Exploration and First Encounters
Question 5: What were the Three G’s that motivated European explorers to sail to the Americas?
A. God, Gold, and Glory
B. God, Goods, and Great Britain
C. Gold, Geography, and Government
D. Gold, Grain, and Goods
A. God, Gold, and Glory
What is the Mayflower Compact?
A. A trade agreement between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
B. A law passed by the king of England to control the colonies
C. The name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth
D. An agreement signed by Pilgrim settlers to make fair rules for their colony
D. An agreement signed by Pilgrim settlers to make fair rules for their colony
What cash crops were important to the Southern colonies’ economy?
A. Rice, cotton, and indigo
B. Tobacco, sugar, and coffee
C. Fur, fish, and timber
D. Wheat, corn, and potatoes
A. Rice, cotton, and indigo
Which colonial region had a focus on fishing and shipbuilding?
A. New England
B. The Southern colonies
C. New France
D. The Middle colonies
A. New England
How did the Spanish explorer’s arrival affect the Taíno people?
A. It brought disease and conflict that harmed the Taíno population
B. It had very little effect on the Taíno people’s way of life
C. It brought new crops and farming methods that helped the Taíno people
D. The Taíno people asked Columbus to bring colonists to their island
A. It brought disease and conflict that harmed the Taíno population
What was the relationship between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims?
A. They never met because they lived too far apart
B. The Pilgrims taught the Wampanoag how to farm and survive
C. The Wampanoag helped the Pilgrims learn to farm and survive, and they made a peace agreement
D. The Wampanoag and Pilgrims fought constant battles with no peace
C. The Wampanoag helped the Pilgrims learn to farm and survive, and they made a peace agreement
Who was Eliza Lucas Pinckney and what did she do?
A. A woman who led the Pilgrims to Plymouth and signed the Mayflower Compact
B. A Native American leader who helped Jamestown settlers survive
C. A merchant who only bought and sold crops grown by others
D. A colonial woman who successfully grew indigo in South Carolina, which became an important cash crop
D. A colonial woman who successfully grew indigo in South Carolina, which became an important cash crop
What is Gullah/Geechee culture?
A. The culture of Native Americans from the northern colonies
B. The culture of French colonists who settled along the Atlantic coast
C. The culture of African Americans from coastal Carolina and Georgia who preserved their African language, food, music, and traditions
D. A type of rice dish made by enslaved workers in the colonies
C. The culture of African Americans from coastal Carolina and Georgia who preserved their African language, food, music, and traditions
What does the word colonist mean?
A. A person who was born in the Americas before Europeans arrived
B. A soldier sent by a country to take over new territory
C. A person who sails across the ocean to discover new lands
D. A person who settles in a new land that is controlled by another country
D. A person who settles in a new land that is controlled by another country
What was the House of Burgesses?
A. A trading company that bought and sold goods in the colonies
B. The first representative government in English North America, where colonists could help make laws
C. A military organization that protected Virginia from attacks
D. A large mansion where the governor of Virginia lived
B. The first representative government in English North America, where colonists could help make laws
What was mercantilism?
A. A system where the mother country sent finished goods to colonies to buy raw materials
B. A system where colonies sent raw materials to the mother country and bought finished goods in return
C. A system where colonists only traded with Native Americans
D. A system where colonies could trade freely with any country in the world
B. A system where colonies sent raw materials to the mother country and bought finished goods in return
Why were African traditions able to survive in Gullah/Geechee communities?
A. Because colonists encouraged them to keep their African traditions
B. Because they lived in large cities where many cultures mixed together
C. Because families were isolated on sea islands and could maintain their customs and language
D. Because they had more freedom and better living conditions than other enslaved people
C. Because families were isolated on sea islands and could maintain their customs and language
Why did the Virginia Company establish Jamestown in 1607?
A. To escape religious persecution in England
B. To create the first permanent English settlement in Virginia and find wealth
C. To establish a French fur trading post
D. To create a settlement based on the Mayflower Compact
B. To create the first permanent English settlement in Virginia and find wealth
What did the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina establish?
A. Fair rules that gave equal power and rights to all people in the colony
B. Rules that gave power to wealthy landowners and the Lords Proprietors, but not equal rights to everyone
C. A document that freed all enslaved people in the colony
D. Rules that gave power only to poor farmers and workers
B. Rules that gave power to wealthy landowners and the Lords Proprietors, but not equal rights to everyone
What was the triangular trade?
A. A system where colonists traded only with Native Americans
B. A trading system where ships carried goods & enslaved people between Africa, the Americas, & Europe
C. A system where only gold was traded between three continents
D. A trade system between England, Spain, and France only
B. A trading system where ships carried goods & enslaved people between Africa, the Americas, & Europe
What is the difference between indentured servants and enslaved Africans?
A. Indentured servants worked for a set number of years and could become free, but enslaved Africans were forced to work for life
B. Both groups chose to work in the colonies and could leave whenever they wanted
C. Enslaved Africans worked for a set time, but indentured servants worked for life
D. Both groups were enslaved for life with no chance of freedom
A. Indentured servants worked for a set number of years and could become free, but enslaved Africans were forced to work for life