Exploration and Colonization Vocab Test

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What were two of the main reasons for exploration during the Age of Exploration?

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To gain wealth and gold

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Which country claimed land in Florida, Texas, and California and built missions?

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Spain

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What was the primary reason the Pilgrims settled in Massachusetts?

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To escape religious persecution

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Which group was the first anti-slave group in the colonies?

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Quakers

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What was the Mayflower Compact?

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The first form of self-government in the colonies

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Which colonies were known for their rocky soil and cold climate?

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New England Colonies

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What was the main economic activity in the Southern Colonies?

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Cash crop farming

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What was the Columbian Exchange?

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An exchange of goods, people, diseases, and ideas between the Old World and the New World

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Why did Roger Williams leave Massachusetts to found Rhode Island?

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To escape religious persecution

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What was one of the reasons for the growth of representative government in the colonies? Options: The invention of the printing press, The Mayflower Compact, The discovery of gold, The cotton gin

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The Mayflower Compact