Colonies
This colony is furthest North. What is the colony?
Massachusetts
Which European nation is best known for using violence and enslavement to dominate Native Americans?
Spain
What colonial region had the longest growing season and had lots of plantations?
Southern Colonies
What happened to Africa’s population as a result of the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
Africa experienced a population decrease.
Which European nation forced Native Americans to adopt Christianity?
Spain
This colony is the furthest South. What is the colony?
Georgia
Which European nation traded fur with the Natives?
France
What were two important resources or products of the New England Colonies?
Fish, whaling, timber/lumber, shipbuilding, and furs.
What was the Middle Passage?
The voyage/route in which enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic to the Americas.
What were the motivations of the European nations for colonizing the Americas?
Gold (wealth), God, Glory
Which European nation allied with Algonquin and Huron tribes and provided them with muskets?
France
A colony has fertile farmland, timber, and is important in generating trade. Which region is it most likely part of?
Middle Colonies
Which group of people was taken from Africa in greater numbers, contributing to a gender imbalance?
Working-age men.
What were African Kingdoms like before European nations instituted the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
Peaceful (not a constant state of war), greater population, trade networks and thriving economy, academic institutions and technology (science, mathematics, etc.), large empires
Which European nation were aided by the Native tribes in growing crops, but then ended up in a violent war?
England
What were the cash crops of the Southern Colonies?
Cotton, tobacco, indigo, and rice
Why was enslaved labor valuable to the economy in the colonies?
It provided a large unpaid labor force to meet the demands of agricultural plantations.
Name the Southern Colonies
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
What was a common negative result from interactions between European nations and Native Americans?
Disease, violence, and taking land and resources from Natives
A colony has rocky soil and a cold climate, but has access to forests and the Atlantic Ocean. Which region is it?
New England
The colonial economy benefited from enslaved labor, but slavery created a major contradiction with some of the ideas colonists claimed to value. What was the contradiction?
Enslavement conflicted with ideals of liberty, justice, and freedom.
Where were many raw materials from the colonies sent?
Europe, where they were turned into manufactured goods.