Quiz Meeting IV

1. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage? 

A History of New York City 

2. What did the Native Americans receive in exchange for their island? 

B.  $24.12 U. S.   

3. Where was New Amsterdam located? 

C.  On the island of Manhattan 

4. What does the author mean by the statement : Because attempts to encourage Dutch immigration were not immediately successful, offers, generous by the standards of the era, were extended throughout Europe? 

A. Other Europeans were given opportunities to immigrate to the new world after a slow response by the Dutch 

5. The word heterogeneous in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by?

C.   diverse 

6. Why were so many languages spoken in New Amsterdam? 

D. The Indians who lived there before the Dutch  West India Company purchase spoke many  languages

7. The word formidable in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to? 

A. powerful 

8.  The word it in paragraph 4 refers to?  

B.    New York City 

9.  Which city was the first capital of the new United states?  

B.    New York    

10.  On what date was Manhattan valued at $7 billion?  

D.   1926