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Exploration & Colonization unit 1 Review Quiz

Authored by Mariesha Laferney

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Exploration & Colonization unit 1 Review Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main goal of exploration during the Age of Discovery?

To escape religious persecution

To find new trade routes

To seek and claim new lands for economic, political, and social gain

To spread democracy

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is colonialism?

Trading goods with Native Americans

Occupying a region and establishing settlements

Fighting wars for land

Building empires through conquest

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the “Three G’s” of exploration?

Guns, Gold, Government

Gold, Glory, God

Growth, Grain, Government

Geography, Goods, Gold

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did England establish colonies in North America?

To escape the French

To gain political, economic, and religious benefits

To trade with Native Americans

To find spices

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was France’s main economic activity in the New World?

Farming

Mining

Fur trading

Shipbuilding

6.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607 was (a)   .

Plymouth
Roanoke
Jamestown
Boston

7.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the following reasons with the colony that was founded for that reason.

Jamestown

For religious freedom

Plymouth Colony

To escape persecution

Massachusetts Bay Colony

For gold and profit (economic reasons)

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