WorksheetsSTAAR REVIEW - EXPLORATION / COLONIZATION
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 26mins
What was the primary purpose of the Spanish colonies there were established in North America in the early 1500s?
To foster friendship between Spaniards and Native Americans
To establish religious freedom for Spaniards fleeing Europe
To grow crops for Spain
To find gold and to spread Christianity
During this age of exploration, European countries wanted to spread Christianity beyond Europe, expand their empires and they wanted to become rich.
TRUE
FALSE
French colonist ....
focused primary on fur trading
participated in the triangular trade
created an early system for public schools
organised utopian societies
The Spanish were motivated to explore and colonize by three factors
Christmas, Easter, and Summer Vaca
God, Gold, and Glory
Rice, Ropes, and Rhinestones
Friends, Furs, and Fish
Quakers are a religious group that
hates women.
goes to war often.
is very peaceful.
kills Native Americans.
William Penn founded
Virginia
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Someone who refuses to fight in wars is called
a pacifist.
a patroon.
a Quaker.
a proprietor.
Which of the following was an argument made against slavery in the Thirteen Colonies?
Manufacturers argued that slavery discouraged the development of industry.
Farmers argued that using slave labor was expensive and inefficient.
Quakers argued that slavery violated Christian principles.
Puritans argued that the slave trade encouraged materialism.
Poor, Rocky Soil
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Cold Winters
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Grew Wheat, Grain, Barley, and Oats earning it the nickname "breadbasket"
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Tobacco
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
In which region of the 13 Colonies would you find cash crops being grown?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Which region of the 13 Colonies was the furthest North?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
In which region of the 13 Colonies would you find Pilgrims and Puritans?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Which region of the 13 Colonies had an economy based on fishing?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Which region of the 13 Colonies has the coldest winters?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Which region of the 13 Colonies had an economy based on slave labor?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
In which region of the 13 Colonies would you find plantations?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?
The invention of the steam engine
The development of the factory system
The profitability of cash-crop agriculture
The establishment of protective tariffs
Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade?
A lack of skilled labor in the American colonies
Demand for slaves in the colonies that produced cash crops
A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies
A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies
Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the transatlantic slave trade shown on the map?
The economic demands of the plantation system.
The construction needs of the railroad.
Increased textile manufacturing.
Increased western migration.
Which statement best completes the graphic organizer?
Sugar Cane
Demand for Labor
Fishing
Breadbasket colonies
What is mercantilism?
A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.
where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.
Wars that start over money.
Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.
Which term means a good to sold another country?
Import
Export
The impact of mercantilism was that
The rate of slavery in the Americas went down
Trade was limited in the Atlantic
The Colony grew wealthy
The Mother Country grew wealthy
This colony was settled by people who were debtors.
Roanoke
Jamestown
Georgia
Which religious group known for their tolerance, acceptance, pacifism and oats settled in Pennsylvania?
Quakers
Catholics
Puritans
Baptists
Which colony correctly completes this diagram?
Maryland
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
The colonies in this list were founded primarily to offer settlers a greater degree of
freedom from debts
religious freedom
economic freedom
freedom of speech
You are ugly and not as good looking as Mr. Schmitt
True
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