Early French explorations of the New World (5 points)
brought great riches to France
focused on the St. Lawrence, Mississippi, and Ohio rivers
were in response to an i
...
Early French explorations of the New World (5 points)
brought great riches to France
focused on the St. Lawrence, Mississippi, and Ohio rivers
were in response to an intense rivalry with the
Netherlands
created no permanent settlements until the 18th century
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Which one of the following is true of agriculture in Spanish America? (5 points)
The main crops were vastly different than they had been before Spain's
arrival.
Spain did not do any farming in its empire.
Catholic priests were forbidden to be involved in farming.
American Indian slaves did the work on large-scale farms.
5 of 5
3. (0
1.04 LC)
Which European country dominated international commerce in the early 17th century? (5
points)
France
The
NetherlandsSpain
Britain
1.04 MC)
On what did Europeans—particularly the English, French, and Dutch—base their claim to
North American Indian land? (5 points)
The Treaty of Tordesillas
Financial transactions between Indian peoples and themselves
Their view that Indians did not use the land properly
Biblical stories such as Noah's division of the world among his
sons
1.04 MC)
Which of the following is a correct characteristic of New France? (5 points)
Constant severe conflicts between French settlers and the American Indians
A well-defined line between American Indian society and French society
MaintainedmorepeacefulEuropean-AmericanIndianrelationsthanexistedin
NewSpain Main focus was on the Protestant conversion of the American Indians
6. (0
1.04 MC)
The Spanish Empire in America (5 points)
includedmostofthepopulatedpartoftheNewWorldbutfewofitsnatural
resources,makingtheempirerichinpeoplebutpooreconomically was, unlike the French and English New World empires, a mostly urban
civilization society that would improve the settlers' chances of success, economic
and otherwise
was centered around ports along the coast of Brazil
allowed religious freedom and therefore, attracted colonists from throughout
Europe
7. (0
1.04 MC)
Question refers to the image below.
What does the seal of New Netherland, adopted by the Dutch West India Company in 1630,
suggest is central to the colony's economic prospects? (5 points)
Tobacco
Fish
Fur
Timber
8. (0
1.04 MC)
Just as the Reconquista of Spain from the Moors established patterns that would be
repeated in Spanish New World colonization, the methods used in which one of the following
countries anticipated policies England would undertake in America? (5 points)
India
Scotlan
d
Ireland
Wales
9. (0
1.04 MC)
As a result of British landowners evicting peasants from their lands in the 16th and 17th
centuries (5 points)
there was an increase in the number of jobless peasants, whom the British
government aided with an early form of welfare.
effortsweremadetoencouragethosewhohadbeenevictedtosettleintheNew
World,therebyeasingtheBritishpopulationcrisis. mass numbers of peasants converted from Protestantism to Catholicism,
because the Catholic Church took better care of the poor.
there was a sharp reduction in the number of sheep and other livestock.
.
(01.04 HC)
What do the demographics of the 104 English settlers who remained in Virginia in 1607
prove about English colonial aims? (5 points)
Thesettlerswereallmen,reflectingtheVirginiaCompany'sinterestinsearching
forgoldasopposedtobuildingafunctioningsociety. The settlers included women and children, because the Virginia Company
realized that a stable society would improve the settlers' chances of success,
economic and otherwise.
The settlers included representatives from several other countries, part of
England's effort to build a strong network of support in case of Spanish attack.
The settlers were all in their early twenties because the Virginia Company
believed younger people would be better able to handle the physical work of
building and maintaining the colony..
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