Unit 2, Quiz 3

Use the diagram below to answer the question: Which title would BEST complete the diagram?

• New Goods and People Brought Over During the Columbian Exchange

• Reasons for European Explorations of the Americas

• Natural Resources of the Middle Colonies Region

• Reasons for Settlement of the American Indians

How is power distributed in a representative government?

• Power is inherited by one person.

• Power is divided between two people.

• Power is held by a small group of people.

• Power belongs to the people, who then choose their leaders.

What did the Pilgrims agree to when signing the Mayflower compact, which was the first form of self-government in the colonies?

• They agreed to farm the land

• They agreed to social contract to make laws

• They agreed to Thanksgiving

• They agreed to get along with the Indians

• Representative Government

• Columbian Exchange

• Mercantilism

• Triangular Trade

Why were the majority of the colonies founded?

• for friendships

• for religious reasons

• for war

• for trade

What natural resource was used for the economic industry of shipbuilding?

• cotton

• forests

• pigs

• iron

In a _____________, the king will pass on his crown to the prince, who will then reign as the new leader of the country.

• Representative government

• Monarchy

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower

What economic system does this political cartoon represent?

• Free enterprise

• Mercantilism

• Capitalism

• Private enterprise

What was the economy of the southern colonies based on?

• farming livestock

• fishing

• shipbuilding

• farming cash crops

Due to the new goods that were brought over, the Columbian Exchange affected Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans. Which are some of the ways the Columbian Exchange has impacted these peoples? Choose three from below:

• Native Americans died from diseases brought by the Europeans

• Europeans had a more improved diet because of the new foods from the New World

• Animals benefited the most from the Columbian Exchange

• Native Americans declared war against the Spanish conquistadors