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WorksheetsExploration & Colonization Test Review
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins
Which is not a factor that motivated exploration?
wealth
religion
invention
national pride
The trade of goods and ideas between Europe and the Americas in 1400s and 1500s was known as
Mercantilism
Capitalism
Columbian Exchange
The Slave Trade
European explorers came to America for all the following reasons. Select all that apply.
Gold
Goods
God
Glory
Which of the following is the definition of mercantilism?
To bring into a country
To ship out of a country
A person who spreads the message of Christianity
An economic policy meant to profit the mother country
In which year did Columbus first reach North America?
32
1308
1492
1608
What was the main reason that the French traveled to the New World?
To profit from the fur trade
To conquer land
To escape religious persecution
To convert natives to christianity
Why were most of the 13 colonies settled?
Settlers were escaping religious persecution in Britain
The fur trade provided a lucrative business for them
Settlers heard about indigenous people and wanted to convert them to Christianity
Settlers wanted to make money off of indigenous slave labor
What was the fastest way of traveling in the 1700s?
On Horseback
Sailing
Via car
Via airplane
The area in blue was colonized by which country?
France
Spain
England
Dutch
The area in green was colonized by which country?
France
Spain
England
Dutch
The area in yellow was colonized by which country?
France
Spain
England
Dutch
Which country dedicated the most amount of time to converting indigenous people (Indians) to Christianity?
France
Spain
England
Dutch
During this age of exploration, European countries wanted to spread Christianity beyond Europe, expand their empires and they wanted to become rich.
TRUE
FALSE
• To acquire resources for trade
• To obtain raw materials for industry
• To create markets for manufactured goods
How did European countries attempt to achieve these goals during the 16th through the 18th centuries?
by adopting isolationist policies
by promoting communist economic goals
by introducing democratic government
by colonizing territories
• Caravel
• Astrolabe
• Magnetic compass
Which Age did these innovations contribute most to?
Industrial Revolution
Reformation
Exploration
Agricultural Revolution
This spring, also, those Indeans that lived aboute their trading house there fell sick of . . . small poxe, and dyed most miserably . . .
—William Bradford, 1634
What was the primary cause of this situation?
health issues caused by famine
the loss of knowledge about traditional medicine
the introduction of foreign diseases
illness due to lack of shelters
What country established the Colony of Roanoke?
Spain
England
France
Portugal
True or False: Historians know exactly what happened to the Colony of Roanoke.
TRUE
FALSE
Which motive BEST completes the diagram?
to promote free enterprise
to expand empires
to extend democracy
to found utopian communities
Which group of colonies had a combination of a warm climate and rich soil that supported plantations?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
What are cash crops?
Trees that grow money
Crops that are grown to be sold for profit
Plants that are really, really tall
Crops that are grown for the farmer to consume
Quakers believed in
equality
non-violence
religious freedom
all of the above
Why was Maryland settled?
For France to have a colony
For settlers to find gold
For Virginians to have somewhere to eat crab
For Catholics to have freedom of religion
What kind of agricultural system did European colonists implement in the Caribbean?
Sharecropper
Subsistence
Plantation
Terrace
The increase in the number of enslaved Africans arriving in America was largely due to
the development of the plantation system
greater efforts to capture Africans by other Africans
an increase in the number of European slave traders
changing attitudes about the justice of owning slaves
How did the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
influence the development of representative
government in America?
It created America’s first representative government.
It was the first document to set rules for representative government.
It expanded the right to vote to all men who owned property
It set limits on the power of the governor
The differences in the economic development of the mid-Atlantic (Middle Colonies), New England, and Southern colonies can BEST be attributed to the
geographic conditions there.
differences in their colonial governments.
customs of the immigrants.
level of the education of their citizens.
True or False: Jamestown was founded in 1607
True
False
Which colonial region was known for trade?
New England
Middle
Southern
Which colonial region were plantations located?
New England
Middle
Southern
Which colonial region did the Quakers live?
New england
Middle
Southern
All three early forms of government in the colonies were examples of what?
Self-government
Dictatorships
Martial Law
Monarchies
Because of the economic system of Mercantilism which of the following were sent to Great Britain by the 13 colonies? Check all that apply.
