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HIST 7A - Chapter 3 - Society and Culture in Provincial America
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1Of those that arrived to the Chesapeake region in the seventeenth century, the great majority were
- Awomen
- Bindentured servants
- Creligious dissenters
- Dconvicts
- Eslaves
2Regarding colonial life expectancy in the seventeenth century,
- Alife expectancy was highest in the southern colonies
- Bbackcountry pioneering settlers had a similar life expectancy to settlers in coastal areas
- Cmen had a shorter life expectancy than women
- Dlife expectancy in New England was unusually high
- Eone in every two white children died in infancy in the Chesapeake
3In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, medical practitioners
- Agrew to understand the link between bacteria and infection
- Brejecting pruging and bleeding as medical techniques
- Cbecame increasingly professionalized as education became available
- Dhad little or no knowledge of germs and sterilization
- Ewere nearly all males
4In the seventeenth century, white women in the colonial Chesapeake
- Abore an average of two children apiece
- Bgenerally had a longer life expectancy than their husbands
- Crarely engaged in premarital sex
- Daveraged one pregnancy for every two years of marriage
- Egenerally married later than in England
5In colonial New England Puritan communities, the family was
- Ahighly valued
- Bnot highly valued
- Cmarked by relatively loose parental supervision
- Dexpected to be under the authority of women
- Eboth highly valued AND under the authority of women
6In the seventeenth century, most colonial families
- Aowned wagons with which to transport their goods to market
- Bdid not even own a plow
- Cwere completely self-sufficient
- Dgrew and processed their own grain
- Eowned spinning wheels and looms
7In the early "Triangular Trade", the North American colonies primarily contributed
- Araw materials
- Bgold dust
- Cmanufactured goods
- Dslaves
- Esugar
8The first plantations in colonial North America emerged in the tobacco-growing areas of
- ADelaware and Pennsylvania
- BGeorgia and South Carolina
- CVirginia and Maryland
- DNew York and New Jersey
- ENorth and South Carolina
9Plantation agriculture is found in
- Awarm, wet locations
- Bcold regions, like Canada and Siberia
- Cdry, semi-arid conditions
- Dthe Great Plains
- Emountainous regions
10Which statement regarding the lives of slaves in colonial North America is true?
- Awhites rarely intruded upon the conventions of black society
- Bmost slaves worked as house servants
- Cslave religion was a blend of Christianity and African folk traditions
- Dslaves hardly ever resisted their masters
- Eslaves were not able to develop their own society or culture
11In the North American colonies, mulatto children were
- Ararely produced
- Brarely recognized by their white fathers
- Crejected by the rest of the slave community
- Dautomatically freed at birth
- Eregarded as "white" by white society
12The most common form of resistance by enslaved Africans to their condition was
- Apoisoning of food
- Bsubtle defiance, like breaking tools or working slowly
- Crunning away
- Ddestruction of crops
- Earson
13In Puritan New England, participation in town meetings was limited to
- A"Selectmen"
- Badult males who were church members in good standing
- Call land-owning males
- Dall land-owning adults
14In the outbreaks of witchcraft hysteria that marked New England colonial life, those accused were most commonly
- Acriminals
- BIndians or slaves
- Cindentured servants
- Dnot members of the church
- Ewomen of low social position
15In the lives of New England Puritans, the devil was a very real being that was always tempting and taunting the faithful.
- ATrue
- BFalse
16In the 1760s, the Revolutionary crisis in English North America began in cities because
- APeople in the countryside rarely had grievances with the Crown
- BCities were places where people could meet in taverns and squares
- Call these answers are correct
- Dcity inhabitants tended to be rowdier than their rural counterparts
- Ethe majority of the population lived in urban areas
17In the eighteenth century, religious toleration in the American colonies
- Aflourished due to the diversity of practices brought by settlers
- Ball of these are correct
- Cwas enhanced because no great religious leaders, such as the Pope, were found in the colonies
- Dgrew despite laws establishing the Church of England as the official colonial religion
- Ewas unmatched in any European nation
18The First Great Awakening of the 1730-1740s
- Ahad particular appeal to women and young people
- Balienated traditional New England Puritans
- Chelped to smooth over the differences between existing congregations
- Dbegan as a call for young men to become ministers
- Efailed to take root in the southern colonies
19Eighteenth-century Enlightenment thought
- Ahad little influence on American intellectual thought
- Bemphasized the importance of religious faith
- Csuggested that people had considerable control over their own lives
- Dchallenged such concepts as "natural laws"
- Erejected reason and scientific thought
20After the Bible, the most widely read publication in Colonial America was
- Ahymnals
- Bhistorical writings
- Cpolitical pamphlets
- Dthe almanac
- Emedical texts
21Founded as a religious institution, the first American college was
- AColumbia
- BPrinceton
- CYale
- DWilliam and Mary
- EHarvard
22Life expectancy in the southern colonies was the highest in North America.
