Exploration and Colonization

Exploration and Colonization

8th Grade

20 Qs

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the 3Gs reasons for European exploration and colonization?

Gold, God, Glory

Gold, Guns, Greed

Guns, God, Greed

Gold, God, Greed

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which European country established colonies in Canada and was interested in the fur trade with Indian tribes in America?

France

England

Spain

Sweden

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which European country was interested in establishing Catholic missions in America to increase its land and power?

France

England

Spain

Mexico

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can historians be sure that a secondary source can be trusted?

Check the sources the author used

Check if the author is famous

Check if the author is still alive

Check if your friend knows the author

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What were the major cash crops grown in the Southern colonies?

Tobacco, Rice, Indigo

Tobacco, Wheat, Indigo

Tobacco, Rice, Wheat

Tobacco, Rice, Cotton

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the first successful British colony founded in America in 1607?

Jamestown

Maryland

Plymouth

Pennsylvania

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is the Mayflower Compact (1620) an important document for representative government in the colonies?

It established the 1st direct democracy in the colonies

It created the 1st written constitution in the colonies

It created the 1st representative assembly in the colonies

It limited the power of the king

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