Raw Materials
Manufactured Goods
Cash Crops
Lumber from trees
Define New England Economy
fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, harbors
farming staple crops to provide food for other colonies
farm cash crops on plantations to make money off of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Define Southern Colonies Economy
fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, harbors
farming staple crops to provide food for other colonies
farm cash crops on plantations to make money off of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Define Religious Toleration
Allowing other religions to exist; Roger Williams started this in Rhode Island
Preventing others from practicing their own unique religions
Persecuting others because of their religious beliefs
Define Quakers
1st anti-slavery group; lived in Pennsylvania
Broke away from the Church of England; lived in Massachusetts
Escaped religious persecution; lived in Maryland
Define Catholics
1st anti-slavery group; lived in Pennsylvania
Broke away from the Church of England; lived in Massachusetts
Escaped religious persecution; lived in Maryland
Define Salutary Neglect
British controlled colonial trade, angered colonists
British turned a blind eye to colonial governments
British prevented colonists from expanding past the Appalachian Mountains
Define Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
First elected representative government in the colonies
First written constitution in the colonies; granted men rights
First social contract written in the colonies; established self-government
Define Mayflower Compact
First elected representative government in the colonies
First written constitution in the colonies; granted men rights
First social contract written in the colonies; established self-government
Define Virginia House of Burgesses
First elected representative government in the colonies
First written constitution in the colonies; granted men rights
First social contract written in the colonies; established self-government
– Founded in 1732 as the last British colony in North America
– Established by James Oglethorpe as a refuge for debtors
– Served as a buffer colony against the Spanish-controlled lands
-lush green farming areas
-refuge for prisoners and debtors
Which colony does this describe?
Florida
Virginia
Georgia
The Pilgrims established the Plymouth colony so they could
Practice their religion freely
Find gold
Start plantations using slave labor
Beat Russia in the Space Race
A new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land
Natural Resource
Columbian Exchange
Colony
Cultural Region
What is Triangle Trade?
A system of trade across the Atlantic Ocean with colonies
Part of the transatlantic slave trade
Transportation of raw materials
All of the above
The first colony establishment by the Virginia Company for the purpose of finding gold.
New Hampshire
Jamestown
Massachusetts
Plymouth
A joint stock company during colonial times is...
a company that sells socks
a company that invests in adventures in colonizing
a company that creates stocks
a company that sells manufactured goods
The Virginia Company was...
A band of merry men
A place people went for personal loans
A place where people planned vacations
A joint stock company that helped to find Jamestown
Who were the Puritans?
Religious Separatists
Pilgrims
Believed in religious freedom from the church of England
All of the above
A political system where policies are created by representatives selected by the people.
Democracy
Representative Government
Theocracy
Dictatorship
A contract given to someone to establish a colony
A stock
Colony creator
Joint stock company
Charter
What is a cash crop?
A crop grown for its value as a raw material
A manufactured good
The tree money grows on
The massive movement of people, crops, animals, diseases, and ideas between the “Old World” and the “New World” during European exploration and colonization.
The Columbian Exchange
Triangle Trade
The Middle Passage
Shipping
Passage across the Atlantic Ocean that brought slaves from Africa.
The South Passage
The Middle Passage
The North Passage
The End Passage
Northwest Passage
the water route discovered by the French that caused conflict between that country and England
the path French explorers took to reach Asia from the Atlantic Ocean
the path Russian explorers took that led to their claim in North America
water route connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific believed to exist through northern North America
What is a Natural Harbour?
An area of land surrounded by water on all sides.
Any kind of influencing factor that motivates a person to leave one's country or region
A landform where part of a body of water is protected and deep enough to provide anchorage (access to boats).
is an agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit.
What is a Region?
An agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit.
An agricultural mass production, usually of a few commodity crops grown on large farms called plantations.
A landform where part of a body of water is protected and deep enough to provide anchorage (access to boats).
Areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics, human impact characteristics, and the interaction of humanity and the environment.
Which best describes an important effect of the First Great Awakening?
Followers put suspected witches on trial.
Slavery was abolished in the colonies.
New teachings taught believers to challenge authority.
Puritans in England immigrated to the New World.
