Deck 2: European Footholds in North America, 1600-1660

Question 1

Tokugawa officials in Japan __________.

A) looked favorably on the Spanish, but were wary of the Dutch
B) allowed Spanish missionaries to build a cathedral in Edo
C) were eager to establish trade relations with Europe
D) adopted a policy of commercial and cultural isolation

Answer 1

adopted a policy of commercial and cultural isolation

Question 2

Juan de Oñate and his colonists engaged in violent conflict with the __________ Indians.

A) Pueblo
B) Apache
C) Toltec
D) Creek

Answer 2

Pueblo

Question 3

Which of the following limited the growth and development of New Mexico during the governorship of Juan de Oñate?

A) a series of earthquakes
B) Oñate's unwillingness to use military force against local Indians
C) a drought
D) competition with France

Answer 3

a drought

Question 4

The Dutch West India Company focused on which of the following?

A) pushing the Portuguese out of Southeast Asia
B) creating a Dutch empire in the South Atlantic
C) finding a new sea route to Asia
D) taking over French Canada

Question 5

Henry Hudson's search for a northern passage to China resulted in __________.

A) the founding of a Dutch colony in Nova Scotia
B) the establishment of a Dutch trading post near present-day Albany
C) little or nothing of value
D) English control of Delaware Bay

Question 6

Juan de Oñate and his colonists expected to __________.

A) fight a war of conquest with the Pueblo Indians
B) find mountains of gold
C) settle in uninhabited land
D) convert the Pueblo Indians to Christianity

Question 7

Samuel de Champlain's actions in North America __________.

A) set back the progress of French colonization for decades
B) opened the door for English settlement in New York
C) led to an alliance with the Iroquois
D) sealed good relations between the French and the Huron

Question 8

Sebastián Vizcaíno was given the task of __________.

A) finding the fabled North Pacific isles of Rica de Oro
B) exploring the South Pacific
C) pacifying the Indian peoples of Florida
D) establishing trade relations between Spain and China

Question 9

Will Adams helped the __________ make contact with Japan's Tokugawa dynasty.

A) Spanish
B) French
C) English
D) Dutch

Question 10

Cardinal Richelieu pressed for __________.

A) greater French settlement in Canada
B) the forced migration of Huguenots to North America
C) an imperial alliance between France and Spain
D) an end to French settlement in the Americas

Question 11

Samuel de Champlain helped the French establish good relations with the __________.

A) Iroquois
B) Huron
C) Ute
D) Sioux

Question 12

Why did Peter Minuit purchase Manhattan Island?

A) to gain control of the Hudson River
B) to provide a military base to challenge the French
C) to consolidate Dutch settlement
D) because he knew the island would be valuable in the future

Question 13

Which of the following convinced Spanish authorities to continue their support for New Mexico after 1608?

A) Juan de Oñate
B) Spanish mine owners
C) Franciscan missionaries
D) Spanish ranchers

Question 14

Franciscan missionaries forbade traditional Pueblo __________.

A) foods and beverages
B) marriage arrangements
C) religious celebrations
D) dress

Question 15

Which of the following stood in the way of French plans to expand their control of the beaver trade?

A) the Iroquois
B) the Sioux
C) the Huron
D) the Algonquin

Question 16

In 1580, Spain's Philip II laid claim to the throne of __________.

A) Portugal
B) France
C) England
D) Holland

Question 17

Juan de Oñate led the effort to __________.

A) find a sea route to China
B) create the province of New Mexico
C) defeat the remnants of the Aztec army
D) convert the Indians of California to Catholicism

Question 18

The unification of Spain and Portugal led to which of the following problems?

A) It placed additional burdens on the Spanish bureaucracy.
B) It led to inflation and unemployment in Spain.
C) It overextended the Spanish navy.
D) It sparked a war between Spain and France.

Question 19

Why was the Dutch East India Company founded?

A) to challenge Portugal's control of the Asian spice trade
B) to establish colonies in South America
C) to compete with Spain for the Chinese silk trade
D) to establish a Dutch foothold in Japan

Question 20

Between 1633 and 1638, __________ cut the Iroquois population in half.

A) forced labor
B) war
C) famine
D) disease

Question 21

Puritan churches resembled which of the following?

A) lecture halls
B) private clubs
C) taverns
D) warehouses

Question 22

New Netherland was eventually taken over by __________.

A) France
B) Portugal
C) England
D) Spain

Question 23

Why did the English Separatists in Leiden decide to leave Europe and travel to the Americas?

A) They hoped to make a fortune in the slave trade.
B) They did not like the effect of Dutch culture on their children.
C) They were invited to do so by the English Crown.
D) The Dutch wanted them to leave.

Question 24

How did the Virginia Company reward settlers who paid their own way to the colony?

A) with cash rewards
B) with shares in the company
C) with slaves
D) with additional land

Question 25

Which of the following hindered Jamestown's early development?

A) the large number of gentlemen among the early arrivals
B) the large number of women among the early arrivals
C) the absence of a contractual relationship between the settlers and the Virginia Company
D) the large number of settlers who arrived in the first two years

Question 26

Richard Hakluyt was __________.

