Exploration Review

Which of the reasons below explain why Africans immigrated to the United States?

• they were set free

• they were kidnapped and sold into permanent slavery

• they were given a job to make money

• they bought land and grew crops

What was a major reason for the exploration of the Americas by Europeans?

• European leaders wanted to expand their economic and political power.

• European leaders wanted a place to send their criminal populations.

• European leaders wanted to learn more about American Indian cultural groups.

• European leaders wanted to find new sources of labor for farming in Europe.

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• the trade between the Europeans and the African kings for slaves

• the movement of Christians from Europe to the Americas

• the movement of plants, animals, and diseases between

  hemispheres

• the migration of settlers from Europe to the Americas

Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade during the 1700s?

• Lack of skilled labor

• Demand for slaves in American colonies that produced cash crops

• Lack of protective tariffs

• Demand for slaves in industrialized America

Why do we refer to the American natives as Indians?

• Because that is their name in their language.

• Because Columbus thought he landed in India.

• Because Marco Polo named them.

What was one impact of European exploration on Native American

Indians?

• European farming techniques were quickly adopted.

• Many Native American Indians were resettled throughout Europe.

• Conflicts between Native American Indian tribes ended.

• Diseases brought by Europeans caused large numbers of deaths.

What was the primary goal of the Virginia Company?

• To obtain for England valuable natural resources from the American colonies

• To manufacture finished goods to be shipped overseas to European markets

• acquire laborers from the colonies to work in British factories

• To improve relationships between colonists and American Indians

Based on your knowledge of social studies, which country is Country X?

• England

• France

• Portugal

• Spain

Which reasons correctly replace the numbers in this table?

• (1) To gain religious freedom

  (2) To provide military defense

• (1) To increase business profits

  (2) To escape religious persecution

• (1) To provide military defense

  (2) To help benefit the poor

• (1) To increase business profits

  (2) To provide a place for criminals

What was one way slow communication with the British government affected the American colonies?

• The colonies united for trade and defense.

• Self-government developed in the colonies.

• Smuggling of goods in the colonies decreased.

• Smuggling of goods in the colonies decreased.