US History Unit 1 Test Review

After 1618, the Virginia Company's principal means of attracting new settlers was ___________________________.

• a system of land grants

• liberal suffrage requirements

• the granting of religious freedom

• payment of passage by the company

The system known as "Triangular Trade" involved __________.

• Europe, Africa, and Asia

• Asia, Africa, and Australia

• Africa, Asia, and North America

• North America, Europe, and Africa

The "Middle Passage" referred to ______________.

• the creation of the Panama Canal in Central America

• the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World

• Lewis and Clark's expedition into the Louisiana Territory

• the best route over the Rocky Mountains to get to California

The first financially successful English colony in the 'new world' was ______________.

• Canada

• Jamestown

• Maryland

• Plymouth

Which of these would have been MOST likely to be a significant part of the Middle colonies' economy in the 17th century North America?

• sugar

• shipbuilding

• silver mining

• indigo plantations

Slaves were originally brought to British North America for the purpose of ____________________.

• tobacco cultivation

• fighting the French

• working in factories

• gold and silver mining

Which of these was considered a "Mid-Atlantic"/"Middle" colony in North America?

• New York

• Virginia

• Rhode Island

• New Hampshire

Which of these was NOT part of the Middle Colonies?

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

• Delaware

Which of these choices BEST represents the continents involved in the system of 'Triangular Trade'?

• 1, 2, & 4

• 1, 3, & 4

• 3, 4, & 5

• 4, 5, & 6

Historically, New England's town meetings were good examples of __________________.

• oligarchy

• federalism

• republicanism

• direct democracy