Unit 2: Settlement to Colonies Review

Which of these is an example of an impact of the Columbian Exchange?

• Plants in the Americas were destroyed by Europeans

• Smallpox was cured with treatments in the Americas

• America will become isolated from other parts of the world

• Ideas and technologies from various cultures will lead to new acheivements

Which of these are examples of sectionalist differences that can be found in the colonial regions?

• Family Structure

  and Culture

• Education

• Politics

• geography and climate

Based on the image, what was an outcome of the triangular trade

• European raw materials were exported to Americas

• Slaves were brought from Africa to Europe to work on plantations

• Slaves were transported to the Americas where they were later sold.

This colonial region brought different religions and cultures to this area. Grain was a staple crop for livestock.

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Great Britain established colonies in the New World to...

• teach other civilizations how to farm

• religious freedom and land

• to gain diseases

Why was the Black Population much larger in the Southern Colonies than Middle Colonies?

• Southern Colonies relied on Slave Labor for plantation system

• Slavery was abolished in the Middle Colonies

• As the population grew so did its diversity

Southern Colonies warm climate, rich soil, and long growing seasons supported what economic activity?

• Coal Mining

• Cattle Ranching

• Cash Crop Plantation Farming

• Textile Manufacturing

The Mayflower Compact established an early step towards ________ in the American Colonies

• self-government

• religious tolerance

• Conflict between settlers and Natives

 

A belief that a country’s security depended on selling more products than it bought (maintaining a positive trade balance); establishing colonies who would sell raw materials to the home country at low prices and who would in turn buy what they needed ONLY from the mother country

• Navigation Acts

• Mercantilism

• Triangular Trade

• Middle Passage

Most of the people that settled in Southern Colonies came for....

• religious freedom

• economic opportunity

• democratic government