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Topic 2 Review: European Colonization of North America

Authored by Kurt Sinda

History

6th - 8th Grade

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Topic 2 Review: European Colonization of North America
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were the three primary motivations that led Spanish conquistadors to explore and establish settlements in the Americas?

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Gold, God, and Glory

Land, Liberty, and Law

Silk, Spices, and Silver

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following were reasons why Spanish conquistadors were able to defeat much larger Native American empires?

Better knowledge of the local geography

European diseases

Advanced weapons

The Spanish had more soldiers

Spain used horses

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the first successful English settlement in North America?

Plymouth

Roanoke

Jamestown

St. Augustine

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which crop was introduced to Jamestown and helped the colony survive and grow economically?

Cotton

Wheat

Indigo

Tobacco

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the Pilgrims' approach to the Church of England differ from the Puritans' approach?

Pilgrims wanted to reform the church; Puritans wanted to leave it.

Pilgrims wanted total separation; Puritans wanted to purify the church.

Pilgrims joined the Catholic church; Puritans started a new religion.

Both groups wanted to remain loyal to the Church of England.

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was a requirement of the British Navigation Acts?

Colonists could trade freely with any European nation.

Colonial goods had to be transported on colonial or British ships.

Colonists were legally allowed to smuggle

Only French ships could carry tobacco and cotton.

Raw goods like, tobacco and cotton had to be shipped directly to England.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did many colonial merchants respond to the enforcement of the British Navigation Acts?

They closed their businesses in protest.

They moved back to England.

They ignored the laws or resorted to smuggling.

They asked the Spanish for protection.

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