Vocabulary Quiz

A group of people who settle in a new land but keep their ties to their homeland can best be referred to as a

• colony

• region

• province

• state

According to the economic policy of mercantilism, the colony would serve as a source of raw materials and natural resources to make their country rich.

• true

• false

What happened at Roanoke that is still a mystery?

• The colony moved inland.

• All the colonists disappeared.

• All the colonists were found dead.

• The Spanish took over the colony.

Why did the Puritans leave England?

• They were lonely

• Religious freedom

• They were exiled by the king

• The people of England thought they were witches

In the end New Amsterdam became ...

• Albany

• Fort Orange

• Jersey City

• New York City

Signed a contract agreeing to work for a specific length of time

• Slave
• Indentured Servant
• Both

When slaves were loaded onto boats to be taken and sold, this part of the triangular trade route was called what?

• the American Passage
• the Middle Passage
• the Lower Passage
• the African Passage

a crop produced to be sold

• cash crop

• plantations

• agrarian

• region

Where did most slaves work in the South?

• Middle Passage
• slave ships
• plantations
• hotels

people who have left the country of their birth to live in another country.

• immigrant
• plantation
• Mayflower Compact
• staple crops