Training
questions for mid-term exam no. 2
General
Order
the following wars, dates of founding, and events, with 1 as the earliest and 10 as the latest:
Founding of Roanoke; destruction of Port
Royal by an earthquake; Revolutionary War;
War of 1812;
French and Indian War;
King William's War;
Queen Anne's War;
founding of Jamestown;
wreck of the Sea Venture;
King George's War.
Northern
European Exploration and Colonization of the Americas
(classes 13 to 17)
A.
Multiple Choice Questions
In
_____ a party of English settlers under the command of Sir Walter Raleigh tried to found a colony in today's North
Carolina, at Roanoke.
a)
1492
b) 1609
c) 1585
d) 1607
e) 1686
In
______ a party of 105 colonists landed at Jamestown.
a)
1492
b) 1609
c) 1585
d) 1607
e) 1686
In
______ the fleet bringing supplies to Jamestown was stricken by a hurricane.
The largest vessel in the fleet, the Sea Venture,
was lost.
a)
1492
b) 1609
c) 1585
d) 1607
e) 1686
In
1614 John Rolf shipped his first cargo of ________
to England, and soon the Venetian ambassador
was claiming that the English were particularly fond of it.
a)
Whine
b) Tobacco
c) Sugar
d) Glass
e) Pineapple
In
1616 Pocahontas, the wife of John Rolf and daughter of chief ___________ visited England at the
age of 21.
a) Pontiac
b) Sitting Bull
c) Powhatan
d)
Geronimo e)
Atahualpa
In
1622 the natives around the Jamestown region rebelled and killed about 350 settlers, of which 58 at _______________.
a)
Roanoke
b) Martin's Hundred
c) La Navidad
d) St. Augustine
e) La Isabella
In
1620 a small party of 102 religious separatists known as Pilgrims left Plymouth, England, aboard the ship ___________.
a)
Sea Venture
b) Mayflower
c) Patience
d) Deliverance
e) Speedwell
In
1613, inspired by the story of the Sea Venture, William Shakespeare wrote the play _________.
a)
King Lear
b) Macbeth
c) The Tempest
d) Othello
e) Tymon of Athens
In
1684 René Robert Cavalier, Sieur de _______
was
given a small fleet to establish a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
a)
La Péruse
b) La Rochefoucault
c) La Salle
d) Lafayette
e) La Palice
The
remains of the ____________, one of the ships of the French explorer La Salle, lost in 1686 inside Matagorda Bay,
are presently undergoing conservation treatment at Texas A&M University.
a)
Belle
b) Aimable
c) Joly
d) Saint
François
e) Saint
Jacques
In
1613, soon after the establishment of a Dutch colony in lower Manhattan (in 1610) Captain Adrian Block lost his
vessel _________ to fire during preparations to set sail back to Europe.
a) Eendracht
b) Onrust
c) Mauritius
d) Geldermalsen
e) Tyjger
B. Fill in the blanks
The Sea Venture was lost in ________,
on its way to ________________.
Shakespeare wrote the
play _________________, inspired by the story of the ship ____________.
Once known as the 'Wickedest
City on Earth,' _____________, on the island of Jamaica was one of the largest towns in the English colonies during
the late 17th century, until its destruction by an ___________, in 1692.
During the late 17th
century, ________, Massachusetts, and _____________, Jamaica, were the two largest English towns in the Americas.
Failing in their attempt
to capture the city of Santo Domingo in the Island of ___________, and fearing returning to England empty handed,
the English expedition sailed south to _____________, and in May 1655, captured the poorly defended island with
relatively little resistance.
C. Short essay questions
(5 to 10 lines)
Choose
one vessel
from the list below and describe it, mentioning the circumstances of its construction, loss, finding, excavation,
reconstruction, and display.
Elaborate on the importance of the wrecks
you have picked, from an archaeological, historical, and cultural point of view.
