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Exploration and Colonization STAAR Review

Exploration and Colonization STAAR Review

Assessment

Flashcard

Social Studies

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

8.2A, 8.3A

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was the INITITAL reason many European explorers sailed to the Americas?

Back

To find new trade routes to Asia

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8.2A

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which of these describes the primary reason for French colonization?
Options:
To convert American Indians in the Southwest to Catholicism,
To cultivate cash crops in the Chesapeake Bay area,
To extract precious metals from mines in present-day Mexico,
To profit from fur trading in the Great Lakes region

Back

To profit from fur trading in the Great Lakes region

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8.2A

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Spanish colonists... Options: organized utopian societies, established Catholic missions, promoted political freedom, became commercial shipbuilders

Back

established Catholic missions

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8.2A

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

French colonists...

Back

focused primarily on fur trading

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8.2A

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which reason best completes the list in the image? Options: To spread democratic ideals, To improve efficiency in manufacturing, To locate potential military allies, To claim new territory

Media Image

Back

To claim new territory

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8.2A

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which motive best completes the diagram? Options: To promote free enterprise, To extend democracy, To expand empires, To found utopian communities

Media Image

Back

To expand empires

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8.2A

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

In the early days of the colonies, a belief in these rights helped lead to -

Media Image

Back

the growth of representative government

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8.3A

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