Core 4 Virtual: Section 6 Quiz

Course Name:  Shaping of the Modern World
Teacher:  Paul Halsall
Teacher's Email:  halsall@bway.net

No. of Questions= 10
Pass mark is - 70 %.

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The questions here are based on the Section Outline, and Kagan, 579-602

1.  After the Treaty of Paris in 1763, which of the following was of major concern to the British?
a) The cost of empire and the rise of the National debt.
b) The organization of vast new territory in America.
c) Lack of authority over the American colonists.
d) All of the above.
2.  The Sugar Act of 1764
a) Was an attempt to restrict the amount of sugar going to the colonies.
b) Was designed to be a lower tax, but was rigorously collected.
c) Came under the Administration of Lord North.
d) Both b and c
3.  Mercantilism
a) Was a belief that the wealth of a country was measured by the amount of gold bullion.
b) Was a term of derision used by opponents.
c) Was an ideology that said merchants were the most important people in society.
d) Both a and b
4.  The most important colonial powers in the early modern period were:
a) Germany and Italy.
b) Germany, Italy, Denmark, and Austria.
c) Spain, Portugal, France, Britain and The Netherlands.
d) Britain and France.
5.  The "trade triangle" of the slave trade involved
a) Trade from Europe to Africa, Africa to the Americas, and the Americas back to Europe.
b) Special fast ships with triangular sails.
c) Trade between Britain, France and Portugal.
d) The realtionship between slaves, slave traders, and slave buyers.
6.  The Seven Years War was known in North America as
a) The War of Jenkin's Ear
b) The British War
c) The French and Indian War
d) The Spanish and Dutch War
7.  The Boston Tea party
a) Was a formal dance that ended in the Boston massacre.
b) Was a battle in the War of Independence.
c) Began the polluting of Boston harbor.
d) Was a staged anti-tax protest.
8.  Thomas Paine
a) Was an original thinker.
b) Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
c) Was an effective propagandist.
d) Lead the American Revolutionary Armies.
9.  The American Constitution
a) Treated slaves as three fifths of a person.
b) Counted slaves as three fifths of a person in order to allocate more votes to the Souther states.
c) Gave slaves three fifths of the rights of a free person.
d) Said nothing about slavery.
10.  The success of the American revolution
a) Made the British government stronger.
b) Provided a model to Europeans who opposed British imperialism.
c) Demonstrated that a government without kings, nobles and courtiers was possible.
d) Had no impact in Europe.



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