Exploration and Colonization

Exploration and Colonization

8th Grade

5 Qs

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Exploration and Colonization

Exploration and Colonization

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did European Explorers search for the Northwest Passage?

To discover a new sea route to Asia

To find the legendary Seven Cities of Gold

To discover new technology for crossing the Atlantic Ocean

To find the legendary fountain of Youth

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the initial reason many European explorers sailed to the Americas?

To find new sources of cheap labor

To spread Christianity to Africa

To form military alliances

To find a new trade route to Asia

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these describes the primary reason for French colonization?

To convert American Indians in the Southwest to Catholicism

To cultivate cash crops in the Chesapeake Bay area

To extract precious metals from mines in present day Mexico

To profit from fur trading in the Great Lakes region

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the Virginia Colony Established?

To gain Religiuos Freedom

To increase business profits.

To provide Military Defense

To provide a place for criminals

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the Puritans colonize Massachusetts Bay?

To help benefit the poor

To increase business profits

To provide military defense

To gain Religious Freedom