Colonial Settlement

Colonial Settlement

8th Grade

36 Qs

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Colonial Settlement

Colonial Settlement

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History

8th Grade

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Katherine May

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36 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Explorers brought news of the Americas home to Europe. European nations quickly sought to claim land with the hope of ______________.

relocating criminals to this land.

discovering new peoples and cultures.

boosting their economies with access to new resources and trade.

converting more Native Americans and expanding their congregations.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Explorer credited with the discovery of the New World
Ferdinand Magellan 
Christoper Columbus
Bartolomeu Dias 
Sir Francis Drake 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During the Age of Exploration, explorers were trying to find new trade routes to what place?
Africa
America
Asia
Europe

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary reason that European explorers had for wanting to explore new land?
They were searching for an all-water route to Asia to acquire silks and spices.
They wanted to practice their navigating skills.
They wanted to spread their religion to Asia.
They wanted to spread their ideas about government with the Native Americans.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the cultural exchange between continents that shares plants, animals and germs?

Cultural Exchange

Colonial Exchange

Columbian Exchange

Immunity Exchange

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which settlers agreed to work without pay for a certain length of time?

Quakers

Colonists

indentured servants

enslaved Africans

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