Author Question: European, ________, and Asian peoples met in the Americas as part of the Columbian Exchange. Fill ... (Read 85 times)

javeds · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The economic salvation for the Virginia colony proved to be the

A) trade with the Powhatan Indians.
B) invention of the cotton gin.
C) mining of silver.
D) cultivation of tobacco.

Question 2

The Virginia Company attracted new settlers to its colony after 1609 by

A) offering them a share of the company's profits.
B) advertising the benefits of Virginia's healthy environment and comfortable living conditions.
C) promising free land at the end of seven years' labor for the company.
D) paying significantly higher wages than those prevailing throughout Europe.

Question 3

All of the following factors contributed to a disastrous beginning for the Jamestown colony EXCEPT the

A) lack of food and sanitary conditions.
B) misperceptions and mishandlings by the colonists of local natives.
C) unwillingness of the Virginia Company to risk further expenses.
D) unproductive mix of settlers.

Question 4

The organizers of the Jamestown colony were motivated primarily by a desire to

A) pursue military adventures against the Spanish.
B) spread Christian religion to native peoples.
C) earn profits by discovering gold and developing trade with Indians.
D) escape political oppression and religious persecution.

Question 5

The life of Anthony Johnson, an African slave who first arrived in Virginia in 1621, illustrated that

A) from the beginning, black immigrants faced a life of degradation and bondage.
B) living conditions for colonial blacks steadily improved through the seventeenth century.
C) racial boundaries were not firmly marked in the early seventeenth century.
D) colonial blacks could gain their freedom by working industriously on the land.

Question 6

European, ________, and Asian peoples met in the Americas as part of the Columbian Exchange.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).