Waldorf College HIS 1110 | HIS1110 Unit 2 Test | Answered 100% Correctly - FALL 2025.

HIS 1110 Unit 2 Test Questions & Answers. • Question 1 During his time, Columbus was considered an exception navigator; however, he also had access to equipment that his predecessors did not. What navigational tool did Columbus (and his contemporaries) have access to that was used to measure distance and map constellations? • Question 2 Why did England not make stronger attempts to colonize the New World before the late 16th to early 17th century? • Question 3 Runaway enslaved people in Jamaica created what type of groups that often lived off the land and built their communities based on their traditional ways? • Question 4 Where did the transition from indentured servitude to slavery as the main source of labor in some English colonies originally take place? • Question 5 The lives of many of the original Jamestown settlers were plagued by poor health, lack of food, and fighting with the native people. The winter of was especially difficult as the settlement was nearly obliterated. This winter in Jamestown was known as what? • Question 6 What was patroonship? • Question 7 Which best describes the Columbian Exchange? • Question 8 Signed by 41 men in 1620, this document is sometimes referred to as the "first American governing document." • Question 9 Pocahontas, who was also known as Matoaka and would eventually take the name Rebecca, married what Englishman in 1614 to help suppress the Anglo-Powhatan War? • Question 10 The religious, political, and cultural movement that began with Martin Luther and John Calvin in the early 16th century that eventually split Catholic Europe was called: • Question 11 Which country established the first permanent settlement in North America? • Question 12 What system of labor, implemented by the Virginia Company, allowed those who paid their own passage to Virginia to receive 50 acres plus an additional 50 acres for each servant or family member who was brought with them to the colony? • Question 13 Seeking religious freedom from Catholic France, the Calvinists first emerged in North America around what modern location? • Question 14 What was the primary objective of the Puritans? • Question 15 What American colony received the first Africans in 1619? • Question 16 Match the English Colonial Region with the most appropriate colony, settlement, or community. A. Lower South Question 17 Match the description with the most appropriate term. B. Match the explorer to the country for whom they sailed: