Unit 1 Colonization Vocab Quiz

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

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

• Social Mobility
• Individualism
• Mercantilism
• Triangular Trade

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

• Triangular Trade
• Headright System
• Mercantilism
• Economic Domination

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

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)

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.

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

The Mayflower Compact helped to establish what?

• A government for the people
• A treaty with the Natives
• Directions on how to best fish
• Who was the best colonist

What crop did the American colonists make the most money from?

• Corn
• Tobacco
• Wheat
• Sassafras

This colonial region has rocky soil and a short growing season.

• Southern Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• New England Colonies
• Northwest Colonies