US 1 Unit 1 Test Review

How did the Reformation affect exploration and settlement in North America?

• Rivalries between European nations limited travel to America.

• Protestant groups established colonies seeking religious freedom.

• Joint-stock companies were formed to acquire and establish colonies.

• Disputes within the Orthodox churches led people to seek refuge in America.

Attempts to escape religious persecution were key factors in the original settlement of which American colonies?

• South Carolina and Georgia

• Virginia and New York

• Pennsylvania and Massachusetts

• North Carolina and New Jersey

The British system of mercantilism and Navigation Acts was opposed by many American colonists because it

• placed quotas on immigration

• discouraged the export of raw materials to England

• placed restrictions on trading

• encouraged colonial manufacturing

In which area did good harbors, abundant forests, rocky soil, and a short growing season most influence the colonial economy?

• Southern colonies

• Middle Atlantic region

• Northwest Territory

• New England colonies

This early legislative assembly continued the ideas of democracy in the colonies. It had its limits including suffrage only being granted to white, male, property owners, but it was democracy in action.

• Virginia House of Burgess

• The starving time

• The Mayflower compact

• The Iroquois confederacy

As of 1700 in the New World, which nation chose to trade with natives while keeping good relationships that will lead to future military alliances?

• France

• Britain

• Spain

• Netherlands

How did the first people arrive to the Americas?

• From West Africa via ship

• Across the Bering Strait

• Via ship from Europe

• Via ship from the East Indies

Among the most important new world plants to spread to the old world were

• Corn and potatoes

• Rice and wheat

• Bananas and sugarcane

• Oats and barley