Pre-Comp Review

A

100

Introduced a new kind of tobacco that became very valuable.

John Rolfe

200

____________were sent from Europe to Africa

Guns, cloth, and pots

300

The second Spanish governor of Louisiana was

Alejandro O'Reilly

400

What motivated the Spanish to explore and colonize the New World?

Gold, Glory, Religion 

500

were transported from Africa to the Americas (known as the Middle Passage)

Enslaved Africans 

B

100

Tobacco, fur, whale oil, lumber, and sugar were shipped from the __________ to ___________. 

Americas to Europe 

200

A period when many colonists at Jamestown died from lack of food and disease.

The Starving Time

300

The first permanent English settlement in North America.

Jamestown Colony (1607)

400

The first European country to send explorers to the Americas was

Spain 

500

• Believed in peace (pacifism), simplicity, and equality.

Quakers

C

100

This war led to devastating losses for Native Americans, including loss of land and many deaths.

King Philip’s War

200

Why did the Southern Colonies depend so much on slave labor?

The Southern Colonies depended on slave labor because their economy was based on large plantations that grew labor-intensive crops like tobacco, sugar, and cotton. Enslaved workers provided a reliable and inexpensive source of labor for these operations.

300

Money used for buying and selling.

Currency

400

What resources did New England have an abundance of?

Timber and natural harbors 

500

What leg of the slave trade were raw materials manufactured into sellable goods? 

Americas to Europe 

D

100

• A leader at Jamestown who helped the colony survive.
• Famous for saying, “He that will not work shall not eat,” meaning everyone had to help the colony succeed.

John Smith

200

• A former enslaved African who described the terrible conditions of the Middle Passage.

Olaudah Equiano

300

Free people of African and French descent who contributed to Louisiana’s culture and economy.

Gens de Couleur Libres

400

Why does New Orleans have Spanish-style architecture?

 Because of reconstruction after city fires during Spanish rule.

500

What event happened in 1724?

The new Code Noir articles are written 

E

100

A crop grown mainly to be sold, not eaten (like tobacco or sugarcane).

Cash Crop

200

Why was education important in New England

To ensure everyone could read the Bible.

300

What were the effects of colonization on Native Americans? 

 Displacement from their lands, cultural and societal changes, and devastation from European diseases.

400

It was the first representative government in the American colonies and set a precedent for self-governance.

House of Burgesses

500

Someone who travels to learn about new lands

Explorer