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Mid-term US History Prep

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6th - 8th Grade

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Mid-term US History Prep
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was a primary political motivation for European exploration?

Seeking wealth through cash crops

Competition between monarchies for power and land

Establishing missions to convert Native Americans

Developing trading relationships with Native Americans

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Spanish exploration focused on:

Searching for the Northwest Passage

Establishing a fur trade

Finding gold and spreading Christianity

Creating alliances with Native Americans

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was central to French exploration?

Cash crops

Religious missions

The fur trade and control of the Mississippi River

Establishing a penal colony

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first permanent English colony in North America was:

Plymouth

Jamestown

New Amsterdam

Savannah

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was a defining feature of the New England colonies?

Large plantations and cash crops

Breadbasket farming and ports

Subsistence farming and dense forests

Religious tolerance for all denominations

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Middle Colonies were known for:

Harsh winters and shipbuilding

Plantations and enslaved labor

Wheat farming and diverse populations

Religious uniformity

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the purpose of the Virginia House of Burgesses?

To encourage religious tolerance

To act as the first form of representative government in the colonies

To organize rebellion against British taxes

To protect the fur trade

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