STAAR 8th Grade Social Studies Countdown Days 1-3

Primary reasons for European Exploration include: Spreading Christianity, Economic Development, and ________.

• Create political allies

• Expand Empires

• Promote self-government

• Locate new labor source

The primary reason for the establishment of the colony of Maryland was to _____.

• Establish a safe haven for English debtors

• Function as a buffer between English and Spanish territories

• Develop trade relations with various Native groups

• Serve as a refuge for Catholics to avoid persecution

The main interest of the French for colonizing in North America was creating successful relations with Native Americans in order to _______.

• Develop a fur trade

• Establish allies in the New World

• Spread Christianity

• Utilize natural resources

Which American colony's economy was based primarily on harvesting rice, indigo and tobacco?

• New York

• Massachusetts

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

The Spanish were motivated to colonize in the New World because they wanted to ________.

• Address overcrowding in their homeland

• Develop trading center

• Stop Native American uprisings

• Spread the Catholic faith

American colonists felt it necessary to establish their own representative institutions due to _______.

• The right of the people to keep slaves

• The belief in separation of church and state

• The desire to maintain mercantilist policies

• The distance between the colonies and Great Britain

The physical characteristics of the New England colonies allowed for which economic activities to be possible?

• Fishing, shipbuilding, and lumber milling

• Mining, fishing, and large scale agriculture

• Shipbuilding, large scale agriculture, and mining

• Dairy farming, large scale agriculture, and whaling

Americans today are guaranteed freedom of religion under the First Amendment. Which of the following events originally paved the way for this freedom?

• Jamestown created the Virginia House of Burgesses

• The Pilgrims escaped persecution from the King of England

• John Rolfe married Powhattan princes, Pocahontas

• The colony of Georgia was established as a haven for debtors

In the two years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, colonists grew increasingly resentful of Great Britain because of the _____________.

• discontinuation of the slave trade

• restrictions placed on the education of women

• limitations set on religious freedom in the colonies

• opposition to being taxed without representation

What are the motivations for countries to send explorers to the "New World"?

• Glory for their country, enslave the local natives, harvest the abundant tobacco

• Build trading centers, profit from fur trading, find an area to relocate criminals

• Establish new fishing areas, trade with the Natives, create converts to Christianity

• Gain economic wealth, share their religion, claim land for their country