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STAAR REVIEW - EXPLORATION / COLONIZATION

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the primary purpose of the Spanish colonies there were established in North America in the early 1500s?

a)

To foster friendship between Spaniards and Native Americans

b)

To establish religious freedom for Spaniards fleeing Europe

c)

To grow crops for Spain

d)

To find gold and to spread Christianity

2.

During this age of exploration, European countries wanted to spread Christianity beyond Europe, expand their empires and they wanted to become rich.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

French colonist ....

a)

focused primary on fur trading

b)

participated in the triangular trade

c)

created an early system for public schools

d)

organised utopian societies

4.

The Spanish were motivated to explore and colonize by three factors

a)

Christmas, Easter, and Summer Vaca

b)

God, Gold, and Glory

c)

Rice, Ropes, and Rhinestones

d)

Friends, Furs, and Fish

5.
Who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 
a)
Pilgrims
b)
Puritans
c)
both
d)
neither
6.
Who were at the First Thanksgiving?
a)
Pilgrims
b)
Puritans
c)
both
d)
neither
7.
Who cast out Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson due to their religious beliefs?
a)
Pilgrims
b)
Puritans
c)
both
d)
neither
8.
Who established Plymouth Colony in 1620?
a)
Pilgrims
b)
Puritans
c)
both
d)
neither
9.
The agreement Pilgrims made to govern themselves and make fair laws is called the........
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Church of England
c)
Separatists
d)
Mayflower Compact
10.
Both Pilgrims & Puritans left England because they wanted.......
a)
Religious Freedom
b)
Mayflowers
c)
Harvests
d)
Indentured Servants
11.
Pilgrim's children didn't go to school but were expected to......
a)
Find gold
b)
work
c)
own land
d)
text friends in Europe
12.
Which two choices below was most important to Puritans?
a)
Church & Education
b)
Slavery & Gold
c)
Farming & Baseball
d)
Town Meetings & Indentured Servants
13.

Quakers are a religious group that

a)

hates women.

b)

goes to war often.

c)

is very peaceful.

d)

kills Native Americans.

14.

William Penn founded

a)

Virginia

b)

Massachusetts

c)

New York

d)

Pennsylvania

15.

Someone who refuses to fight in wars is called

a)

a pacifist.

b)

a patroon.

c)

a Quaker.

d)

a proprietor.

16.

Which of the following was an argument made against slavery in the Thirteen Colonies?

a)

Manufacturers argued that slavery discouraged the development of industry.

b)

Farmers argued that using slave labor was expensive and inefficient.

c)

Quakers argued that slavery violated Christian principles.

d)

Puritans argued that the slave trade encouraged materialism.

17.

Poor, Rocky Soil

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

18.

Cold Winters

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

19.

Grew Wheat, Grain, Barley, and Oats earning it the nickname "breadbasket"

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

20.

Tobacco

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

21.

In which region of the 13 Colonies would you find cash crops being grown?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

22.

Which region of the 13 Colonies was the furthest North?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

23.

In which region of the 13 Colonies would you find Pilgrims and Puritans?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

24.

Which region of the 13 Colonies had an economy based on fishing?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

25.

Which region of the 13 Colonies has the coldest winters?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

26.

Which region of the 13 Colonies had an economy based on slave labor?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

27.

In which region of the 13 Colonies would you find plantations?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

28.

Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?

a)

The invention of the steam engine

b)

The development of the factory system

c)

The profitability of cash-crop agriculture

d)

The establishment of protective tariffs

29.

Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade?

a)

A lack of skilled labor in the American colonies

b)

Demand for slaves in the colonies that produced cash crops

c)

A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies

d)

A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies

30.

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

a)

The economic demands of the plantation system.

b)

The construction needs of the railroad.

c)

Increased textile manufacturing.

d)

Increased western migration.

31.

Which statement best completes the graphic organizer?

a)

Sugar Cane

b)

Demand for Labor

c)

Fishing

d)

Breadbasket colonies

32.

What is mercantilism?

a)

A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

b)

where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

c)

Wars that start over money.

d)

Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

33.

Which term means a good to sold another country?

a)

Import

b)

Export

34.

The impact of mercantilism was that

a)

The rate of slavery in the Americas went down

b)

Trade was limited in the Atlantic

c)

The Colony grew wealthy

d)

The Mother Country grew wealthy

35.
Wood, water, bricks, corn - are all from the earth. These are called: ____________.
a)
finished products
b)
mercantilism
c)
plants
d)
raw materials
36.

This colony was settled by people who were debtors.

a)

Roanoke

b)

Jamestown

c)

Georgia

37.

Which religious group known for their tolerance, acceptance, pacifism and oats settled in Pennsylvania?

a)

Quakers

b)

Catholics

c)

Puritans

d)

Baptists

38.

Which colony correctly completes this diagram?

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

South Carolina

d)

Georgia

39.

The colonies in this list were founded primarily to offer settlers a greater degree of

a)

freedom from debts

b)

religious freedom

c)

economic freedom

d)

freedom of speech

40.

You are ugly and not as good looking as Mr. Schmitt

a)

True

b)

........

c)

.........

d)

........