US History Fall Final 2025

Mercantilism was an economic system where colonies existed to benefit the mother country by providing raw materials, exports greater than _________.

• imports

• exports

• taxes

• tariffs

Navigation Acts were laws England used to enforce mercantilism by requiring goods to be shipped in English ships or sold only to _________?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

Trans-Atlantic Trade connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas and expanded colonial economies and created the _________?

• Middle Passage

• Industrial Revolution

• Silk Road

• Manifest Destiny

Which colonies were considered the Southern Colonies?

• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

• Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

• Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

• Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts

What type of climate and soil did the Southern Colonies have that supported large-scale farming?

• Warm climate, fertile soil, and long growing seasons

• Cold climate, rocky soil, and short growing seasons

• Dry climate, sandy soil, and limited rainfall

• Cool climate, clay soil, and frequent frost

The economy of the Southern Colonies centered on agriculture and cash crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo.

• True

• False

Relations with American Indians in the Southern Colonies included both trade and conflicts, especially with which group in Jamestown?

• Powhatan

• Cherokee

• Iroquois

• Seminole

How did the Southern Colonies differ from other colonial regions?

• They had more towns and mixed economies

• They relied more on plantation agriculture and enslaved labor

• They had less reliance on agriculture

• They had no relations with American Indians

What was the Middle Passage?

• The brutal trans-Atlantic journey enslaved Africans were forced to endure, characterized by overcrowding, disease, violence, and extremely high mortality rates.

• A trade route used by European merchants to transport spices and silk from Asia to Europe.

• A migration path taken by early humans from Africa to other continents.

• A naval passage discovered by explorers to shorten the route between Europe and the Americas.

African Foodways: Introduced foods such as okra, yams/sweet potatoes, black-eyed peas, and rice cultivation techniques; blended with European cooking to create new dishes. Which of the following foods was NOT introduced by African Foodways?

• Okra

• Yams

• Wheat