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Chapter 2 and 3 Test Review

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons


a)
Pilgrim
b)
Tourist
c)
Explorer
d)
Adventurer
2.

An indentured servant is

a)
A person who is bound by a contract to work for another person for a specified time
b)
A person who is free to work for anyone
c)
A person who is a slave
d)
A person who is a king
3.

A form of farming in which nearly all of the crops or livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer or farmers family (for food to eat)


a)
Subsistence farming
b)
Commercial farming
c)
Industrial farming
d)
Organic farming
4.

What is a cash crop?

a)
A crop that is grown for personal use
b)
A crop that is grown for animal feed
c)
A crop that is grown for its beauty
d)

crop intended to be sold for profit

5.

What does Ethnic mean?

a)

Relating to a population of national, tribal, racial, religious, or cultural background

b)

A type of crop

c)

relating to your conditions and surroundings

d)

A music genre

6.

What is circumnavigate?

a)
To travel in a straight line
b)
To travel around something, especially by water or air
c)
To travel through a tunnel
d)
To travel over a mountain
7.

What is the term for a Spanish explorer in the Americas during the 1500s

a)
Conquistador
b)
Viking
c)
Pilgrim
d)
Samurai
8.

An economic theory that a  nation's power depends on its ability to increase wealth by accumulating precious metals like gold and silver. 


a)
Mercantilism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Socialism
d)
Communism
9.

What is to export?

a)
To send goods or services to another country for sale
b)
To import goods or services from another country
c)

To grow cash crops o within a country

d)

To put items on sale

10.

What were the 3 G's of Conquistadors?

a)
Silver, Success, and Strength
b)
Gold, Glory, and God
c)
Diamonds, Dominance, and Determination
d)
Wealth, War, and Wisdom
11.

What is a colony?

a)
A group of people living in a new territory but retaining ties with their homeland
b)
A type of bird
c)
A type of insect
d)
A type of plant
12.

First person to circumnavigate the world

a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Amerigo Vespucci
c)
Vasco da Gama
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
13.

First Conquistador to explore Florida; looked for the Fountain of Youth"

a)
Hernán Cortés
b)
Juan Ponce de León
c)
Francisco Pizarro
d)
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
14.

First to explore Arkansas and cross the Mississippi River

a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Hernando de Soto
c)
Francisco Pizarro
d)
Christopher Columbus
15.

First Europeans to set foot in North America 500 years before Columbus, no one else knew about it.

a)
Romans
b)
Vikings
c)
Egyptians
d)
Greeks
16.

He realized Columbus was in South America, Americas named for him

a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Vasco da Gama
c)
Amerigo Vespucci
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
17.

The global movement of people, goods, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and Europe, Africa, Asia

a)
Globalization
b)
Protectionism
c)

Columbian Exchange

d)
Isolationism
18.

This document established an organized government for Plymouth Colony because the pilgrims were off course

a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Plymouth Treaty
c)
Mayflower Agreement
d)
Pilgrim Pact
19.

He helped the Pilgrims to survive their first year

a)
Chief Powhatan
b)
John Smith
c)
Squanto
d)
Pocahontas
20.

What were Columbus's three ships?

a)
Uno, Dos, Tres
b)
Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
c)
Mercury, Venus, Earth
d)
Alpha, Beta, Gamma
21.

The name created by Columbus referring to the native peoples of New World- thought he was in the Indes

a)
Indians
b)
Indigenous people
c)
Aboriginals
d)
Native Americans
22.

Which groups of animals did NOT came from Europe/Africa/Asia?

a)

Horses

b)

Cattle

c)

Turkeys

d)

Chickens

23.

Corn, potatoes, turkeys came from

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

the Americas

d)

Africa

24.

This had the most negative impact on the Native Americans

a)

Warfare

b)

Starvation

c)

Climate change

d)

Diseases

25.

What are the New England Colonies?

a)
The New England Colonies were North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
b)
The New England Colonies were New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
c)
The New England Colonies were Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware.
d)
The New England Colonies were Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.
26.

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware are the _____ colonies.

a)
Middle
b)
Western
c)
Northern
d)
Southern
27.

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia are the ____ colonies.

a)
Western colonies
b)
Southern colonies
c)
New England colonies
d)
Mid-Atlantic colonies
28.

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America

a)
Boston
b)
Roanoke
c)
Jamestown
d)
Plymouth
29.

What the English Investors wanted Jamestown set up for

a)
Religious reasons
b)

profit and raw materials

c)
Political reasons
d)
Social reasons