Colonial Era Review

What was the name of the land bridge that people crossed from Asia to the Americas

• Bering Land Bridge

• North Pacific Bridge

• Asia to America Land Bridge

• Pacific Strait

What animal was very important for the survival of the Great Plains nations?

• goat

• sharks

• buffalo

• deer

What was the major disease that killed most of the Native Americans?

• Cholera

• Black Death

• Pneumonia

• Smallpox

What was the importance of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois in US history?

• they supported the revolution

• they provided a model for the US government

• they taught colonists how to grow rice

• they showed the colonists where to find gold

In which colony did people disappear?

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• Philadelphia

Which economic policy was based on the idea that the American colonies existed primarily to provide economic benefits for Great Britain?

• mercantilism

• socialism

• free trade

• laissez-faire capitalism

The Mayflower Compact is considered an important step in the development of American democracy because it

• established the principle of separation of church and state

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

• defined relations with local Native Americans

• outlawed slavery in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

What was The Great Awakening?

• religious revival

• a slave uprising

• women’s rights march

• the rise of Dracula

What ship did the Pilgrims come to America on?

• The Nina

• The Pinta

• The Santa Marie

• The Mayflower

Who were the Quakers?

• a religious group in the South

• a religious group that thought their religion was pure

• a religious group that believed in tolerance

• cereal makers