Awakening or Enlightenment
Key Players of the Movement
Colony Talk
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100
Who are 2 fiery preachers that helped jumpstart the "The Great Awakening"

Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield

100

What were some of the events that sparked the great awakening? 

A. Random natural phenomenon 

B. Powerful sermons and open discussions

C. Raging war ended

D. Reports of the Devil began being seen

B. Powerful sermons and open discussions.

100

Which colony was had a demand for labor due to increased demand for slave labor?

The Southern Colonies

100

The middle colonies products relied on what resource to export of what product?

Rivers and streams

100

Give examples of what cash crops are. Name at least 3

Rice, lumber, indigo, tobacco, etc

200

True/False

The Great Awakening time period was one that was mostly leaned on logical and practical approaches to society?

False

200

True/False

The Great Awakening contributed to the spread of democratic feelings in the colonies.

True

200

Which 2 colonies were mostly made up of enslaved Africans? Select all that apply.

A. South Carolina

B. Alabama

C. North Carolina

D. Georgia

A. South Carolina and D. Georgia

200

Georgia was originally a state designed to house which type of population?

The former inmates and criminals got their shot at a fresh new start.

200

The Transatlantic slave trade involved what 3 continents and what main ocean?

African, Europe, and North South America and the Atlantic Ocean

300

This time period sought to improve society through fact-based reason and questioning.

A. Age of Exploration

B. Age of Enlightenment

C. The Great Awaken

D. The Great Renaissance 

B. Age of Enlightenment

300

Who were the "Founding Fathers" of the Great Awakening? Select All that apply

A. John Locke

B. Jonathan Edwards

C. George Whitefield

D. Charles De Montesquieu

B. Jonathan Edwards

C. George Whitefield

300

This group of colonies made most of it economy run based on lumber production, fishing, and saw mill production sites. Which colony was this?

A. The Southern Colonies

B. The Mid Atlantic Colonies

C. New England

D. The Florida Colony

C. New England

300

Describe the geography and climate of the southern colonies.

Climate:

Geography

Climate: Warm summers, Mild winters 

geography: Fertile soil

300

Great Britain's system of mercantilism had what effects on the American economy?

A. Expanded slavery, increased foreign trade and increased merchant activity

B. No major effect

C. Cultural shift with the mixing of African culture and American culture.

D. All of the above


A. Expanded slavery, increased foreign trade and increased merchant activity

400

This era included thinkers such as John Locke, Charlese M. and Jean-Jeaques Rousseau. What was the name of this era?

Age of Enlightenment

400

The Great Awakening was able to make a large impact because of what?

A. The need to seek refuge of religious persecution of other groups. 

B. The rise of scientific reasoning and logic.

C. The spiritual movement that John Locke had exposed.

D. The teachings and followers of the Catholic faith brought by the Spanish

A. The need to seek refuge of religious persecution of other groups. 

400

Which colony benefitted the most from British mercantilism? 

A. North America

B. South America

C The Southern Colonies

D. The Mid Atlantic Colonies

C. The Southern Colonies

400

What was the crop that helped grow the Jamestown economy?

A. Tobacco

B. Rice

C. Cotton

D. Apples

A. Tobacco

400

Which document was established in 1215 and fostered a government known as Parliament. It is responsible for implementing trial by Jury

The Magna Carta

500

According to the settlers, the idea of breaking off of the mother country for good became a possible reality. These movements did what for the colonists' desire for independence from England

A. Discouraged

B. Enraged

C. Motivated

D. Promised

D. Motivated

500

This thinker was a believer that the government should have limited power and control over its citizens.

John Locke

500

Who were the individuals that were responsible for teaching the colonist how to grow their leading export? What was the highest export?

A. The African American slaves; corn

B. Native Americans, corn

C. Native Americans; Tobacco

D. The African American slaves and Native Americans; rice

C. Native Americans; Tobacco

500

The term "Those who don't work don't eat" was stated by whom?

A. John Smith

B. John Rolf

C. Pocahontas

D. Quana Parker

B. John Rolf

500

What was a theory that make slave owners believe that Africans were more well suited to work outside doing labor?

Their darker skin and melanin made them better equipped because of the sun exposure in Africa.