Unit 3: Colonial America

During the last Ice Age, people of Siberia walked across the Bering Sea land bridge. What was this called?

• Beringia

• Asian Strait

• Great Migration

• New Migration

Which was NOT a main motive for countries exploring other areas of the world during the Age of Exploration?

• Spread religion-God

• Spread disease-Disease

• Power and influence-Glory

• Natural Resources-Wealth_Gold

What was a cash crop in the colonies?

• money growing on trees

• tobacco, rice, and indigo

• whaling and fishing

• colonies

Which continents participated in triangular trade?

• North America, China, West Indies

• England, China, West Indies

• Africa, North America, Europe

• China, Japan, North America

Which famous person started Pennsylvania?

• James Oglethorpe
• John Winthrop
• William Penn
• Anne Hutchinson

Export means

• goods exchanged in America

• war between country

• document that organizes government

• to send to another country for profit

Plantations specialized in producing

• fine food.

• cash crops.

• dairy cattle.

• wood furniture.

Someone who agreed to work for an employer for a set period of time in order to pay off a debt was called

• a slave.

• a colonist.

• an apprentice.

• an indentured servant.

Massachusetts Bay was founded to protect

• Baptists.

• Catholics.

• Puritans.

• Quakers.

Why was Georgia founded?

• to help poor debtors avoid jail

• to trade with Spanish colonies

• to raise taxes from new settlers

• to shelter former slaves