Colonization | Fast & Curious

What was the main idea behind mercantilism?

• Colonies existed to make a profit for their mother country

• Colonies were used to house prisoners from the mother country

• Colonies were allowed to do whatever they wanted

• Colonies were setup to help with overpopulation in the mother country

 Which answer best describes the Columbian Exchange?

• Ideas were exchanged between Europe and Americas.
• The native Americans and Christopher Columbus shared religious ideas.
• The Eastern and Western Hemispheres exchanged plants, animals, and also diseases.
• The Old World became the New World.

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

This person decided to set sail westward to find an all-water route to Asia (which he did not find).

• Christopher Columbus

• William Penn

• Ferdinand Magellan

• John Smith

This person helped people survive in Jamestown, England's second colonial attempt in North America.

• Christopher Columbus

• John Smith

• John Rolfe

• Pocahontas

The "Triangular Trade" was a network between which three locations?

• Europe, Africa, Asia

• Europe, India, Australia

• North America, West Indies, South America

• Europe, Africa, America

Charter is best described as...

• Elected representative to an assembly

• List of fundamental laws to support a government

• Document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony

• To mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs

This person created a colony that was first a place for Quakers to practice their own religion. Later, it was open for others as well.

• William Penn

• John Smith

• Lord Baltimore

• James Oglethorpe

This document was created by colonists who agreed to create fair laws that protected the general good of the colony

• English Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

Laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America

• Apprentice

• Indentured Servant

• Slave

• Patricians