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Exploration, Colonization, and Colonial Regions

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6th - 9th Grade

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Exploration, Colonization, and Colonial Regions
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A major reason European rulers sought to colonize land in North America was they 

needed people from North America to settle Europe
sought to expand their wealth by taking New World resources
wanted to learn more about Native Americans
wanted a place to send convicts who disobeyed the law

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

In ____, the first permanent English settlement in North America, _____,was established. 

1607, Roanoke
1619, Jamestown  
1620, Plymouth
1607, Jamestown 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The original English settlements were located along the

eastern coast of North America along the Atlantic Ocean

Gulf of Mexico

Mississippi River

western coast of North America along the Pacific Ocean

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After Jamestown, the main motivation for English colonization in North America in the 1600's was 

to enslave Native Americans
to escape famine
to develop large plantations
to find religious freedom

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which colony was well known for tobacco farming?  

Massachusetts
Plymouth 
Virginia
Pennsylvania

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which geographic feature slowed the westward expansion of England’s colonies?

Atlantic Ocean

Mississippi River

Appalachian Mountains

hostile Native Americans

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Separatists or Pilgrims left England to settle in North America 

to find wealth
to escape religious persecution
to create an alliance with Native Americans
to establish trade with the French

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