Test your basic knowledge |

CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

Subjects : clep, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What was Savvanah known as?






2. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of Georgia?






3. What happened in 1614 that ended the 1st Anglo-Powhatan War?






4. Winter of 1609-1610 - many Jamestown settlers died of starvation and sickness - only 60 survived.






5. A country that is unified.






6. What was the hurricane that finished off the Spanish Armada called?






7. When was Jamestown founded?






8. What was the date of John Smith's mock execution?






9. What happened in 1606 between King James I and London Virginia Company?






10. What was Pocahonta's 'christain name'?






11. Where were most cities and plantations located in the south?






12. What was South Carolina's most imporant export?






13. What colony was known as a valley of humilty between two mountains of conceit?






14. By 1625 - how many settlers in Jamestown - out of 8 -000 had survived?






15. What colony was founded in 1634 and was to be a safe havan to Catholics?






16. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of Virginia?






17. England's population between 1550-1600?






18. Gave master all power over slave - condoned cruel punishments






19. Poor person that bond themselves to several years of labor to pay for passage to New World.






20. How did royal government deal with uprisings in Ireland?






21. Former 'sea dog' - established an unsucessful colony in Roanoke - NC. Was later executed by Queen Elizabeth.






22. What was the area between the English settlers and Indians called?






23. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






24. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


25. What colony was founded in 1733 and was used - essentially - as a buffer?






26. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


27. Set of codes that defined a slave's status and relationship with master.






28. Who in 1612 perfected the rasing and harvesting of tabacco?






29. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of Maryland?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


30. What was a headright?






31. What rivers were important for transporatation in the south?






32. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






33. Gave all Christians in Maryland - including Catholics - freedom of worship.






34. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






35. Wooden structure - 25 feet in breadth - eight to two hundred feet long - large families resided in these






36. What ended England's alliance with Spain in 1558?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


37. What did 'King Nicotine' do to soil that caused settlers to continue pushing westward?






38. What year did James I make bankrupt Virginia a royal colony?






39. What was the result of the 2nd Powhatan war?






40. In the West Indies what staple crop was most important?






41. Business entity that is owned by many shareholders - first form of a corporation.






42. One that is granted ownership of a colony - and full responsibilty of establishing a government and distributing land.






43. The act of using another human being for free labor - treating them as property.






44. When and who was Carolina founded?






45. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






46. What did the south have a lot of and less of?






47. Law stating that the eldest son had all rights to father's assets and land.






48. One who lives and makes use of land that they do not own.






49. Formal document issued by a monarch as a grant for power to an individual or business.






50. Iroquois Indian - had a vision that his people's moral decline must end - started a religion now known as Longhouse religion.