Sea Venture, Belle, Brown's
Ferry vessel, Reader's Point vessel, Clydesdale Plantation vessel, or Ronson Ship.
D. Identification questions
In
two or three lines, identify the following vessels (please indicate three clues for each vessel, such as place
and approximate date of loss, date in which it was found, type of vessel, nationality, particular features, etc.)
The Tyjger was _________________________________________________________________.
The Mayflower was ____________________________________________________________.
The Sparrow Hawk was
_________________________________________________________.
The Belle was ____________________________________________________________.
The Brown's
Ferry vessel was ______________________________________________________.
The Reader's
Point vessel was _____________________________________________________.
The Clydesdale
Plantation vessel was ________________________________________________.
The Ronson Ship was ____________________________________________________________.
E. Timeline
Order
the following events, with 1 as the earliest and 10 as the latest:
Founding of Roanoke; Port Royal destruction
by an earthquake;
arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock;
founding of Jamestown;
wreck of the Sea
Venture;
Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the
world; Conquest of Jamaica from the Spanish;
Cromwell's Republic;
Loss of the Belle at Matagorda Bay; Puritans
arrival in Massachusetts.
Rivers,
Lakes, and Forts: The Anglo-French Struggle for North America (classes
18 and 19)
A.
Multiple Choice Questions
King
Williams War (1689-1697) is known in Europe as the ___________________________.
a) War of the League of Augsburg
b) War of the Spanish Succession
c) War of the Austrian Succession
d) Seven Years War
e) Eleven Years War
Queen
Anne's War (1702-1713) is known in Europe as the ___________________________.
a) War of the League of Augsburg
b) War of the Spanish Succession
c) War of the Austrian Succession
d) Seven Years War
e) Eleven Years War
King
George's War (1744-1748) is known in Europe as the ___________________________.
a) War of the League of Augsburg
b) War of the Spanish Succession
c) War of the Austrian Succession
d) Seven Years War
e) Eleven Years War
French
and Indian War (1755-1763) is known in Europe as the ___________________________.
a) War of the League of Augsburg
b) War of the Spanish Succession
c) War of the Austrian Succession
d) Seven Years War
e) Eleven Years War
In
1608, Samuel de Champlain established ____________ on the banks of the St. Lawrence River.
a)
New York City
b) Louisville
c) St. Frederic
d) Québec City
e) Montreal
In
1689 a force of 34 ships and 2,200 troops sailed from Boston to Québec City under the command of ______________.
a)
George Washington
b) William Phips
c) John Winthrop
d) Benedict Arnold
In
1753/4 the British Colonial authority sent 21-year old major ________________ with an army to expel the French
from two new forts built on the Rivière aux boeufs, near the south shore of Lake Erie.
a)
George Washington
b) William Phips
c) John Winthrop
d) Benedict Arnold
After
its conquest by General Amherst, during the French and Indian War, the French Fort Carrillon was re-named ____________________.
a)
Fort Frontenac
b) Fort Ticonderoga
c) Fort St. Frédéric
d) Fort Niagara
After
securing the lower portion of Lake Champlain, General Amherst had two ships built:
the
18-gun
brig Duke of Cumberland, and the 16-gun sloop ____________.
a) Mary
b) Boscawen c) Hanna
and Mary
d) Elizabeth
and May
e) Mary
Ann
In 1760, France sent a small fleet of six vessels to
supply New France.
Two vessels were taken by the English navy
in the Atlantic, one sank during a storm, and the other three were scuttled to avoid being captured, after three
weeks of fighting with the English in the Restigouche River.
One of these, the ___________, was found
and excavated by Parks Canada.
a)
Machault
b) Bienfaisant
c) Marquis de Malauze
d) Joly
e) Belle
B. Fill in the blanks
The Land Tortoise was a ____________,
a word that means ________ in French.
