Colonization - 2019

Colonization - 2019

8th Grade

26 Qs

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Colonization - 2019

Colonization - 2019

Assessment

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History

8th Grade

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Created by

Ray Fortune

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26 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did geography affect the economic development of New York, Boston, and Charleston?

Long coastlines offered abundant resources

Shallow rivers limited development

Natural harbors provided access to markets

Lack of rain limited the development of their economies.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did France colonize the New World

They found large quantities of gold and silver

They ran out of room for their citizens in France

To profit from furs, fishing and other raw materials

To protect themselves from the British

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was Jamestown founded?

Make money

Religious freedom

Establish a military outpost

All of the above

None of the above

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these is not a reason for the establishment of self-government in the colonies.

Distance from Great Britain

Need to make laws for the colonies

Traditional rights of Englishmen

Refusal of the king to enact laws for the colonies.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following helped establish the idea of self-government in the colonies?

Virginia House of Burgesses

Articles of Confederation

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Mayflower Compact

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements best describes the Puritans?

Allowed women to vote in elections

Refused to follow laws created for the colony

Outlawed slavery in Jamestown

Developed a form of representative self-government

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In this colony you did not have to attend church in order to participate in government.

Rhode Island

Maryland

Massachusetts

Connecticut

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