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Unit 1: Exploration & Colonization Review
Unit 1: Exploration & Colonization Review
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Review over exploration and colonization; #8th grade #US History
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1
Which of the key founding documents set up the first example of self-government in the colones?
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Mayflower Compact
Magna Carta
House of Burgesses
2
The colonists created systems of representative government because
They thought it would be cool to make rules for each other
There were not any systems used in the colonies yet
The distance from Great Britain
None of the above
3
Slavery was most present in the South mainly because
It was nearer to Africa
The climate was the best for growing crops
Slavery was banned in other colonial regions
Agriculture was how Quakers got money
4
This is the process of setting up a territory under the control of a distant country
Persecution
Push factors
Colonization
Self-government
5
What was the first permanent English settlement and when was it founded?
Jamestown, 1620
Plymouth, 1607
Jamestown, 1607
Plymouth, 1620
6
Which colony was founded as a haven, or safe place, for Catholics?
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Massachusetts
Georgia
7
Which document is considered the 1st Constitution in the US and was written by Thomas Hooker?
English Bill of Rights
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Magna Carta
8
Which region is the most tolerant of other religions?
Middle
New England
All the above
Southern
9
Why was Plymouth/Massachusetts primarily founded?
To escape religious persecution
Economic reasons
To expand the size of England
To escape political persecution
10
This region was the most focused on religion
Middle
None
New England
Southern
11
This region had deep harbors, cold winters, mild summers and focused on ship building
New England and Southern
Southern
Middle
New England
12
Georgia was colonized because
It could act as a buffer to Spanish Florida
A refuge could be created for debtors
Refuge (safe place) for Catholics
James Oglethorpe wanted to have his own land
13
What was the first representative assembly in the Colonies?
Fundamental Orders of CT
Magna Carta
House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
14
The Mayflower Compact was written in 1607
False
True
15
Which of the colonies was established by Roger Williams as a place for religious freedom?
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
16
The Middle colonies had
Whaling, Fishing, Shipbuilding
Rocky soil, hot summers, mild winters, and livestock
Rich/fertile farmland, Mild winters and summers, and grain
Poor farmland and very long summers
17
Mercantilism was an economic system in which the mother country wanted to
Help merchants make more money for themselves
Increase imports and decrease exports
Increase exports and decrease imports
Expand representative governments
18
What contributed the most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade?
Demand for slaves in colonies that produced cash crops
Demand for slaves in the industrialized American colonies
A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies
A lack of skilled laborers in the colonies
