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Unit 1 - Colonization

Authored by Diana De Jesus

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Unit 1 - Colonization
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What was the initial reason many European explorers sailed to America?

To form military alliances

To spread Christianity to Africa

To find new routes to Asia

To find new sources of cheap labor

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What was the primary reason for FRENCH colonization?

To convert Native Americans to Catholicism

To cultivate cash crops

To profit from fur trading

To extract precious metals from present-day Mexico

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which of these is NOT a reason for exploration?

Expand Empires

Start a military

To increase wealth

Spread Christianity

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What was the main reason Roger Williams founded the colony of Rhode Island?

To look for gold

Religious freedom

To sell fur

To start political parties

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which colony was created as a refuge for Catholics?

Maryland

Rhode Island

Virginia

Georgia

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was Plymouth, Massachusetts founded?

To produce raw materials

To bring wealth to stockholders

To look for gold

To escape religious persecution

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What year was Jamestown founded?

1607

1620

1776

1803

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