Review Set 1 (Exploration and Settlement)

Read the description of early colonial government. This group was established by the Virginia Company in 1619 to encourage settlement in the area and help the colonists who lived there make life better for themselves. The colonists could have a say in the laws that were passed to govern them and in the way their money was handled. What group best fits with the description?

• A. British Parliament

• B. House of Burgesses

• C. First Continental Congress

• D. Committee of Correspondence

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

• A. Roanoke Island

• B. Jamestown

• C. Plymouth

• D. St. Augustine

When did slaves first arrive in the New World from Africa?

• 1618

• 1619

• 1620

• 1621

Which colonial area was settled by Puritans?

• The Tennessee Valley

• New England

• Middle Atlantic

• The South

The House of Burgesses is an example of a —

• county seat

• representative assembly

• town meeting

• city hall

What type of economy in the New World enabled slavery?

• Ship Building

• Manufacturing

• Agricultural

• Mining

Use the map to identify two resources that went from Europe directly to the American colonies.

• Luxuries

• Whale oil

• Manufactured goods

• Slaves

• Gold

All of the following resulted from contact between American Indians and Europeans except —

• European diets were enriched by new foods and farming techniques introduced by American Indians.

• American Indians began to explore Asia using European sea-faring technology.

• European diseases such as small pox sickened and killed many American Indians.

• American Indian lifestyles changed greatly as a result of European encroachment and assimilation.

The following group came to the New World voluntarily except —

• English

• Dutch

• Africans

• Puritans