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?
Correct The astrolabe
Answer:
• Question 2
Why did England not make stronger attempts to colonize the New World before the late 16th to
early 17th century?
Correct England's attention was focused on internal challenges, including the Spanish
Answer: (Catholic) encroachment upon Ireland and Scotland
• 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?
Correct Maroon communities
Answer:
• Question 4
Where did the transition from indentured servitude to slavery as the main source of labor in
some English colonies originally take place?
Correct Barbados, West Indies
Answer:
• 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 1609-1610 was especially difficult as the
settlement was nearly obliterated. This winter in Jamestown was known as what?
Correct The Starving Time
Answer:
, • Question 6
What was patroonship?
Correct A Dutch system of granting tracts of land in New Netherland to heavily invested
Answer: merchants who would then have the right to govern the tenants who lived upon
the land
• Question 7
Which best describes the Columbian Exchange?
Correct An exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the
Answer: Americas
• Question 8
Signed by 41 men in 1620, this document is sometimes referred to as the "first American
governing document."
Correct Mayflower Compact
Answer:
• 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?
Correct John Rolfe
Answer:
• 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:
Correct Protestant Reformation.
Answer:
• 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?
Correct The astrolabe
Answer:
• Question 2
Why did England not make stronger attempts to colonize the New World before the late 16th to
early 17th century?
Correct England's attention was focused on internal challenges, including the Spanish
Answer: (Catholic) encroachment upon Ireland and Scotland
• 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?
Correct Maroon communities
Answer:
• Question 4
Where did the transition from indentured servitude to slavery as the main source of labor in
some English colonies originally take place?
Correct Barbados, West Indies
Answer:
• 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 1609-1610 was especially difficult as the
settlement was nearly obliterated. This winter in Jamestown was known as what?
Correct The Starving Time
Answer:
, • Question 6
What was patroonship?
Correct A Dutch system of granting tracts of land in New Netherland to heavily invested
Answer: merchants who would then have the right to govern the tenants who lived upon
the land
• Question 7
Which best describes the Columbian Exchange?
Correct An exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the
Answer: Americas
• Question 8
Signed by 41 men in 1620, this document is sometimes referred to as the "first American
governing document."
Correct Mayflower Compact
Answer:
• 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?
Correct John Rolfe
Answer:
• 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:
Correct Protestant Reformation.
Answer:
