In the English market, colonial tobacco was ______________ Spanish tobacco.
a. more expensive than
b. less expensive than
c. priced similarly to
d. more heavily taxed than
Question 2Colonial production of tobacco satisfied England's mercantilist interests because:
a. it provided a substitute for imported Spanish tobacco.
b. its poor quality discouraged English youth from smoking.
c. it provided a good that could be taxed by the English.
d. it ensured that the colonists would remain dependent on England for food.
Question 3Agricultural staples of the colonial South included:
a. rice.
b. tobacco.
c. indigo.
d. All of the above.
Question 4All of the following were important colonial industries except:
a. tobacco production.
b. production of ships' stores.
c. manufacturing of finished metal products.
d. shipbuilding.
Question 5Residents of the developing American colonies lived _______ lives compared to people living in the advanced countries of that time because ________.
a. better; of favorable protections from England
b. better; of high levels of output per worker.
c. worse; of unfavorable taxation
d. worse; of the inaccessibility of both capital and finished machine goods.
Question 6At the end of the 18th century, approximately _______ percent of the American people earned a major portion of their income by farming.
a. 25
b. 50
c. 70
d. 90
Question 7In colonial America, ____________ was/were especially scarce, while the supply of _______________ was plentiful.
a. land and labor; capital
b. capital and labor; land
c. land and capital; labor
d. unskilled labor; skilled labor
Question 8Which was a common sociopolitical/economic feature of Colonial America?
a. Difficulty in the expansion of agriculture
b. Commercial production of finished metal parts for locomotion
c. Significant improvement of infrastructure, especially roads
d. None of the above is correct.
Question 9If a series of severe storms in the Atlantic Ocean drastically significantly disrupted the transatlantic slave trade, which would most accurately describe the market for indentured servants in colonial America?
a. The price and quantity of servants would increase.
b. The price and quantity of servants would decrease.
c. The price of servants would increase and the quantity of servants would decrease.
d. The price of servants would decrease and the quantity of servants would increase.
Question 10If a series of severe storms in the Atlantic Ocean drastically significantly disrupted the transatlantic slave trade, which would most accurately describe the market for slaves in colonial America?
a. The price of slaves would increase and the quantity of slaves would decrease.
b. The price and quantity of slaves would increase.
c. The price and quantity of slaves would decrease.
d. The price of slaves would decrease and the quantity of slaves would increase.
Question 11The market for indentured servants could be best described as:
a. A monopoly.
b. An oligopoly.
c. A competitive market.
Question 12Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the Native Americans during the colonial period?
a. There is a strong consensus among historians about the size of the Native American population at the time of arrival of the first European settlers.
b. Native Americans rarely formed trading alliances with the European settlers.
c. The significant deterioration of the Native American population occurred after 1825, when the US started to expand to the west.
d. The susceptibility to disease was one of the primary reasons the Native American population declined.
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