Quiz on the Age of Exploration

A period of history know as the ________________, when explorers traveled long distances in search of resources and riches.

• Age of Exploration

• Industrial Revolution

• Renaissance

• Medieval Period

Study the map.

What area did Ponce de Leon explore?

• Hudson Bay

• Gulf of Mexico

• Iceland

• Canada

Which reason explains why the Puritans, Pilgrims, and Quakers chose to leave England and move to the colonies, other than religious freedom.

• to start new careers

• for economic gain

• to become famous

• to experience a new adventure

Give ONE reason why did the Puritans, Pilgrims, and Quakers leave England and move to the colonies?

• to start new careers

• for religious freedom

• to become famous

• to experience a new adventure

Study the diagram. Which reason best completes the diagram?

• to learn about new cultures

• to create new communities

• to find new trade routes

• to claim new territory

Why did many colonist like Pilgrims, Puritans, and Quakers come to America?

• The colonies provided opportunities for wealth.

• They were converted to the state religion.

• The sea voyage was a good vacation.

• They wanted to help create new jobs.

Study the list:

- Colonies could only trade with England.

- Colonies could only use English ships to trade.

- Colonists were not allowed to produce finished goods

How did these restrictions effect the colonies?

• the development of the free enterprise system

• a decrease in the price of sugar from the West Indies

• an increase in trade with Dutch companies

• the failure of the shipbuilding industry in the colonies

Study the image. The image supports which of the following conclusions about Europeans?

• They searched for gold.

• They profited from fur trading.

• They discovered new trade routes.

• They converted the Iroquois to Catholicism.

The Virginia House of Burgesses is most similar to which branch of the United States government?

• monarch

• executive

• legislative

• judicial

The people of the colony elected men to be part of a council that worked with the governor. This is an example of

• representative government

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy