8TH GRADE SS BLITZ WARM-UP DAY 1

Matching - Select the best answer.

• France

• Made money from fur trade

• Spain

• Built missions and claimed Texas, Florida, and California

• Pilgrims

• Wrote the Mayflower Compact

• Maryland

• Founded for Catholics seeking religious freedom

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

• A. Maryland – Political reasons

• B. Pennsylvania – Economic reasons

• C. Virginia – Economic reasons

• D. Georgia – Religious reasons

Determine which description matches the reason for exploration. Select the correct answer in each row. Reason for exploration:

• Glory

• Acquire wealth for the mother country

• God

• Spread Christianity to Natives

• Gold

• Expand empire by claiming new territory

Which factor most contributed to the creation of the documents in this list?

The Mayflower Compact

The charter establishing the Virginia House of Burgesses

The Fundamental Order of Connecticut

• A. The opportunity for trade with American Indians

• B. The distance of the colonies from Great Britain

• C. The doctrine of the Church of England

• D. The economic system of mercantilism

Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the transatlantic slave trade shown on the map?

• The economic demands of the plantation system

• The construction needs of the railroad

• Increased textile manufacturing

• Increased western migration