Vocab
Multiple Choice
Triangular Trade
Random
New England/ Middle/Southern
100
goods shipped out of a country
export
100
What year was Jamestown established? 1. 1620 2. 1776 3. 1907 4. 1607
4. 1607
100
goods shipped into a country
imports
100
a chosen church of a nation that all must follow
established church
100
very religious
New England
200
the mistreatment or punishment of a group of people based on their beliefs
persecution
200
What was the purpose of colonial New England town meetings? 1. to play music and dance 2. to pray and rest 3. to sell livestock 4. to participate in government
4. to participate in government
200
What was the trip called that the slaves took from Africa to the Americas?
the Middle Passage
200
the belief that people can worship any religion they want
religious tolerance
200
slavery existed here in large numbers
Southern colonies
300
products grown with the purpose of selling them for a profit
cash crop
300
What is the primary reason that England passed the Navigation Acts? 1. to encourage exploration of the Americas 2. to pay for the construction of larger and faster ships 3. to encourage trade with its colonies in France 4. to tighten control over colonial trade and force the colonies to trade with England only
4. to tighten control over colonial trade and force the colonies to trade with England only
300
What was shipped on the third leg of the triangular trade from Africa to the Americas?
slaves
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! Explain mercantilism.
The belief that colonies exist to benefit the mother country.
300
farming and the fur trade were the primary methods of making money here
Middle colonies
400
the belief that colonies exist only to benefit the mother country
mercantilism
400
Which nation originally settled the English colony of New York? 1. the Dutch 2. the French 3. the English 4. the Spanish
1. the Dutch
400
What was shipped on the first leg of the triangular trade from the Americas to England?
raw materials
400
What was the Middle Passage? Explain it and give at least 2 facts about it.
The trip that slaves took from Africa to the Americas.
400
tight knit towns
New England colonies
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! border between the Northern and Southern colonies
Mason-Dixon Line
500
Which of the following is a reason that Massachusetts and Maryland were settled as colonies in the Americas? 1. to escape religious persecution 2. to find riches in the Americas 3. mercantilism 4. a place for debtors
1. to escape religious persecution
500
What was shipped on the second leg of the triangular trade from England to Africa?
manufactured goods to trade for slaves
500
What important ideas about government were established in the colonies?
people have the right to vote for their leaders who will then make decisions for them
500
most wealthy families had home tutors here
Southern colonies
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