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Unit 1 Colonization Vocab Quiz

Authored by Alison Langley

History

8th Grade - University

Unit 1 Colonization Vocab Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Many English investors and businessmen pooled their money to finance large operations in the New World. These were called: 

Mercantilists
Trade Corporations
Trans-Atlantic Traders
Joint-Stock Companies

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The economic theory that states “a nation can become wealthy and powerful by accumulating gold and silver” is

Social Mobility
Individualism
Mercantilism
Triangular Trade

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The trade routes established by colonists and merchants across the Atlantic Ocean can be defined as

Triangular Trade
Headright System
Mercantilism
Economic Domination

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The Middle Passage was

Route that transported slaves from Africa to America
Route that transported rum and molasses from Caribbean to Africa
Route that transported manufactured goods from Europe to America
Route that transported materials from colonial America to Africa

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The French & Indian War was a military engagement

between the French and British over the Ohio River Valley
between the French and Spanish that took place in Europe
between the French and the Dutch over the fur trading industry in the Louisiana Territory
between the French and the Iroquois over the control of New France (Canada)

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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How did the Proclamation of 1763 affect the colonists?

It helped start the French & Indian War.
It taxed all new lands gained by Britain
It gradually opened land to colonial settlers.
It closed all land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

England passed a series of laws restricting colonial imports and exports. These limitations are officially known as:

Import/Export Acts
Mercantilist Acts
Navigation Acts
Tri-Trade Restrictions

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