AP US History: Work, Exchange & Technology 2

Question 1

The Columbian Exchange most directly transformed European diets through the introduction of which New World crops?

Accepted Answer

Potatoes and maize

Answer

Calorie-rich potatoes and maize from the Americas fueled European population growth.

Question 2

The headright system in colonial Virginia primarily encouraged which economic development?

Accepted Answer

Importation of indentured servants and laborers

Answer

Granting land per immigrant brought labor to tobacco plantations through indentured servitude.

Question 3

Mercantilism, the dominant economic theory of the colonial era, held that colonies existed mainly to:

Accepted Answer

Enrich the mother country with raw materials and markets

Answer

Colonies supplied raw materials and bought manufactured goods to benefit the parent nation.

Question 4

The Navigation Acts passed by England were designed to:

Accepted Answer

Restrict colonial trade to English ships and ports

Answer

They funneled colonial commerce through England to enforce mercantilist control.

Question 5

The shift from indentured servitude to African slavery in the late 1600s Chesapeake was driven largely by:

Accepted Answer

Declining servant supply and Bacon's Rebellion fears

Answer

Fewer servants and elite fears of poor whites after Bacon's Rebellion pushed planters toward enslaved Africans.

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