Explorers
This is another name for he Spanish explorers sent to North America to conquer land.
A. Soldiers
B. Representatives
C. Conquistadors
D. Burgesses
C. Conquistadors
This document, written and signed in the year 1215, limited the power of the King.
A. The Mayflower Compact
B. The Magna Carta
C. The English Bill of Rights
D. The Declaration of Independence
B. The Magna Carta
How did the Native American help the Europeans?
A. They taught them how to grow crops, hunt and fish
B. They taught them their Native dances
C. They helped them to build ships to move back home
D. They helped them navigate using the stars
A. They taught them how to grow crops, hunt and fish
People who worked to pay for passage to America were called
A. Indentured Servants
B. Slaves
C. Trade workers
D. Subsistence farmers
A. Indentured Servants
Great Britain's first permanent and SUCCESFUL settlement in North America was
A. Roanoke
B. Mayflower
C. Plymouth
D. Jamestown
D. Jamestown
Which of these countries were NOT exploring during the Age of Exploration?
A. Spain
B. Japan
C. Britain
D. France
B. Japan
The Mayflower was the ship Puritans used to migrate to the New World. A COMPACT is a formal agreement between two or more parties. Which document, signed in 1620, was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony?
A. The Magna Carta
B. The Mayflower Compact
C. The Mayflower Declaration
D. The English Bill of Rights
B. The Mayflower Compact
What did European explorers bring to the new world?
A. llamas, pigs, and bears
B. Llamas, alpacas, and Monkeys
C. horses, pigs, cattle, & sheep
D. Corn, fruits, wheat
C. horses, pigs, cattle, & sheep
Which phrase accurately describes the conditions aboard the slave ships on the Middle Passage?
A. Luxurious and Spacious
B. Accommodating and sad
C. Spacious and horrible
D. Horrible and Crowded
D. Horrible and Crowded
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia belong to which colonial region, which has rich roil ideal for farming?
A. New England Colonies
B. Middle Colonies
C. Southern Colonies
D. Massachusetts Bay
C. Southern Colonies
This navigation tool helped European sailors know how far they had sailed from the equator
A. Compass
B. Telescope
C. Sea map
D. Astrolabe
D. Astrolabe
This document expanded the rights of the Parliament and the people, created free elections, and gave rights to a fair trial. It was written in 1689.
A. The magna Carta
B. The Mayflower Compact
C. The Declaration of Independence
D. The English Bill of Rights
D. The English Bill of Rights
Which of the following is NOT an impact of the Columbian Exchange?
A. Diseases were brought from Europe, like smallpox, decimated Native American societies
B. It began/enabled major slave trade
C. It made all the people in the New World happy
D. New crops, foods, and livestock available to societies around the world
C. It made all the people in the New World happy
Slavery and indentured servitude were both forms of labor which were used in colonial America. How were indentured servants different from slaves?
A. Indentured servants were freed after a set number of years.
B. Indentured servants earned higher wages than slaves.
C. Indentured servants did not perform manual labor.
D. Indentured servants could hire slaves to do their work.
A. Indentured servants were freed after a set number of years.
In which colonial region would you most likely find Quakers and wheat exports? Diverse groups such as The Dutch and Swedish also settled here
A. New England Colonies
B. Middle Colonies
C. Southern Colonies
D. Florida Colonies
B. Middle Colonies
Why did the king and queen of Spain agree to fund Columbus's voyage?
A. They wanted to profit from trade and spread Christianity.
B. They wanted to move to an island in the Caribbean Sea.
C. They were hoping to invade other Asian countries.
D. They wanted to trade with Native Americans
A. They wanted to profit from trade and spread Christianity.
Which European Explorer proved the existence of a shorter route across the northern Atlantic Ocean-- later this would help the British form other colonies in North American?
A. John Cabot
B. Hernando de Soto
C. Jacques Cartier
D. Juan Ponce de Leon
A. John Cabot
What was NOT an impact of European colonization on the Native Americans?
A. Many of the Native Americans were killed off due to diseases
B. Many of the Native Americans migrated to Europe
C. Many of the Native Americans were killed and enslaved as a result of war
D. Many crops were traded among the Europeans and Native Americans
B. Many of the Native Americans migrated to Europe
Which of the following is NOT a major reason people migrated to America during the colonial era?
A. they came for religious reasons
B. they were forced (slavery)
C. they came to serve in the military
D. They came to earn a living/opportunity /wealth
they came to serve in the military
C. they came to serve in the military
Many of the original English colonists were religious separatists from the Church of England (i.e., the Pilgrims in Plymouth and the Puritans in Massachusetts Bay Colony). Why were these groups eager to settle colonies in North America?
A. They wanted to become more powerful than the King of England
B. The Puritan and Pilgrim religious beliefs called for them to be alone
C. For Religious Freedom and financial opportunities
D. They wanted their children to be born in a new land
C. For Religious Freedom and financial opportunities
Which of the following was a reason for European exploration?
A. shorter route to Asia
B. gold, wealth, and fame
C. to spread Christianity
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
Which French European explorer led three expeditions along the St. Lawrence River?
A. John Cabot
B. Jacques Cartier
C. Henry Hudson
D. Juan Ponce de Leon
B. Jacques Cartier
What was the Columbian Exchange and what effect did it have on the New World?
A. It was the exchange of money and it made people rich
B. It was the transfer of plants, animals, people and diseases between the Americas and the Old world and it had both positive and harmful effects
C. It was the transfer of plants, animals, people and diseases between the Americas and the Old world and it was the best thing that happened to America
D. It was the exchange of animals and crops only and people profited from it
B. It was the transfer of plants, animals, people and diseases between the Americas and the Old world and it had both positive and harmful effects
What is an economic system, where African slaves were exchanged for raw materials, money, and finished goods? Those countries/continents involved included Ivory Coast (Africa), Europe, and the Americans.
A. Mercantilism
B. Triangular Trade
C. Market economics
D. Feudalism
B. Triangular Trade
The Southern colonies supported plantation economics. This meant they had large farms and grew cash crops, which they exported.
Which group of exports below would most likely have come from a Southern colony?
A. textiles, spices, iron
B. fish, rum, iron
C. fish and fur products
D. cotton, indigo, tobacco
D. cotton, indigo, tobacco