US Final Review

What event resulted in the beginning of the European exploration?

• Renaissance
• Crusades
• Fall of Rome
• Mongolian invasion

Which of the following is not one of the primary motivations for European exploration in the Americas?

• Gold 
• Glory
• Water
• God

What era in American  history was a result of European interest in wealth, natural resources, land and religious freedom?

• Colonization
• American Revolution
• Colonial America
• Medieval

Innovations of the astrolabe, the compass, and improved ship design led to

• War
• European exploration
• More innovations
• Industrialization

Which two countries sent missionaries to North America to convert Natives to Christianity?

• Portugal and Spain
• France and England
• England and Spain
• France and Spain

The primary goal of this group was to profit from fishing and fur trading.

• English
• Dutch
• French
• Spanish

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

• Roanoke
• Jamestown
• Plymouth
• Massachusetts

All of the following helped develop democracy in North America by focusing on self-government except

• Mayflower Compact
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Treaty of Paris of 1783

Which of the following colonies was established for profit and not religious freedom?

• Rhode Island
• Pennsylvania
• Virginia
• Massachusetts

What caused Puritans to leave England and settle in North America?

• Religious persecution
• War with England
• Taxation without representation
• The Dark Ages