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Chapter 1: Exploration and the Colonial Era
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He conquered the Aztecs
Ponce de Léon
Christopher Columbus
Hernando Cortés
Francisco Pizarro
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In exchange for passage to North America & food and shelter upon their arrival they worked for a term of 4 to 7 years.
Indentured Servants
Natives
Conquistadors
Mestizos
3
He received a charter for a colony he hoped would be a haven for those imprisoned for debt.
John Winthrop
James Oglethorpe
John Smith
King James
4
The development of the highly profitable crop __________ helped Jamestown survive.
indigo
rice
tobacco
wheat
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A person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry.
Mestizo
Encomienda
Indentured Servants
Taino
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The name of the colony was ...
Maryland
Georgia
Virginia
New Netherland
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Several investors put their wealth together in support of a colony in hopes of yielding a quick profit.
Conquistadors
Joint Stock Companies
Treaty of Tordesillas
Columbian Exchange
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They wanted to “purify” or reform the church by eliminating all forms of Catholicism.
Puritans
Proclamation of 1763
Indentured Servants
Aztecs
9
England's first permanent settlement in North America.
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts Bay
Jamestown
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Intellectual movement that started in Europe & emphasized the use of reason and careful observation
Enlightenment
Reformation
Great Awakening
Proclamation of 1763
11
Due to his leadership the British started winning battles in the French and Indian War.
William Bradford
John Rolfe
Pontiac
William Pitt
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Jamestown was a success from the start.
TRUE
FALSE
13
The British were helped by this powerful tribe during the French and Indian War.
Pueblo
Iroquois
Olmec
Cherokee
14
William Penn belonged to the Society of Friends, also known as ....
Pilgrims
Puritans
Anglicans
Quakers
15
This is a monotheistic religion founded in 622 by the prophet Muhammad.
Buddhism
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
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Which colony is pictured?
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Georgia
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Spain and Portugal signed the _______, in which they agreed to divide the Western hemisphere
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Versailles
Proclamation of 1763
Treaty of Ghent
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He saved Jamestown by forcing the colonists to farm/work.
John Cabot
John Rolfe
Squanto
John Smith
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Moving from place to place in search of food and water.
Mestizo
Nomadic
Colonization
Encomienda
20
Which of the following was “awakened” during the Great Awakening?
tensions between Natives and Colonists
religious beliefs
patriotism
Tension between rich and poor colonists
21
In 1492 ____________ and his ships the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria reached what they thought was the West Indies.
John Smith
Christopher Columbus
William Penn
Hernando Cortes
22
______________ reasoned that humans were born with natural rights that the government must respect.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
23
Which colony was NOT a Southern colony?
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Connecticut
24
Earliest Americans arrived when the sea levels lowered and a land bridge called the ________________ was created.
Asian Strait
Bering Strait
Bridge of Hope
Alaskan Strait
25
Ottawa leader who led the Native Americans in capturing British forts.
Pontiac
William Pitt
Crazy Horse
Cortes
26
Which colony was NOT a New England Colony?
Maryland
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
27
Spanish explorers who followed Columbus on the quest to claim land for Spain.
Indentured Servants
Mestizos
Conquistadors
Columbian Exchange
28
The dominant religion of Western Europe in the 1400s was _____________.
Islam
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism
29
The voyage that brought Africans to the West Indies and later to North America.
Columbian Exchange
Enlightenment
Triangular Trade
Middle Passage
30
What was traded through the middle passage?
slaves
sugar
tobacco
rum
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The transatlantic system of trade in which goods & slaves were exchanged between Europe, Africa, & the colonies.
Enlightenment
Middle Passage
Great Awakening
Triangular Trade
32
According to mercantilism, a nation could increase its wealth by obtaining as much gold and silver as possible and ...
maintaining friendly relationships with the Natives
conquering wealthy countries
taxing citizens
establishing a favorable balance of trade
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An order in which Britain prohibited its American colonies from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains.
Columbian Exchange
Great Awakening
Proclamation of 1763
Treaty of Tordesillas
34
To avoid further conflict with Native Americans the British established the ...
Treaty of Paris
Proclamation of trade
Treaty of Tordesillas
Proclamation of 1763
35
The first successful empires in the Americas were located in _________________.
Florida
Canada
Southern Mexico
the Southwest
36
Which colony is pictured?
Maryland
New York
Massachusetts
New Jersey
37
They were the first Native Americans with whom Columbus came into contact.
Taino
Aztecs
Iroquois
Olmec
38
All 13 colonies existed for the benefit of _______________.
France
England
Spain
the Americas
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System in which the native people worked for Spanish landlords who controlled their lives and took all of the profit.
Encomienda
Taino
Capitalism
Indentured Servants
