Exploration & Colonization

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

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

• It outlawed slavery in Massachusetts

• It a established the principal of a separation of Church and State

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

• universal suffrage

• steps toward colonial Self Governments

• governments based on Monarchy

Which colony is regarded as having the first permanent English settlement?

• Georgia

• Maryland

• Virginia

How was the Virginia House of Burgesses important to the development of democracy in the 13 colonies?

• it created the first written constitution in the 13 colonies

• it produced a bill of rights

• it was the first representative based government in the 13 colonies

True or False: Henry Hudson did find a Northwest Passage to Asia.

• True

• False

Which religion did Europeans attempt to spread to the New World?

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Hinduism

What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

• To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy

• To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia

• To find the city of gold in southern Africa

Which answer choice below is "NOT" a reason that Spain explored the New World?

• Gold

• God

• Glory

• Oil

True or False: The main motives or reasons that Europeans began to explore and colonize new lands were economic and religious reasons

• True

• False

What are the 3 main Countries that explored the New World

• Germany,England,Spain

• United States,Spain,England

• Spain,England,France