8th Grade Topic 0 Connecting with Past Learning

What is a colony?

• A large estate farmed by many workers

• A waterway through or around North America

• An area settled and ruled by the government of a distant land

True or False: John Smith took command of the Jamestown Colony.

• True

• False

True or False: To invest means to spend money in order to earn money in the future.

• True

• False

A plantation is a

• A political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws

• An area settled and ruled by the government of a distant land

• A large estate farmed by many workers

The Middle Colonies included...

• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware

• Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

• Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut

True or False: Triangular trade had an influence on European Exploration.

• True

• False

The Middle Passage was the crossing of slaves from ______to_____

• Europe to America

• Africa to the Americas

• The Americas to Europe

• China to Europe

True or False: The Colombian Exchange led to a more abundant and diverse food supply in the Americas and Europe.

• True

• False

The Southern colonies included:

• Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut

• Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware

True or False: The Great Awakening was a period of religious revival.

• True

• False