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Exploration & Colonization

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the English system of exporting more than you imported?

a)

Colonization

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Capitalism

2.

Who is known as the founding father of Georgia?

a)

Tomochichi

b)

King George III

c)

James Oglethorpe

d)

Button Gwinnett

3.

Missions were set up on the Barrier Islands by what colonial power?

a)

French

b)

English

c)

Spanish

d)

Dutch

4.

What was NOT a reason for settlement in the New World

a)

God

b)

Goods

c)

Glory

d)

Gold

5.

Who is credited as the first European in Georgia?

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

James Cortez

c)

Hernando de Soto

d)

Francisco Pizarro

6.

French Interests in North America focused on which of the following?

a)

Finding Gold

b)

The Fur Trade

c)

Spreading Catholicism

d)

Mercantilism

7.

Spanish Interests in North America focused on which of the following?

a)

Finding Gold

b)

The Fur Trade

c)

Spreading Protestantism

d)

Mercantilism

8.

English Interests in North America focused on which of the following?

a)

Finding Gold

b)

The Fur Trade

c)

Spreading Catholicism

d)

Mercantilism

9.

Which is NOT a reason the Georgia Colony was created?

a)

Philanthropy

b)

Economics

c)

Defense

d)

Religion

10.

Which was NOT a key crop grown in Colonial Georgia?

a)

Indego

b)

Rice

c)

Cotton

d)

Silk

11.

Who was known as an interpreter key to establishing the Colony of Savannah?

a)

Tomochichi

b)

James Oglethorpe

c)

Mary Musgrove

d)

King George III

12.

Which of the following were allowed in the Trustee Colony?

a)

Catholics

b)

Lawyers

c)

Jews

d)

Blacks

e)

Liquor

13.

What was the last colonial capital developed by the British that was laid out on a grid system?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Savannah

c)

Charleston

d)

Raleigh

14.

Why were Jews allowed into the Georgia Colony?

a)

They wanted a new life.

b)

They were trained fighters.

c)

They brought a doctor.

d)

They made silk.

15.

What settler group was invited by James Oglethorpe for being fierce fighters?

a)

Salzburgers

b)

Jews

c)

Malcontents

d)

Highland Scots

16.

What anti-slavery settler group was the only group to successfully produce silk?

a)

Salzburgers

b)

Jews

c)

Malcontents

d)

Highland Scots

17.

What battle ended the Spanish threat to Georgia?

a)

Battle of St. Simons

b)

Battle of Bloody Marsh

c)

Battle of St. Augustine

d)

Battle of Savannah

18.

Tomochichi was the leader of which Native tribe that gave land to the British colonists?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Guale

c)

Seminole

d)

Yamacraw

19.

Which group pushed for slavery and liquor; marking the transition from a Trustee Colony to a Royal Colony?

a)

Salzburgers

b)

Jews

c)

Malcontents

d)

Highland Scots

20.

Which Royal Governor set up a two-chambered legislature, created militias, and had citizens work on roads?

a)

John Reynolds

b)

Henry Ellis

c)

James Wright

21.

Which Royal Governor was a scientist who helped farmers, established good trade with the Natives, and created 8 parishes along the coast?

a)

John Reynolds

b)

Henry Ellis

c)

James Wright

22.

Which Royal Governor followed the Stamp Act, helped GA grow Westward, and was a plantation owner & attorney?

a)

John Reynolds

b)

Henry Ellis

c)

James Wright

23.

Which war gave Georgia more land?

a)

American Revolution

b)

French Revolution

c)

French & Indian War

d)

The Civil War

24.

What forbade colonists from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

Trade Act of 1660

b)

Charter of 1752

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Treaty of Augusta (1763)

25.

What way of getting land in the Georgia Colony was based on how big your family was?

a)

Headright System

b)

Inheriting Land

c)

Purchasing Act