A) England's leading publicist for overseas expansion
B) a French explorer and fur trader
C) a Protestant dissenter
D) the founder of the East India Company

Question 27

New Amsterdam's Jewish residents __________.

A) were expelled in 1654
B) had complete freedom of religion
C) lived in a segregated ghetto
D) arrived in the city from France

Question 28

To address New Netherland's chronic labor shortage, Peter Stuyvesant __________.

A) brought in large numbers of indentured servants
B) enslaved local Indians
C) endorsed trade in African slaves
D) approved of the arrival of Jewish settlers.

Question 29

Most of the settlers who founded Plymouth Colony had migrated from England to __________ in 1608.

A) Holland
B) France
C) Ireland
D) Portugal

Question 30

The House of Burgesses quickly demonstrated its commitment to __________.

A) authoritarian government
B) fundamental English rights
C) the interests of Virginia's poorest inhabitants
D) military conquest and territorial expansion

Question 31

__________ played a key role in demonstrating the viability of tobacco cultivation Virginia.

A) John Smith
B) Richard Hakluyt
C) William Brewster
D) John Rolfe

Question 32

__________ chartered the Virginia Company.

A) James I
B) Elizabeth I
C) Charles II
D) Charles I

Question 33

Which of the following helped increase interest in English migration to North America in the first half of the seventeenth century?

A) the discovery of gold
B) religious conflict
C) a famine
D) the robust English economy

Question 34

Richard Hakluyt believed that Virginia __________.

A) represented a great opportunity for England
B) was all but uninhabitable
C) was home to an Indian empire as wealthy as that of the Aztecs
D) would serve well as a depository for criminals and outcasts

Question 35

English Calvinists believed that the Church of England __________.

A) was too exclusive
B) should be independent from the monarchy
C) was the only true church
D) was controlled by the papacy

Question 36

The English Puritans were __________.

A) Methodists
B) Anglicans
C) Lutherans
D) Calvinists

Question 37

Peter Stuyvesant ruled the colony of __________ until 1664.

A) New Netherland
B) New France
C) Massachusetts
D) Maryland

Question 38

Puritans believed that __________ should be central to the Christian worship service.

A) silent contemplation
B) singing
C) prayer
D) the sermon

Question 39

Captain John Smith reached a tenuous accommodation with the Indian leader __________.

A) Tecumseh
B) Hiawatha
C) Powhatan
D) Opchanacanough

Question 40

Which of the following helped make Jamestown economically viable?

A) the discovery of iron ore
B) the cultivation of rice
C) the cultivation of tobacco
D) the discovery of gold

Question 41

Which of the following helps explain why so many settlers in the Chesapeake region cultivated tobacco?

A) They were required to do so by law.
B) Tobacco cultivation required little farming experience.
C) Tobacco prices rose dramatically over the course of the seventeenth century.
D) Their colonial charters required them to do so.

Question 42

Virginia's __________ exports grew dramatically between 1615 and 1626.

A) tobacco
B) indigo
C) wheat
D) cotton

Question 43

How did the Spanish missionaries treat Florida's Indian population?

Question 44

What factors prompted increased migration to North America from England during the reigns of James I and Charles I?

Question 45

Upon arriving in Boston, Roger Williams argued that __________.

A) Native Americans had no right to the land upon which they lived
B) Christianity was not the one true faith
C) the Anglican Church should be reformed, not renounced
D) civil authorities had no right to judge religious matters

Question 46

The Antinomian Crisis pitted Anne Hutchinson and her supporters against __________ and his supporters.

A) Roger Williams
B) John Winthrop
C) John Smith
D) William Bradshaw

Question 47

__________ was chosen as the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony.

A) William Bradshaw
B) Cotton Mathers
C) John Rolfe
D) John Winthrop

Question 48

More than anything else, John Winthrop wanted Massachusetts Bay Colony to be a(n) __________.

A) example for the rest of the world
B) self-contained community
C) enormous financial success
D) independent country

Question 49

Why did Vizcaíno's journey to Japan fail to result in a lasting relationship between Spain and Japan?

Question 50

Maryland's Act Concerning Religion __________.

A) guaranteed toleration for all settlers who professed a belief in Jesus Christ
B) extended civil liberties to Jews
C) was repealed by the Crown
D) led to a civil war in the colony

Question 51

__________ founded the colony of Rhode Island

A) John Rolfe
B) William Bradford
C) Roger Williams
D) John Winthrop

Question 52

Most of the seventeenth-century migrants to the Massachusetts Bay colony came as __________.

A) whole congregations
B) servants
C) independent families
D) debtors

Question 53

How did John Winthrop help start the Pequot War?

A) He killed an important Pequot leader.
B) He formed an alliance with the Iroquois.
C) He inadvertently settled on Pequot land.
D) He spread rumors of plans for a massive Indian attack.

Question 54

What objections did Puritans have to the Anglican Church? How did the position of the separatist minority differ from the non-separatist majority?