Chaaaaaaaaaapter 2 Test
Chapter 2 Exam
Choose the answer that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. How did Columbus react to the natives when he reached the Western Hemisphere?
[A] He thought they were gullible fools.
[B] He thought they were descendants of earlier Viking explorers.
[C] He thought they could be Christianized and become good servants.
[D] He thought they were descendants of the lost tribe of Israel.
[E] all of these
2. In general, European society in the sixteenth century was
[A] hierarchical. [B] communistic. [C] egalitarian.
[D] matriarchal. [E] all of these
3. At the time of the first European contacts in the Western Hemisphere, peasants composed about what percentage of Europe’s population?
[A] less than 10 percent [B] over 90 percent
[C] less than one percent [D] between 70 percent and 80 percent
[E] between 40 percent and 50 percent
4. The Puritans wished to reform the Church of England by
[A] clearly distinguishing between the clergy and the congregation.
[B] purging the church of Quaker influences.
[C] discouraging laypersons from interfering in church affairs.
[D] reverting to purer Roman Catholic rituals.
[E] purifying it of Roman Catholic rituals.
5. The Puritan conversion experience required
[A] self-denial. [B] self-examination. [C] public profession of grace.
[D] repentance. [E] all of these
6. In England, Puritanism’s primary appeal lay among the
[A] Catholic leadership, Spanish exiles, and Lutheran dissenters.
[B] doctors, lawyers, and architects.
[C] desperate poor, social outcasts, and criminal classes.
[D] titled nobility, military elite, and government bureaucracy.
[E] shopkeepers, yeoman farmers, and university-educated intellectuals.
7. The West African empires prior to 1600
[A] were infested with tsetse flies and therefore unable to develop a state bureaucracy.
[B] were generally warrior states with little inclination to develop agriculture.
[C] engaged in
Choose the answer that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. How did Columbus react to the natives when he reached the Western Hemisphere?
[A] He thought they were gullible fools.
[B] He thought they were descendants of earlier Viking explorers.
[C] He thought they could be Christianized and become good servants.
[D] He thought they were descendants of the lost tribe of Israel.
[E] all of these
2. In general, European society in the sixteenth century was
[A] hierarchical. [B] communistic. [C] egalitarian.
[D] matriarchal. [E] all of these
3. At the time of the first European contacts in the Western Hemisphere, peasants composed about what percentage of Europe’s population?
[A] less than 10 percent [B] over 90 percent
[C] less than one percent [D] between 70 percent and 80 percent
[E] between 40 percent and 50 percent
4. The Puritans wished to reform the Church of England by
[A] clearly distinguishing between the clergy and the congregation.
[B] purging the church of Quaker influences.
[C] discouraging laypersons from interfering in church affairs.
[D] reverting to purer Roman Catholic rituals.
[E] purifying it of Roman Catholic rituals.
5. The Puritan conversion experience required
[A] self-denial. [B] self-examination. [C] public profession of grace.
[D] repentance. [E] all of these
6. In England, Puritanism’s primary appeal lay among the
[A] Catholic leadership, Spanish exiles, and Lutheran dissenters.
[B] doctors, lawyers, and architects.
[C] desperate poor, social outcasts, and criminal classes.
[D] titled nobility, military elite, and government bureaucracy.
[E] shopkeepers, yeoman farmers, and university-educated intellectuals.
7. The West African empires prior to 1600
[A] were infested with tsetse flies and therefore unable to develop a state bureaucracy.
[B] were generally warrior states with little inclination to develop agriculture.
[C] engaged in