Colonization Review

2. Suppose you live in Europe in the early 1600s, and you want to go to the New World to prospect for gold. You can join a ship sailing from each of the following countries. Which expedition should you join?

• Spain

• France

• England

• The Netherlands

3. What was the main basis of the relationship between the French explorers and the Native Americans?

• The French set up many missions to convert the Native Americans.

• The French enslaved Native Americans to work on their farms.

• The Native Americans joined a military alliance with the French.

• The French and Native Americans established trading partnerships.

4. Which statement reflects one way in which geography affected the early colonies?

• The New England colonies had to remain along the coast to receive supply shipments.

• The climate in the south was good for raising tobacco, which gave rise to large plantations.

• The discovery of gold in the Ohio Valley led settlers to move further inland.

• Family farms needed more workers, leading to the development of the slave trade.

1. What did the French and Dutch colonies in North America have in common?

• They established large plantations.

• They wanted to convert Native Americans to Catholicism.

• They were involved in the fur trade.

• They had ongoing conflict with the Native Americans.

3. What advantage did the French and Dutch bring the Native Americans?

• The French and Dutch provided food and shelter in missions.

• French and Dutch doctors helped heal them from new diseases.

• The groups intermarried and the Native Americans received passage to Europe.

• They traded for guns for their battles with other tribes.

1. The British colonies in North America were settled largely by —

• common people looking for a better life.

• Catholics who were threatened by the Anglicans.

• criminals and debtors escaping the law.

• investors

Which of the following is argument put forward by Richard Hakluyt for establishing a British colony in the New World?

• to convert Native Americans to the Church of England

• to begin a war with the French and the Dutch colonies in North America

• to set up gold mines in the name of the King

What was a significant difference between English colonization and the Spanish, French, and Dutch colonization?

• The English colonists were prisoners who were sent to the colonies.

• The English colonists were sent by the king to earn money.

• The English colonies were filled with settlers who planned to stay.

• The English viewed the colonies as a temporary trading post.

2. How did the colonists at Jamestown impact the physical environment?

• They planted forests for the wood.

• They drained swamps to prevent malaria.

• They depleted the soil with their crops.

2. How did the colonists at Jamestown impact the physical environment?

• They depleted the soil with their crops.

• They planted forests for the wood.