Exploration and Colonization

Which of the following is NOT a reason for European exploration?

• Wealth

• Freedom of Religion

• Expansion of Empires

• Creation of New Countries

Which current US states were previously colonized and influenced by Spain?

• Texas and California

• Texas and Florida

• Florida and California

• Texas, Florida and California

Which choice best represents the economy of the New England colonies?

• Fishing, lumber and plantations

• Trade, harbors and mining

• Fishing, lumber, trade and harbors

• Plantations, mining and lumber

Which choice best represents the economy of the Southern Colonies?

• Slavery, mining and fishing

• Slavery, plantations and cash crops

• Cash crops, slavery and lumber

• Trade, lumber and slavery

Which answer choice best describes the Quaker people?

• Abolitionists that founded the Pennsylvania colony.

• People who loved oatmeal but hated slavery.

• Lived in Pennsylvania and ate oatmeal.

• Abolitionists that lived in New York.

Which answer choice best describes the reason the Maryland Colony was founded?

• Freedom of religion for Quakers

• Trade and financial profit.

• Freedom of religion for Catholics.

• Plantations and cash crops.

Which reason best represents why the colonies created representative government?

• They hated the King of Englad

• The distance from England meant they needed to be able to govern themselves.

• The King of England asked them to.

Which of the following is NOT an example of colonial representative government?

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Bill of Rights

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Mayflower Compact

What is Eliza Pinckney most known for?

• Founding Jamestown

• Improving the indigo crop

• Improving the tobacco crop

• Preaching in Puritan colonies

In what year was the Jamestown colony founded?

• 1621

• 1620

• 1608

• 1607