The Land Tortoise had a flat bottom
and its sides, in the number of ______, were made of flat panels, the lower inclined towards the outside and the
________ tumbling home.
The Land Tortoise had _____ maststeps
and therefore could mount ____ masts with square sails.
If becalmed the Land Tortoise could be _________
with long oars, called ___________.
C. Short essay questions
(5 to 10 lines)
Choose one
vessel from the list below and describe
it, mentioning the circumstances of its construction, loss, finding, excavation, reconstruction, and display. Elaborate
on the importance of the wrecks you have picked, from an archaeological, historical, and cultural point of view.
Quebec
City bateaux, Lake George bateaux, Boscawen, Machault, Elizabeth
and Mary, or Land
Tortoise.
D. Identification questions
In
two or three lines, identify the following vessels (please indicate three clues for each vessel, such as place
and approximate date of loss, date in which it was found, type of vessel, nationality, particular features, etc.)
Lake George Bateaux
were ______________________________________________________.
The Land Tortoise was a ________________________________________________________.
The Boscawen was a ___________________________________________________________.
The Machault was a ____________________________________________________________.
The Elizabeth and Mary
was
a ____________________________________________________.
Shipwrecks
of the Revolutionary War (classes 20 and
21)
A.
Multiple Choice Questions
The Philadelphia was a _____________________________.
A. War Sloop
B. Gunboat
C. Bateau
D. Barge
E. Brig
The Philadelphia sank in _____________________________________.
A. Lake Erie
B. Lake Champlain
C. Lake Michigan
D. Hudson River
E. Lake George
The Defence was a _____________________________.
A. War Sloop
B. Gunboat
C. Bateau
D. Barge
E. Brig
The H.M.S
Charon
was a _____________________________.
A. War Sloop
B. Brig
C. 44-gun frigate
D. 64-gun ship
E. 80-gun ship
The H.M.S
Augusta
was a _____________________________.
A. War Sloop
B. Brig
C. 44-gun frigate
D. 64-gun ship
E. 80-gun ship
The Betsy was a _____________________________.
A. War Sloop
B. Brig
C. 44-gun frigate
D. 64-gun ship
E. 80-gun ship
B. Fill in the blanks
Reacting
against the _______, on December 16 1773,
a group of men disguised as Indians boarded
three tea ships in Boston's harbor and dumped 342 tea chests in the water.
This episode became known as the ______________.
As
a measure of retaliation against the City of Boston in particular, and all rebelling colonists in general, in 1774
the British crown enacted the ________________.
These were a series of laws known as the
Quebec Act, or the __________________, for instance.
In
September 1774 the First Continental Congress met in ______________, and approved a petition to King George III,
called the ____________________________________.
The first battle of the Revolutionary
war was fought in June 1775, over an elevation called _____________, even before General ___________________________
the commander of the Continental Army, could reach his army.
On September 1779, John Paul
Jones in the ship ___________________ captured the English war vessel H.M.S. ____________________ after a naval
engagement off the coast of England.
C. Short essay questions
(5 to 10 lines)
Choose one
vessel from the list below and describe
it, mentioning the circumstances of its construction, loss, finding, excavation, reconstruction, and display. Elaborate
on the importance of the wrecks you have picked, from an archaeological, historical, and cultural point of view.
Philadelphia, Defence,
H.M.S. Augusta,
Betsy (44YO88), H.M.S. Charon, or
Bonhomme Richard.
.
D. Identification questions
In
two or three lines, identify the following vessels (please indicate three clues for each vessel, such as place
and approximate date of loss, date in which it was found, type of vessel, nationality, particular features, etc.)
Philadelphia ________________________________________________________________.
Defence ____________________________________________________________________.
H.M.S. Augusta
______________________________________________________________.
Betsy (44YO88) ______________________________________________________________.
H.M.S. Charon _______________________________________________________________.
Bonhomme Richard ____________________________________________________________.
Freshwater
Navies: The Lake Warships 1812-1815 (classes
22 and 23)
A.
