Social Studies Chapter 7 Test Review

An Explorer is a person who travels in search of

• gold and silver

• silks and spices

• geographical information

• long, lost family

Christopher Columbus's sponsor was

• Spain

• Mexico

• Italy

• France

The way people use their resources to meet their needs and wants is called a(n)

• government

• economy

• colony

• astrolabe

A colony is a community that is ruled by another

• colony

• explorer

• government

• country

Because of the demand for a new trade route to Asia, the _________________________________ began.

• Age of Exploration

• Revolutionary War

• Golden Age of Exploration

• Asian Quest

The colonial regions had different resources such as land and water, so their ____________________ differed.

• languages

• economies

• governments

• geography

Examples of cash crops that were grown on plantations:

• cotton and tobacco

• cattle and grassland

• lumber and fishing

• flowers and soil

An explorer would claim new lands for his country by:

• Writing a national anthem

• writing letters to the king

• designing a new flag

• planting the flag of their home country

The desire to attain silks and spices caused rulers to want to find

• a shorter route to Asia

• the shortest route to North America

• a sailor who could sail the seas expertly

• a way to make these things in their home country

Because poor debtors needed help in avoiding jail time, the colony of _______________________ was founded.

• Rhode Island

• Massachusetts

• Maine

• Georgia