STAAR Review Day 1: Exploration & Colonization

Built Missions and claimed Texas, Florida, and California.

• Pilgrims

• Spain

• France

• Maryland

Made money from fur trade.

• Pilgrims

• Spain

• France

• Maryland

Wrote the Mayflower Compact

• Pilgrims

• Spain

• France

• Maryland

Founded a haven for Catholics

• Pilgrims

• Spain

• France

• Maryland

Identify the colony that matches correctly with the reason is was founded.

• Maryland-Political Reasons

• Pennsylvania-Economic Reasons

• Virginia-Economic Reasons

• Georgia-Religious Reasons

To acquire wealth for the mother country: What was the reason for exploration?

• Gold

• Glory

• God

Spread Christianity to natives: What was the reason for exploration?

• Gold

• Glory

• God

Expand the empire by claiming new territory: What was the reason for exploration?

• Gold

• Glory

• God

-Mayflower Compact

-The charter establishing the Virginia House of Burgesses

-The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Which Factor 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

Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the Transatlantic Slave Trade shown on this map?

• The economic demands of the plantation system

• The construction needs of the railroad

• Increased textile manufacturing

• Increased western migration