.

The British king had a brilliant military mind.

Question 9. Question :

(TCO 9) Why was it difficult to make changes to the Articles of Confederation?

An amendment required approval by all 13 states.

The Articles did not provide for amending the constitution.

Two thirds of the delegates had to agree in order to amend the Articles.

The states had to convene a special committee to revise the Articles.

Question 10. Question :

(TCO 1) Which of the following most closely preserved the government of the Articles of Confederation?

Virginia Plan

New Jersey Plan

Connecticut Compromise

Great Compromise

Question 11. Question :

(TCOs 1 and 2) Identify and describe the main provisions of the Articles of Confederation. Then identify and discuss the main weaknesses of the Articles and the so-called Western Problem. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer.