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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Great Britain impose the Stamp Act, requiring that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper made in London?
(a) 1745
(b) 1750
(c) 1765
(d) 1779

2. What title refers to the fictional story of a woman put on trial in 1747 for having an illegitimate child?
(a) The Empire and the People
(b) The Scarlet Letter
(c) The Speech of Polly Baker
(d) The Unreported Resistance

3. What percentage of profits was Christopher Columbus contracted to receive for the goods he brought back to the King and Queen of Spain during his voyage when he accidentally encountered the Americas?
(a) 10%
(b) 5%
(c) 40%
(d) 25%

4. What were the two main resources sought by Christopher Columbus on his voyage when he first encountered the Arawaks?
(a) Diamonds and gold
(b) Spices and silver
(c) Gold and spices
(d) Slaves and wheat

5. What did Columbus find when he returned to the Navidad fort after his journey back to Spain?
(a) The village had disappeared
(b) His sailors were killed
(c) His sailors had married the village women
(d) A fire was engulfing the ship

Short Answer Questions

1. When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after inadvertently landing in the Americas, he told the Queen and King of Spain that he had reached Asia and an island off of China. In reality, Columbus had traveled to what currently-known locations?

2. The author notes in Chapter 2 that by 1800, how many blacks had been transported as slaves to the Americas?

3. The word “Arawak” comes from “aru” which is the Lucayan word for what?

4. According to the author in Chapter 7, “In 1820, 120,000 Indians lived east of the Mississippi. By 1844, fewer than” how many were left?

5. When was the Tea Act passed by the British Parliament?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Columbus discover when he returned to his fort at Navidad on his second journey, according to the author in Chapter 1? What did he take with him?

2. What does the author say of “natural antipathy” in Chapter 2?

3. How are the traditions and cultures of the Native American tribes described regarding their perception of women in Chapter 6?

4. What was the first representative assembly introduced in Virginia? What were the responsibilities of this assembly regarding slavery?

5. How does the author describe history’s depiction of women in the beginning of Chapter 6?

6. What positive qualities of the establishment of the United States does Zinn discuss in Chapter 4?

7. What author spent a night in jail following his protest of the Mexican-American War? Why was he arrested?

8. Why did the English send 1,000 soldiers to Virginia in 1676, according to the author in Chapter 3?

9. How does the author describe the growing violence surrounding slavery in the 1860s and 1870s in Chapter 9?

10. How does the author describe the uprisings in Kentucky and other colonies in 1760 in Chapter 4?

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