Self-Study Quiz: Pretest

This activity contains 15 questions.

	Unlike other colonial powers, the French refused to make war on Indian tribes like the Fox, preferring to negotiate treaties that left the Fox tribe in charge of a portion of the lucrative fur trade.    True  False

	The newest and greatest change in Indian cultures during the 18th century was:   nomadic hunting using horses. dependency on European goods. participation in colonial wars. retaking land, particularly in Pennsylvania.

	North America's most sophisticated city and center of learning in the 18th century was:   New Orleans. Philadelphia. Mexico City. Boston.

	Florida rapidly developed into a profitable slave plantation society in the early 18th century.    True  False

	Spanish colonial communities in the 18th-century Southwest did not contain:   cattle ranches. religious dissenters. Catholic missions. presidios (military posts).

	What factor did not influence British North American population growth?   High rates of childbirth Abundant farmland Screening of immigrants Indian agricultural methods

	High birth rates, relatively low mortality rates, and liberal immigration policies account for the rapid population growth of the British North American colonies.    True  False

	The French seigneurs, the Spanish system of encomienda, and the great manors created by the Dutch were representative of:   the means by which higher status was determined. attempts to recreate European feudalism in North America. unsuccessful efforts at large landholding systems. successful attempts at creating nobility in North America.

	A major difference between the British and French colonies was a large middle class in the British colonies.    True  False

	Economic development in the French and Spanish colonies:   equaled that of British colonies. was aided by government regulation. was largely stagnant. depended on heavy immigration.

	All of the following were training for self-government in the British colonies except:   economic growth. ethnic diversity. consensual politics. social tensions.

	The top three best-selling books in the British colonies were:   almanacs, captivity narratives, scientific tracts. Bibles, scientific tracts, almanacs. Bibles, captivity narratives, almanacs. Bibles, autobiographies, captivity narratives.

	The Half-Way Covenant allowed Puritans:   to participate in communion without joining the congregation. to marry outside the Church. to have one family member join the congregation for all. to have their children who did not experience conversion join the congregation.

	Predestination said that God gave people the freedom to choose salvation.    True  False

	The Great Awakening that began in the 1730s:   held little interest for African-American slaves. rejected Enlightenment rationalism. embraced the Half-Way Covenant. appealed primarily to those seeking to justify their wealth.

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