Exploration thru Colonization

What year was Jamestown Founded?

• 1610

• 1215

• 1607

• 1999

Who was the Italian mapmaker that named the continent we live on?

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Marco Polo

• John Cabot

Why was the plantation system vital?

• because there is unlimited land available

• it was not

• because it flooded in the south everday

• because cash crops used nutrients and the soil needed to rebuild it

Which colony was not founded for religious freedom?

• Jamestown

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Plymouth

• All of the above

What ocean was the 13 Colonies Established on?

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Indian

• Gulf of Mexico

What document gave the colonies the idea of trial by jury of your peers?

• Declaration of Independence

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

• Magna Carta

What is an agreement between the government and the people called?

• law

• social contract

• Magna Carta

• parliment

Who created Rhode Island as a refuge for religious freedom and toleration?

• James Oglethorpe

• John Smith

• Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams

• Duke of York and Lord Berkeley

What is the Columbian Exchange?

• Movement of plants, goods, diseases between the New World and Europe

• 1815 plan to make US economically self-sufficient

• migration of people to find gold

• none of the above

What was Christopher Columbus looking for in the Northwest Passage?

• testing to see if the world was flat

• trade route to South America

• western water route to Asia and India to trade

• he didn't look for anything