American History 1 Exam

European nations started searching for new trade routes and exploring the seas during the

• Age of Exploration

• Enlightenment

• Industrial Revolution

• American Revolution

Three primary motivators for exploration included (SELECT THE THREE THAT APPLY):

• Gold and wealth

• Glory for their nation

• Religious freedoms

• The search for medicine

• The need for adventure

Before European explorers came to the American continents, there was a vast population of Natives with various cultures.

• True

• False

The British explorers settled in which area of North America?

• Florida and around the Gulf of Mexico

• The Northeast and Southern regions along the Atlantic coast

• The Southwest

• in modern day Canada

In what ways were Natives affected by Europeans? Select all that apply.

• Infectious disease killed large numbers

• they had to compete for hunting grounds

• many had to leave their homes over time

• their communities grew and thrived due to European contact

Jamestown was the first successful British colony in North America, and its success was due to corn.

• True

• False

Many colonial governments, far away from Great Britain, modeled their structures and practices after

• democratic ideas

• monarchical ideas

• dictatorships

• communism

Mercantilism is

• the practice of enslaving others because of their skin color

• the practice of religion without government oppression

• the practice of nations setting up colonies in order to increase their wealth and power

• the practice of democratic governments

After colonization grew, the exchange of goods from the Americas to Europe becomes known as what?

• The Middle Passage

• The Columbian Exchange

• The World Trade Market

• The Silk Road

The British had several of their own problems going on in Europe and ignored the colonists for a while. This allowed colonies to do what they wanted without much British control.

• Salutary Neglect

• British Silence

• Enlightenment Period

• Renaissance