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Unit 1: American Beginnings

 
   

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Exercise Ⅱ

II. Choose the correct answer to each of the following.
1. Which of the following statements was correct around the time of the American Revolution?
 
(a) The American had the mixed blood of Europeans or their descendants.
(b) The American had the mixed blood of Europeans with American Indians.
(c) The American had the mixed blood of Europeans with blacks.
(d) The American had the blood of the English and their descendants only.
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2. Which of the following was NOT one of the three forces that led to the modern development of Europe?
  (a) The growth of capitalism.
(b) The Renaissance.
(c) The Religious Reformation.
(d) The spiritual leadership of the Roman Catholic Church.
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3. The following were the main Reformation leaders except ___________.
 (a) Martin Luther
 (b) Martin Luther King
 (c) John Calvin
 (d) The English King Henry VIII
   Answer:

4. The following were some of the characteristics of Protestantism except ___________.
 (a) challenging the authority of the Pope
 (b) salvation through faith
 (c) salvation through the church
 (d) establishing a direct contact with God
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5. Which of the following American values did NOT come from Puritanism?
 (a) Separation of state and church.
 (b) Respect of education.
 (c) Intolerant moralism.
 (d) A sense of mission.
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6. Lord Baltimore's feudal plan failed because ___________.
 (a) there were more Protestant than Catholics in Maryland
 (b) the wilderness of the continent made the plan impossible
 (c) there was plenty of land while labor was scarce
 (d) the English king did not like the plan
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7. The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except ___________.
 (a) George Washington
 (b) Thomas Jefferson
 (c) William Penn
 (d) Benjamin Franklin
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8. The theory of American politics and the American Revolution originated mainly from ___________.
  (a) George Washington
(b) Thomas Jefferson
(c) John Adams
(d) John Locke
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9. Which of the following was NOT a denomination of Protestantism?
 (a) Catholics.
 (b) Puritans.
 (c) Quakers.
 (d) Church of England.
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10. "No taxation without representation" was the rallying cry of ___________.
 (a) the settlers of Virginia
 (b) the people of Pennsylvania
 (c) the colonists in New England
 (d) the people of the 13 colonies on the eve of the American Revolution
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