Unit 1 Review

The MAIN reason the Spanish explored North America was to

• build permanent settlements

• spread Christianity

• fight the British

• find gold and riches

The exchange of goods and people between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is the ________________?

• Triangular Trade
• Mercantilism
• Capitalism
• Columbian Exchange

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The Middle Passage was_______________?

• The exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases from the New World to Europe.
• The transport of Africans to the Americas by boat across the Atlantic ocean.
• Trading goods among three people.
• The transfer of cash crops to the Americas.

Mother Country sought to control trade, create favorable balance of trade, and build up supplies of gold and silver bullion. Which statement best defines this term?

• Communism
• Feudalism
• Mercantilism
• Capitalism

Which type of colony depended on slave labor producing cash crops in order to make a profit?

• settler
• trading post
• plantation

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

• Jamestown
• Charleston
• St. Augustine
• Plymouth Rock

In what year was Jamestown settled?

• 1492
• 1607
• 1776
• 2007

Jamestown was located on a peninsula in ...

• Virginia
• North Carolina
• Florida
• New York

What was the main reason Plymouth was started?

• For Money/Wealth
• For Religious Beliefs 
• For Growing Crops
• For Exploring new wildlife

Where is Plymouth located [today]?

• Virginia 
• Massachusetts 
• Missouri
• Louisiana