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USH1 (BJU) Ch. 3
USH1 (BJU) Ch. 3
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1
Which of the following was NOT a leisure activity in the colonies?
games
literature
music
radio
2
Puritans emphasized education primarily because they wanted children to
prepare for high-paying careers
learn self-discipline
study the classics
read the Bible
3
A major reason the Scots-Irish and the Germans came to America was to
escape religious intolerance
fight the English
search for gold
start tobacco plantations
4
Which of the following was NOT true about education in the colonies?
The Bible was taught in colonial schools.
Literacy was lowest in the New England colonies.
There were college graduates.
The Protestant Reformation affected education.
5
Rice was a crop in
the South
the middle colonies
New England
the frontier
6
The custom of wearing powdered wigs originally came from
Great Britain
France
Boston
Italy
7
Which one of the following foods was already in North America when the Europeans came to settle?
melons
coffee
bananas
corn
8
Which of the following was NOT a common addition to plantation houses?
more rooms
piazza
glass
central chimneys
9
Which of the following was NOT an epidemic that seriously reduced the population of New England?
dysentery
polio
smallpox
diphtheria
10
Akachi
was a(n)
wigmaker
indentured servant
former enslaved person
rice farmer
11
Women in America married earlier than women in Europe because
there were more men than women
parents were more lenient
there were more women than men
life expectancy was shorter
12
A well-known minister in the colonies
Cotton Mather
John Copley
Devereux Jarratt
Benjamin Franklin
13
What were dame schools?
plantation schools in the South
private schools run by tutors
college prep schools for upper-class girls
village schools in New England
14
Instruction regarding Christian beliefs is called
literacy
indenture
a covenant
a catechism
15
Which of the following was true about education in the southern colonies?
public libraries were unheard of
private tutors were not an option
majority went to a village school
some would walk miles to borrow a book
16
The two largest non-English groups in America were
Germans & Swedes
Scots-Irish & French
Scots-Irish & Germans
Dutch & Germans
17
Which type of food was NOT considered fare for a colonial meal?
cranberry tarts
salt pork
greens
corn meal
18
Infant death rates in the colonies were
higher than in Europe
the highest in the world at the time
lower than in Europe
as high as 50% of live births
19
18th century epidemics in the colonies were more common because
Indians spread new diseases
medical knowledge was declining
new diseases arrived from Europe
crowded cities helped to spread diseases
20
The Pennsylvania Dutch were
German immigrants
immigrants from New Netherland
Dutch settlers in the middle colonies
settlers in New York
21
Who was the author of
Poor Richard's Almanack
?
Benjamin Franklin
Cotton Mather
George Whitefield
John Copley
22
The "colonial style" of architecture
reflected French architecture
showed American frontier influence
was an open log cabin
was borrowed from Tudor England
23
Scots-Irish and German settlers
were outnumbered by the Swedes and the French
came to America in small numbers
stayed mostly on the coast
occupied lands in the backcountry
24
The
New England Primer
was a
popular edition of the catechism
hymnbook for colonial churches
popular edition of the Psalms
textbook used in colonial schools
25
In education, the middle colonies and the South lagged behind New England because
the population was scattered in rural areas
the Germans and the Scots-Irish opposed schools
parents did not value education
the cities were overcrowded
26
Which of the following was NOT characteristic of early colonial settlers?
Settlements generally flourished.
What you ate depended on your income.
All houses followed a standard pattern.
More children survived than in Europe.