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World History Assessment               Chapter 31



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

The land in Brazil was divided into
a.
small 50-acre plots for each settler.
b.
large sugar plantations owned by those who settled there.
c.
15 huge captaincies given to wealthy Portuguese families.
d.
areas owned by either the Church or the monarch.
 

 2. 

What made Brazil unusual among South American colonies?
a.
Women had complete equality in politics.
b.
Only a small percentage of its workers were enslaved.
c.
People of black African ancestry held important jobs.
d.
Many people were descended from Africans and Native Americans.
 

 3. 

In the Spanish colonies, mestizos were most likely to hold positions as
a.
bishops and archbishops.
c.
plantation laborers.
b.
high government officials.
d.
merchants and artisans.
 

 4. 

The Spanish monarch was represented in the colonies by
a.
the viceroy.
c.
the Council of the Indies.
b.
peninsulares.
d.
the Roman Catholic Church.
 

 5. 

What caused Spain to finally lose its power in the Atlantic?
a.
Attacks by English pirates
c.
The defeat of the Armada
b.
A shortage of gold in Peru
d.
Portugal's claims on Brazil
 

 6. 

The initial aim of settling English colonies in North America (Virginia) was
a.
to obtain gold, silver, and raw materials.
b.
to extend the English system of laws and government.
c.
to give freedom of worship to English Separatists.
d.
to claim enough land for sugar plantations.
 

 7. 

The first successful English settlement was at
a.
Plymouth.
c.
Massachusetts Bay.
b.
Jamestown.
d.
New Amsterdam.
 

 8. 

The first universities in the Americas were opened in
a.
Massachusetts.
c.
Virginia and Louisiana.
b.
Mexico and Lima.
d.
Quebec.
 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
Powhatan
f.
burgesses
b.
Bartholome de Las Casas
g.
William Penn
c.
viceroyalties
h.
Creoles
d.
Pedro Alvares Cabral
i.
bandeirantes
e.
Separatists
j.
Samuel de Champlain
 

 9. 

Explorer who claimed Brazil for Portugal
 

 10. 

Native Americans living near Jamestown colony
 

 11. 

Districts in Spanish colonial government
 

 12. 

Priest who tried to improve conditions for Native Americans in Spanish colonies
 

 13. 

Fortune-hunters who explored the Brazilian frontier
 

 14. 

Explorer who founded French settlement at Quebec
 

 15. 

Colonists of Spanish descent born in the Americas
 

 16. 

Representatives to first assembly in Virginia
 

 17. 

English Protestants who wanted to leave the Anglican Church
 
 
Match each colonial empire with its mother country.
a.
England
d.
Portugal
b.
France
e.
Spain
c.
the Netherlands
 

 18. 

southern North America through central America and the West Indies down the west coast of South America; the Phillipine Islands
 

 19. 

along the southeastern coast of South America; coastal posts in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the Spice Islands
 

 20. 

along the Atlantic coast of North America; trading posts in India, Malaya, and the East and West Indies
 

 21. 

West Indies islands, upper South American coast, island of Manhattan on the Atlantic coast; Capetown on the southern tip of Africa
 

 22. 

around the Great Lakes; at points along the Mississippi River and its tributaries; West Indies; India
 

Short Answer - Choose one (5 points)
 

 23. 

Compare the colonization of the Americas by Portugal, Spain, England, the Netherlands, and France. How were they similar? How were they different? What influences from each of them do you think still exist in the Americas?
 

 24. 

Why were the French more welcome by the Native Ameicans than most of the other European nations who colonized?
 

 25. 

Compare and contrast the Virginia colony with the New England colonies. (How were they similar, and how were they different?)
 



 
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