STAAR Review - Key Eras

Which European country was motivated to colonize the New World for these reasons?

• England

• France

• Germany

• Spain

Which reasons correctly replace the numbers in this table?

• (1) To gain religious freedom
  (2) To provide military defense

• (1) To increase business profits
  (2) To escape religious persecution

• (1) To provide military defense
  (2) To help benefit the poor

• (1) To increase business profits
  (2) To provide a place for criminals

Which reason correctly replaces the question mark in this list?

• Influence of John Locke and other Enlightenment philosophers

• Ideas of John Smith and other English soldiers

• Need to establish trading forts

• Interest in growing cash crops

Which statement explains the significance of this colonial institution?

• The assembly served as a model for other colonial legislatures.

• Colonists used the assembly to overrule decisions of the royal governor.

• The assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent Virginia.

• The king revoked Virginia's charter because the assembly became too powerful.

Which numbered arrow represents the area where the Pilgrims landed in 1620?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

How did these characteristics influence life in the colonies?

• The New England colonies supported financial growth through high-paying industrial work.

• The Southern colonies supported the plantation production of cash crops because of long growing seasons.

• The Southern colonies developed large urban centers in order to support increasing manufacturing businesses.

• The New England colonies developed large rural populations in order to support increasing agricultural production.

Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade during the 1700s?

• A lack of skilled labor in the American colonies

• Demand for slaves in the American colonies that produced cash crops

• A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies

• Demand for slaves in the industrialized American colonies

Based on the excerpt, how did the Great Compromise help create the governmental structure?

• By settling the issues over voting rights in the North

• By settling the issues between Federalists and Anti-Federliasts

• By settling the issues over taxation

• By settling the issues between large and small states

The Great Compromise addressed disagreements over federal representation by ---

• creating a bicameral legislature

• enumerating the powers of the central government

• giving veto power to the executive

• establishing three branches of government

Which weaknesses are associated with the Articles of Confederation? Select TWO correct answers.

• All states had to approve amendments.

• The one-house legislature was based on population.

• The central government held too much power.

• States coined their own money.

• Slavery was banned in the Northwest Territory.