7th Grade Final Exam

Many scholars today theorize that the first Americans migrated, or traveled, across a land bridge formed during the last ice age from Africa to North America known as _________.

• Ice Walk

• Land Bridge

• Beringia

• Asia

The European motivations for exploration, “God, Glory, and Gold,” include all the following except:

• Spreading Christianity to “uncivilized” peoples.

• Receiving land grants in the New World for discovering new land.

• Giving native peoples rights and religious freedom.

• Gaining new resources for European countries.

What is the Renaissance?

• A time of increased interest in art and learning in Europe.

• A movement that divided the church between Catholics and Protestants.

• A navigational school built by Prince Henry the Navigator.

• The time of exploration and colonization.

The effects of the bubonic plague which killed 1/3 of Europeans before the 15^th century is known as _________________.

• The Renaissance

• The Reformation

• The Reconquista

• The Black Death

The Reformation is a movement that divided the church between Catholics and Protestants between the 1500-1600s

• True

• False

____________________is the global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas.

• The Columbia Exchange

• The New World Trade

• The Passage Trade

• The New World Exchange

________________is a person who signs a contract to work as a servant for a period of time for passage to the colonies

• Slave

• Colonist

• Puritan

• Indentured Servant

_______________ was the first successful English colony in North America.

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Maryland

Which letter represents the Middle Colonies region?

• A

• B

• C

• D

All of the following is true about the Southern Colonies except:

• The economy depended on cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo.

• People in these colonies were closely connected through common spaces in villages.

• The colonies consisted of large plantations rather than small farms.

• Plantation land owners used slave labor to profit from their land.