Test Bank For America The Essential Learning Edition 1st Edition
CHAPTER 03: Colonial Ways of Life, 1607-1750
TRUE/FALSE
1. People in the American colonies generally married at a younger age than those in Britain.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 80
OBJ: 1. Explain the major factors that contributed to the demographic changes that took place in the English colonies during the 18th century. TOP: Birth and Death Rates
2. Most colonists strongly believed in the inferiority of women.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 81
OBJ:2. Describe women’s various roles in the English colonies.
TOP: “Women’s Work” in the Colonies
3. As the colonial era developed, the already stifling social position of women grew worse.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 82
OBJ:2. Describe women’s various roles in the English colonies.
TOP: “Women’s Work” in the Colonies
4. Southern colonies devoted their agricultural energies to the cultivation of cotton.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 83
OBJ: 3. Compare the societies and economies of the southern, middle, and New England colonies.
TOP: The Southern Colonies
5. The Half-Way Covenant addressed the problem of New England’s unfavorable balance of trade.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 85
OBJ: 3. Compare the societies and economies of the southern, middle, and New England colonies.
TOP: Religion
6. The allegations of witchcraft in Salem in 1691–1692 may have resulted from hysteria that came out of conflicts with Indians.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 86
OBJ: 3. Compare the societies and economies of the southern, middle, and New England colonies.
TOP: Religion
7. New Englanders, more than southerners, turned to the sea for their livelihood.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 87
OBJ: 3. Compare the societies and economies of the southern, middle, and New England colonies.
TOP: Economy
8. The colony of Pennsylvania was the great distribution point for various European ethnic groups that immigrated to the colonies.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 89
OBJ: 3. Compare the societies and economies of the southern, middle, and New England colonies.
TOP:The Middle Colonies
9. Because traveling at night was dangerous in the colonies, taverns became important during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult REF: p. 96
OBJ: 5. Analyze the impact of the Enlightenment and Great Awakening on American thought.
TOP:The Urban Web
10. The Enlightenment had very little influence upon the lives of Americans.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 98
OBJ: 5. Analyze the impact of the Enlightenment and Great Awakening on American thought.
TOP: The Enlightenment in America
11. Jonathan Edwards owned the largest plantation and the greatest number of slaves in South Carolina.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 101
OBJ: 5. Analyze the impact of the Enlightenment and Great Awakening on American thought.
TOP: The Great Awakening
12. George Whitefield was a great preacher who even impressed Ben Franklin with his eloquence.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 102
OBJ: 5. Analyze the impact of the Enlightenment and Great Awakening on American thought.
TOP: The Great Awakening
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