STAAR Review #1 (Colonial Period)

Who were the three main powerful countries that were involved in the Age of Exploration? (Clue: What are the 3 main countries have we talked about this year?)

• Spain, Germany, and France

• England, Spain, & France

• Italy, Spain, and Portugal

• Portugal, Ireland, & France

The first permanent English settlement in North America that was created in 1607 is known as.......,

• Werowocomoco

• Yorktown

• Richmond

• Jamestown

The most profitable agricultural product in the Virginia colony was...(planted by John Rolfe)

• lumber

• peanuts

• corn

• tobacco

What brought the original colonists from England to Jamestown? (Virginia Company looking for?)

• the search for food

• the search for gold and silver

• the search for tobacco

• the search for religious freedom

What is the Middle Passage?

• The route taken by slaves to the New World.
• The route taken by raw materials to Europe.
• The route taken by refined materials to the New World.
• The route taken by refined materials to Africa.

Mercantilism is when (clue: cotton made in to shirts)

• Raw materials were bought cheaply by the colony and sold as refined materials to the 'Mother Country'

• Raw materials were bought cheaply by the 'Mother Country' and sold as refined materials to the colony

• When merchants sold their goods for high prices to working class citizens

• When working class citizens were forced to sell their products to make profits

An exchange of goods between the Old World and the New World.

• Triangular Trade

• Transatlantic Slave Trade

• Columbian Exchange

• Disease in Europe

What year was the Mayflower Compact signed? (Self Government)

• 1639

• 1215

• 1620

• 1619

What document was written in 1639 by Thomas Hooker? It was first ever written constitution.

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

What colony did William Penn create and where the Quakers lived?

• Massachusetts

• Pennslylvania

• Maryland

• Virginia