Semester 1 Benchmark Review

What was the #1 motivation for European explorers when they set out to find a better way to Asia?

• Religious Freedom

• To make money

• They were racist

• To prove the world was round

Native Americans who lived in permanent homes were most likely to:

• Follow buffalo herds

• Farm in one place most of the year

• Explore new lands

• Dance

When the Spanish brought horses to the New World, how did it affect many Native American tribes?

• They ate horses for food

• Horse racing changed their culture

• It improved their agriculture

• Horses enabled them to chase big animals for many miles, and hunt them successfully

When Europeans started coming to the New World, how much did natives lives change?

• unchanged

• changed a little

• they got rich

• changed drastically

Which of these events is an example of mass devastation?

• European diseases killing millions of Indigenous people

• Pilgrims planting large amounts of crops

• George Washington leading an army

• The Boston Massacre

Why didn't the colonists like the taxes?

• They were lazy

• Native Americans did not have to pay taxes

• The taxes were way too expensive

• They did not have representation in Parliament

What motivated Puritans to come to the New World?

• Religious Freedom

• To make money

• They were racist

• To prove the world was round

What was the benefit of living close to the coast for the first English settlers?

• Drinking water

• wildlife

• Easy access for ships/trade

• Gtting a good tan

Which mountain range made it hard for colonists to move west?

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Uintah Mountains

• Mount Olympus

Which of the three colonial regions was known as the "Bread Basket?"

• Northern Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies