1. in Which Area of Present-Day North Carolina Did Europeans First Settle?
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NC Unit 2 Objective: 1.01
1. In which area of present-day North Carolina did Europeans first settle?
A the Appalachian Mountains region
B the Piedmont region
C the coastal plain
D the Outer Banks
Objective: 1.01
2. How did North Carolina’s geography contribute to England’s economy in the 1700s?
A Abundant pine forests provided the wood, tar, and pitch for the ship-building industry.
B English gardeners bought and collected native plants such as the American Plum tree.
C Luxury travel to the region became important to England’s upper classes.
D More and more farmers were required to pay land taxes to Queen Elizabeth.
Objective: 1.01
3. Which statement best describes what might have happened to John White’s colony on Roanoke Island in the late 1500s?
A Native Americans adopted the colonists into their own tribal groups.
B The English colonists were kidnapped by French fur trappers.
C The colonists left the original settlement to find supplies.
D Spanish conquistadores forced them to relocate to another area. Objective: 1.02
4. What was one cause of the Tuscarora War in 1711?
A Queen Elizabeth imposed new taxes on Carolina Colony settlers.
B Native American groups fought for control of the Tuscarora River.
C Chief Tuscarora sought power and authority from the English king.
D Europeans were taking land away from Native American settlements in the region.
Objective: 1.02
5. How did the increase in European immigration to the Carolina region affect its native population?
A Their villages were destroyed in conflicts with Europeans, making it difficult for Native Americans to grow food.
B Most Native Americans learned English, promoting trade by making it easier to communicate with settlers.
C Enslaved people from Africa brought new traditions to the Native American villages, changing the native population’s cultures.
D Most Native Americans emigrated out of the area, settling in parts of the Ohio River Valley.
Objective: 1.02
Whensoever an Aged Man is speaking, none ever interrupts him, (the contrary Practice the English, and other Europeans, too much use) the Company yielding a great deal of Attention to his Tale, with a continued Silence, and an exact Demeanour [sic], during the Oration. Indeed, the Indians are a People that never interrupt one another in their Discourse; no Man so much as offering to open his Mouth, till the Speaker has utter'd his Intent:
—Historian John Lawson, 1709
6. What comparison does John Lawson make about the customs of the Waxsaw people of North Carolina versus those of the English?
A There is less conflict between the generations of English settlers in the Carolina colony.
B In Waxsaw culture, the Speaker of the government always has the final word.
C Speaking well is important in the English culture but not in the Waxsaw culture.
D Waxsaw people are very respectful of their elders, and the English are less respectful.
Objective: 1.05
7. Why did Highland Scots immigrate to and settle in the Carolina region?
A They were persecuted for their nonviolent religious beliefs.
B The British had taken their land and they were starving in Scotland.
C They were forcibly removed from Virginia and Massachusetts.
D Trips to America were cheaper in Scotland than trips to Germany.
Objective: 1.05
8. How did most German immigrants arrive in the area that would become North Carolina?
A They were brought as indentured servants for British and French settlers.
B They sailed from Germany, crossing the Atlantic in a treacherous three-month voyage. C They traveled from Pennsylvania to the Piedmont area using the Philadelphia Wagon Road.
D Ancestors crossed the Bering Strait and migrated across North America.
Objective: 1.05
9. Which group of Carolina’s immigrants was forced to go to America by England?
A the Moravians
B the British
C the Highland Scots
D the Scots-Irish
Objective: 1.06
10. What was one cause of the Cary Rebellion in 1711?
A Quaker colonists refused to swear an oath to the Queen of England.
B John Cary declared his intention to run for government office.
C Tobacco farmers and cattle ranchers argued over land ownership.
D Native American servants staged a strike at Cary Farm.
Objective: 1.06
11. What was an important geographic difference in trade patterns in North Carolina and South Carolina?
A North Carolina had an accessible port on the Outer Banks.
B South Carolina had a good harbor at Charles Town.
C There were fewer Native American settlements in South Carolina. D There were a greater number of brokers of goods in North Carolina.
Objective: 1.06
12. Which statement best describes how the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina (1669) led to the division of the region into two colonies in 1712?
A The state constitution was ratified only by representatives from the southern part of the colony.
B At the constitutional convention, northern colonists argued for secession from the colony.
C The constitution allowed only the wealthier colonists to vote, leading to rebellion and unrest among colonists.
D The population of southern Carolina decreased dramatically after 1670.
Objective: 1.07
13. Which settlers in the area that would become North Carolina were most likely to own large plantations?
A German immigrants from Pennsylvania
B Rice farmers from South Carolina
C French trappers from New England
D British royalty from Virginia
Objective: 1.07
14. Which group of agricultural workers was fewest in number but controlled the economic and political life of the Carolina region?
A Scots-Irish settlers B Yeoman farmers
C Indentured servants
D Plantation owners
Objective: 1.07
15. Why did other Southern colonies have a larger enslaved and indentured population than North Carolina in the 1700s?
A Most backcountry farmers were yeoman and did not need a large labor force.
B Most indentured servants wanted to live in the New England colonies.
C Most plantation owners wanted to hire only English-speaking labor.
D Most enslaved persons were brought to Virginia and sold for high prices.
Objective: 1.01
16. Why did immigrants to the North Carolina region most often travel there by land instead of water?
Objective: 1.07
17. Who were the Lords Proprietors?