
Exploration and Colonization Unit Review
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Social Studies
8th Grade

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
According to the economic policy of mercantilism, European nations desired to increase their wealth, power and prestige by
establishing colonies in the New World
buying imports from their rival nations
isolating themselves from the rest of the world
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What was the main reason that the French traveled to the New World?
To profit from the fur trade
To conquer land
To escape religious persecution
To convert natives to christianity
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 10 pts
One of the reasons given for the colonization of Georgia was to serve as a BUFFER colony. This meant that Georgia was
A colony for settlement for the poor
A military protective zone between South Carolina and the Spanish, French and allies of the enemy settlements
An outpost for pirates attacking Spanish galleons
An agricultural station experimenting with new strains of cotton plants
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Who were the Quakers?
English people who wanted adventure in the New World
France people who settled in Jamestown
the religious group who settled in Pennsylvania
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
This man was the Puritan governor of Massachusetts; he led a group of people to America in search of religious freedom.
John Winthrop
Thomas Hooker
Roger Williams
Michael Kraus
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Which factor most contributed to the creation of the documents in this list?
The opportunity for trade with American Indians
The distance of the colonies from Great Britain
The doctrine of the Church of England
The economic system of mercantilism
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Founded Rhode Island to secure religious toleration that he didn't have in Massachusetts. He believed in the separation of church and state (government)
Thomas Hooker
Roger Williams
John Wheelwright
John Winthrop
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