Social Studies Exploration and Colonization Review

Why is the Mayflower Compact considered an important step in the development of American Democracy?

• It established the principle of separation of church and state.

• It provided a basis for self-government in the Plymouth Colony

• It defined colonial relations with local Native American Indians

• It outlawed slavery in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

One way in which the settlements at Jamestown (1607) and of New France in Canada (1608) were similar is that both were located

• In the mountains

• On islands far from fresh water

• Next to bodies of water

• In a dry climate

THe Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are most closely associated with

• Abuses by absolute monarchs

• Establishment of religious toleration

• Steps toward colonial self-government

• Adoption of Universal suffrage

In which region of the United Sates was the first permanent English settlement located?

• Pacific Northwest

• Great Plains

• Atlantic Coast

• Great Lakes Mountains

THe need for agricultural workers in the tobacco fields of colonial Virginia led to the

• Formation of labor unions

• Decision to industrialize

• Improvement in farming

• Use of enslaved people from Africa

What was one important result of the encounter between Europeans and Native American Indians?

• Native American Indian populations continued to increase

• The African slave trade ended

• New diseases were spread to Native American populations

• Spain's empire in the New World declined

Early European explorers who came to the "New World" were looking for a Northwest Passage in order to -

• Prove the world was round

• Improve Trade with Native American Indians

• Explore the Great Lakes

• Find a shorter water-route to Asia

Which colonial settlement is correctly paired with the reason it was founded?

• North Carolina - haven for Pilgrims

• Georgia - place for imprisoned debtors and convicts

• Maryland - refuge for Quakers

• Pennsylvania - refuge for English Catholics

What was the major reason European rulers sought to colonize North America?

• They needed people from North America to settle in Europe

• They sought to learn more about Native American cultures

• They sought to expand their power with riches from the "New World"

• They wanted a place to send their criminal population

One reason for the importance of the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was that they laid the foundation for -

• A two-house legislature in state governments

• The growth of representative government in Colonial America

• The development of English common law in the colonies

• Social freedom in colonial legislatures