- ATrue
- BFalse
23Belief in witchcraft was a common feature of Puritan religious life.
- ATrue
- BFalse
24The one factor that determined whether a person was a slave in the British American colonies was
- Athe ancestry of the person's father
- Bthe ancestry of the person's mother
- Cnone of these answers is correct
- Dskin color
- Ethe person's country of origin
25In the seventeenth century, the most numerous of those colonists not coming from England were
- AFrench Huguenots
- BScots-Irish
- CScottish Highlanders
- DGermans
- EPennsylvania "Dutch"
26The survival rate of children was higher in the south than the north.
- ATrue
- BFalse
27By 1775, the colonial population increased by both births and immigration to over two million people.
- ATrue
- BFalse
28What single activity consumed most of women's lives in the colonies?
- Aagricultural labor
- Bchildbirth and child rearing
- Cdomestic service
- Danimal rearing
29Which immigrant group tended to migrate farthest into the interior, away from the Atlantic coast?
- ADutch
- BEnglish
- CScots-Irish
- DGerman
30Which immigrant group settled primarily in the mid-Atlantic region, particularly in Maryland and Pennsylvania?
- APortuguese
- BEnglish
- CScots-Irish
- DGerman and Pennsylvania "Dutch"
31The two largest cities in the North American colonies at the end of the eighteenth century were
- ABoston and Atlanta
- BCharleston and Philadelphia
- CNew York City and Philadelphia
- DNew York City and Chicago
32The main port of trade for North America in the eighteenth century was?
- AMiami
- BCharleston
- CWilmington
- DNew York City
33The Caribbean, also known as the West Indies, was an important source of sugar, rum, and __________ to the North American colonies.
- Aslaves
- Blivestock
- Ccotton
- Drice
34George Whitefield is associated with
- AThe Enlightenment
- BGreat Awakening
- CQuakers
- Dthe founding of the Baptist denomination in the colonies
- Ethe growth of American Catholicism
35Fewer than 10 percent of slaves from Africa were brought to North America.
- ATrue
- BFalse
36Only in very rare cases did female slaves need to fear unwanted sexual advances from white masters.
- ATrue
- BFalse
37Smuggling, to avoid payment of taxes to England, was very common in the colonies.
- ATrue
- BFalse
38The rise of consumerism began in eighteenth-century colonial America, as successful colonist tried to imitate the wealthy classes in England.
- ATrue
- BFalse
39The Stono Rebellion in 1739
- Aled to the deaths of thousands of whites
- Bled to the freeing of slaves in South Carolina
- Cended when the slaves escaped to Florida
- Dwas an unsuccessful slave uprising
40Jeremiads were
- Athe type of plows used by Indians
- Bslave songs
- Ctechniques used in childbirth
- Dimpassioned church sermons about the dangers of sin
41Education and literacy were
- Anot important in colonial life
- Bmore important in the colonies then in England
- Cencouraged for slaves to better themselves
- Dvery limited because only the rich could send their children to school in the colonies
42What concept connects Benjamin Franklin and Cotton Mather"
- Aagriculture
- BCalvinism and belief in predestination
- Cscience
- Darchitecture
43Serious social problems resulting from lots of young single men without families or jobs is associated with
- Acotton farming
- BIndentured servitude
- Cslavery
- DGreat Awakening
44The sex ratio between men and women improved over time in the colonies.
- ATrue
- BFalse
45For childbirth in the early colonies, doctors were more common than midwives.
- ATrue
- BFalse
46Colonial women had almost no rights: they could not divorce their husbands, claim custody of children, vote or hold office, or buy or sell property.
- ATrue
- BFalse
47Although the southern colonies grew vast quantities of agricultural products, the agents they dealt with were mostly in England or the northern colonies.
- ATrue
- BFalse
48In New England, the father was head of the family and held great power over the family.
- ATrue
- BFalse
49Primogeniture
- Awas practiced in the colonies but not in England
- Bwas a popular Enlightenment philosophy
- Cis the passing on of all property to the eldest son
- Dwas a religious belief associated with the Quakers
50Religious belief and the Enlightenment often conflicted with each other.
- ATrue
- BFalse
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