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Question 1

In addition to profit, what else motivated the English to expand in the New World?
 
  A) a desire to stop the expansion of Spanish Catholicism
  B) a need to block Portuguese shipping in the Atlantic Ocean
  C) the desire to create a penal colony for the overflowing number of convicts
  D) the need to expand the slave system beyond England
  E) a place to build up naval stations for the royal fleet

Question 2

When the Virginia Company learned of the desperate condition that existed in the Virginia Colony in 1609, it
 
  A) convinced King James to launch a full-scale military attack on the natives.
  B) called for missionaries to travel to the New World in order to convert the Indians to Christianity.
  C) ordered that all settlers return to England and disbanded the colony.
  D) reduced the price of its shares, promised land to all investors and launched a public campaign to promote interest in the colony.
  E) None of these are correct.

Question 3

Which sixteenth-century Englishman advocated for the colonization and Christianization of the indigenous population of North America?
 
  A) John Cabot
  B) Richard Hakluyt
  C) Peter Smith
  D) William Penn
  E) Lord Baltimore

Question 4

Which of the following is true about the Jamestown colony?
 
  A) Most of the settlers were well-prepared for the challenges of colonization.
  B) The main motivation behind the founding of the colony was to convert the natives to Christianity.
  C) The local natives were, from the start, friendly, welcoming and helpful.
  D) Meager rations, Indian attacks and a humid summer caused tensions to rise.
  E) Spaniards destroyed the settlement within weeks of its founding.

Question 5

What did Portugal get from the Treaty of Tordesillas?
 
  A) all land in the western portion of South America
  B) all land in the southern portion of South America
  C) all land in the northern portion of South America
  D) all land in the eastern portion of South America
  E) all of the islands in the Caribbean



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Answer 1

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Answer 4

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