Chapter 2 quiz

Question 1

when was Newfoundland claimed?

Answer 1

1497

Question 2

who claimed Newfoundland and where was this person from?

Answer 2

John Cabot; England

Question 3

when was Jamestown founded?

Answer 3

1607

Question 4

the year slave trade in British North America began

Answer 4

1619

Question 5

year the House of Burgesses was established

Answer 5

1619

Question 6

when was Plymouth colony founded?

Answer 6

1620

Question 7

when was the Massachusetts Bay Colony founded?

Answer 7

1630

Question 8

when was Georgia founded?

Answer 8

1733

Question 9

who translated the Bible to English for the first time?

Answer 9

John Wycliffe

Question 10

“Morning Star of the Reformation”

Answer 10

John Wycliffe

Question 11

responsible for the first printed New Testament

Answer 11

William Tyndale (emphasis on printed, as it had already been published)

Question 12

king who broke away from the Roman Catholic church and founded the Church of England

Answer 12

Henry VIII

Question 13

a document signed by King John that established limited government in England (also know the year it was signed)

Answer 13

Magna Carta; 1215

Question 14

England’s representative political body that limited the power of the king

Answer 14

Parliament

Question 15

first modern explorer to set foot on mainland North America

Answer 15

John Cabot

Question 16

first Englishman to sail around the world

Answer 16

Sir Francis Drake (sailed around the world from 1577-1580)

Question 17

claimed Nova Albion in California for England while on his journey around the world

Answer 17

Sir Francis Drake

Question 18

reasons for English colonization

Answer 18

1. religion
2. politics
3. economics

Question 19

people who were involved in colonization

Answer 19

1. sovereigns: royals would fund but not go
2. businessmen: investors would seek to profit, may go, or may just fund
3. settlers: people who wanted the freedoms so would travel

Question 20

funded a voyage to the New World in 1584; named the land Virginia in honor of Queen Elizabeth

Answer 20

Walter Raleigh

Question 21

leader of the Roanoke colony

Answer 21

John White

Question 22

first English child born in the New World

Answer 22

Virginia Dare

Question 23

John White’s granddaughter was _______

Answer 23

Virginia Dare

Question 24

nickname for Roanoke

Answer 24

“The Lost Colony”

Question 25

two groups responsible for funding early settlements in Virginia

Answer 25

the London Company and the Plymouth Company

Question 26

first permanent English colony in the New World

Answer 26

Jamestown

Question 27

system of shared supplies, food, and shelter where everything was equally divided that ended up being unsuccessful

Answer 27

common store system

Question 28

man who saved Jamestown from failing by saying "If you don't work, you don't eat"

Answer 28

Captain John Smith

Question 29

system where individuals are free to make a living and prosper on their own initiative

Answer 29

private enterprise (capitalism)

Question 30

man who introduced tobacco to the settlers with the natives' help

Answer 30

John Rolfe

Question 31

one who temporarily worked for a benefactor without pay in exchange for passage to America

Answer 31

indentured servants

Question 32

colony directly owned and controlled by the king with royal governors as administrators

Answer 32

royal colony

Question 33

colony that became a royal colony

Answer 33

Virginia

Question 34

happening that serves as an example to be followed in the future

Answer 34

precedent

Question 35

a representative governing body created for the Jamestown colony

Answer 35

House of Burgesses

Question 36

a rebellion in response to a failure to defend colonists from Native American attacks

Answer 36

Bacon's Rebellion (led by Nathaniel Bacon)

Question 37

first representative assembly in the New World

Answer 37

House of Burgesses

Question 38

a form of church government that believes a body of believers should be independent and self-governing

Answer 38

congregationalism

Question 39

king who opposed religious freedom, viewing as an attack on his political authority

Answer 39

James I

Question 40

pastor that led the small church (part of the Scrooby Congregation) in England during James' persecution

Answer 40

John Robinson

Question 41

the church that fled to Holland went to ____

Answer 41

Leyden

Question 42

man who helped the Pilgrims secure a patent from the London Company

Answer 42

Sir Edwin Sandys

Question 43

businessmen who agreed to finance the Pilgrim's voyage

Answer 43

Adventurers

Question 44

first boat hired to carry the Leyden group to the New World

Answer 44

the Speedwell

Question 45

about _____ passengers sailed on the Mayflower (both Separatists and Strangers: non-Pilgrims) to the New World

Answer 45

100