APUSH Period 2 Vocab. Quiz

which group focused their settlements primarily on the trading of fur?

• English
• Portugese
• French
• Spanish

To encourage settlers to come to Jamestown, the headright system offered ___ to people who would pay for someone's passage.

• Land 
• Employment
• Profit-sharing
• Passage to Virginia

According to the theory of mercantilism, a country has a favorable balance of trade when

• It does not depend on products from other countries
• Other countries do not depend on its products
• The value of exports is less than the value of imports
• The value of exports is greater than the value of imports

As a result of England's policy of salutary neglect, the colonies developed 

• A desire for fine British goods
• A self-sufficient economy
• A desire for greater self-sufficiency
• A disloyal attitude toward Britain

The purpose of the Navigation Acts was to 

• Restrict colonial trade with other countries
• Expand colonial trade
• Strengthen England's Navy
• Make the colonies self-sufficient

Which event singularly most prompted the shift from indentured servitude to African slavery?

• Shay's Rebellion
• Bacon's Rebellion
• Stono rebellion
• Pueblo Rebellion

Bacon's Rebellion was initiated by a group of farmers who felt most directly threatened by

• an increase in royal taxes
• the power of large planters
• conflicts with American Indians
• the growth of the slave trade

Which of the following was NOT a result of the First Great Awakening?

• a number of colleges were founded
• more Christian denominations were formed
• the Old Lights split from churches 
• a greater allegiance to the king of England

The "Middle Passage" referred to

• the creation of the Panama Canal in Central America.
• the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World.
• Lewis and Clark's expedition into the Louisiana Territory.
• the best route over the Rocky Mountains to get to California.

Which system, used by the Virginia Company to attract colonists, promised parcels of land to immigrate to America?

• mercantilism
• headright
• capitalism
• joint stock