Multiple Choice Questions
In 1794 the Congress ordered
the construction and outfitting of six frigates.
Among the three ships that were actually
built then was the 44-gun frigate _________, still in commission in the US Navy
a) Constitution
b) Chesapeake
c)
Little Belt
d) Leopard
e) Guerriere
The General Armstrong was a __________________________.
A. War Sloop
B. Brig
C. Ship
D. Schooner
E. Row Galley
The Saratoga was a __________________________.
A. War Sloop
B. Brig
C. Ship
D. Schooner
E. Row Galley
The Ticonderoga was a __________________________.
A. War Sloop
B. Brig
C. Ship
D. Schooner
E. Row Galley
The Eagle was a __________________________.
A. War Sloop
B. Brig
C. Ship
D. Schooner
E. Row Galley
The Allen was a __________________________.
A. War Sloop
B. Brig
C. Ship
D. Schooner
E. Row Galley
The Lawrence
was a __________________________.
A. War Sloop
B. Brig
C. Ship
D. Schooner
E. Row Galley
The Niagara was a __________________________.
A. War Sloop
B. Brig
C. Ship
D. Schooner
E. Row Galley
The Jefferson was a __________________________.
A. War Sloop
B. Brig
C. Ship
D. Schooner
E. Row Galley
The Hamilton was a __________________________.
A. War Sloop
B. Brig
C. Ship
D. Schooner
E. Row Galley
The Scourge was a __________________________.
A. War Sloop
B. Brig
C. Ship
D. Schooner
E. Row Galley
B. Fill in the blanks
James Fenimore Cooper
wrote a book called _____________________________ in which he tells the adventures of _________________ a sailor
aboard the Scourge
when
it sank.
The privateer _____________________
under Captain ________________________, was attacked by a strong English force on the Island of Faial, in the Azores,
but managed to repeal all of the English assaults.
The Hamilton and the Scourge were merchant schooners
converted into war vessels.
Their previous
names were, respectively ___________________, and ____________________.
Baltimore Clippers were
developed in the late ____ century, on the Chesapeake Bay.
Their major
asset was not cargo capacity, but ___________.
The Pride of Baltimore
I was built after the Baltimore Clipper ___________ which captured 17 British merchant vessels alone during the
War _________.
C. Short essay questions
(5 to 10 lines)
Choose one
vessel from the list below and describe
them, mentioning the circumstances of its construction, loss, finding, excavation, reconstruction, and display. Elaborate
on the importance of the wrecks you have picked, from an archaeological, historical, and cultural point of view.
Saratoga,
Ticonderoga, Eagle, Confiance,
Linnet,
Lawrence, Niagara, Jefferson, Hamilton, Scourge,
and
General
Armstrong.
D. Identification questions
In
two or three lines, identify the following vessels (please indicate three clues for each vessel, such as place
and approximate date of loss, date in which it was found, type of vessel, nationality, particular features, etc.)
Saratoga
___________________________________________________________.
Ticonderoga
___________________________________________________________.
Eagle
___________________________________________________________.
Confiance
___________________________________________________________.
Linnet
___________________________________________________________.
Lawrence
___________________________________________________________.
Niagara
___________________________________________________________.
Jefferson
___________________________________________________________.
Hamilton
___________________________________________________________.
Scourge
___________________________________________________________.
General
Armstrong___________________________________________________________.
E. War of 1812 ships
and shipwrights
Match the following lakes, names, shipwrights and vessels
with a line.
|
Lake
|
Commander
|
Shipwrights
|
Vessels
|
|
Erie
|
Isaac Chauncey
|
Adam Brown
|
Lawrence & Niagara
|
|
Champlain
|
Thomas MacDonough
|
Henry Eckford
|
Eagle
|
|
Ontario
|
Oliver H. Perry
|
Noah and Adam Brown
|
Jefferson & Jones
|
