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WorksheetsInquiry 1 - Motivations of Human Settlement
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 13mins
Settlers of this colony were motivated to create a colony in the New World for religious freedom.
Jamestown settlers
Plymouth Pilgrims
Roanoke settlers
Spanish explorers
Based on the map, select 3 items below that Native Americans would have been exposed to from the Columbian Exchange
Bananas
Coffee Beans
Diseases
Tomatoes
Which describes the most negative impact of cultural diffusion for Native Americans during the Columbian Exchange?
Native Americans were able to trade resources to get metal and weapons from Europeans.
Native American population decreased greatly due to many dying from diseases brought over by Europeans such as small pox, the flu, chicken pox, etc.
Native Americans were forced to work for European explorers.
Native Americans had to convert to a new religion and learn new languages because Europeans didn't understand their culture.
Jamestown settlers had a high demand for food and resources when they landed in Virginia. The local Native Americans had a great supply of the resources the settlers needed because they adapted to the land by hunting animals, gathering berries from the woods, and hunting.
This scenario is an example of which economic concept?
supply and demand
opportunity cost
profit
product
Jamestown settlers need food and supplies that Native Americans in their area have to survive, and the Native Americans want weapons like the settlers have to make hunting easier. How could the two groups help each other?
They could fight and whoever wins the conflict keeps the resources and weapons.
They could barter/trade so both sides survive and are happy.
They could protect their own people and not give any goods to each other.
Which 3 bodies of water can Jamestown easily access?
Atlantic Ocean
Chesapeake Bay
James River
Roanoke River
How was it beneficial for Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth to settle on the east coast near the Atlantic Ocean? (Check 2)
Being near the ocean allowed them to create ports to easily trade and get supplies from English ships.
Being near the ocean allowed them have natural resources, such as fish, for food.
Being near the ocean caused them to be open to attack from enemies.
Being near the caused them to live through natural disasters such as hurricanes.
Which physical feature are all three first English settlements located near?
Atlantic Ocean
Chesapeake Bay
James River
Roanoke River
If English settlers wanted to travel west, which physical feature would make traveling difficult?
James River
Potomac River
Atlantic Ocean
Appalachian Mountains
80% of words in the English language come from other languages around the world. Which claim below can be supported by this evidence?
The movement and settlement of people causes cultural characteristics of groups to blend.
The movement and settlement of people does not impact culture.
The movement and settlement of people are always motivated by religion.
Based on the data, the population in Jamestown increased overtime and more people came from England to Jamestown. What may have motivated the population increase?
Settlers being able to modify and adapt to their environment.
Conflict with local Native Americans.
New diseases brought over by Europeans.
In a Plymouth primary source, a Pilgrim writes the following reasons for first settling at Cape Cod.
1. Good place to harbor boats
2. Signs of good soil for farming (corn already grown there)
3. Place for good fishing because they saw whales
4. It was secure and defensible against enemies
5. Winter was coming and it would be difficult to keep traveling in harsh winter weather
What factors are being described here?
economic
environmental
cultural
Long hunters in the 1740's who explored land that is part of present day Kentucky described it as being filled with wild game for hunting, waterways, forests, good soil, and hills. All of these are __________ factors that motivated others to want to settle in Kentucky.
cultural
economic
environmental
The Loyal Company was a land company in Kentucky that wanted to find land good for farming so they may make a profit.
This evidence would support which claim?
Land companies in the 1700's were motivated by cultural factors to settle present day Kentucky.
Land companies in the 1700's were motivated by economic factors to settle present day Kentucky.
Land companies in the 1700's were motivated by environmental factors to settle present day Kentucky.
The Mayflower Compact is the first example in America of _____.
Church of England government
a government ruled by a King.
self-government
a government lead by a President.
