Dual Enrollment- Exploration and Colonization

Question 1

What was the main crop grown in Virginia?

Accepted Answer

tobacco

Question 2

English emigrants who worked under contract in exchange for their passage to the colonies were known as...

Accepted Answer

indentured servants

Question 3

The laws of __________ decreed that only eldest sons were eligible to inherit land.

Accepted Answer

primogeniture

Question 4

The breaking away from the Catholic Church and forming other Christian religions was known as the...

Accepted Answer

Protestant Reformation

Question 5

How did New England colonies first govern themselves?

Accepted Answer

town meetings

Question 6

Who started the Church of England?

Accepted Answer

King Henry VIII

Question 7

European contact with Native Americans led to...

Accepted Answer

the deaths of millions of Native Americans by disease.

Question 8

The economy of the New England Colonies depended mostly on...

Accepted Answer

fishing and shipbuilding

Question 9

European explorers introduced _________ to the New World.

Accepted Answer

smallpox

Question 10

The following crops became main food crops for Native Americans, and Europeans that settled in America except for...

Accepted Answer

apples

Question 11

What is meant by three sister farming?

Accepted Answer

growing corn, beans, and squash together

Question 12

What does the term "Columbian Exchange" describe?

Accepted Answer

transfer of plants, animals and diseases between the Old and New Worlds

Question 13

Who had the most power in the Spanish Encomienda System in the New World?

Accepted Answer

Peninsulares (born in Spain)

Question 14

What were both Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson known for?

Accepted Answer

their beliefs in religious freedom.

Question 15

What was the main purpose of the Spanish Encomienda System?

Accepted Answer

creating a hierarchy of power in order to control the Native Americans

Question 16

What is "Black Legend?"

Accepted Answer

theory that the Spanish only caused destruction in the New World

Question 17

The acquisition of horses by Native Americans on the Great Plains tribes...

Accepted Answer

allowed their cultures to become nomadic, traveling to hunt and gather food

Question 18

Which colonial region was nicknamed the "breadbasket" due to surplus production of food crops?

Accepted Answer

Middle (Mid-Atlantic) Colonies

Question 19

What was the name of the first organized government in the British Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Virginia House of Burgesses

Question 20

John Winthrop believed that the Puritans should be...

Accepted Answer

a model of Christianity to Natives and other colonists.

Question 21

Why did Europeans search for a shorter route to Asia?

Accepted Answer

They wanted to reduce the time it took to transport goods.

Question 22

Which was the governing first document in the British Colonies?

Accepted Answer

the Mayflower Compact

Question 23

Which of the following was one purpose of the Spanish Encomienda System?

Accepted Answer

gaining land and economic resources for Spain

Question 24

The early years in Jamestown were mainly characterized by...

Accepted Answer

starvation, disease, and Indian raids

Question 25

What was the main goal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

Accepted Answer

profit

Question 26

Spanish Friar Bartolome de Las Casas, who wrote A Brief Account for the Destruction of West Indies was best known for...

Accepted Answer

speaking out about the horrors of the Spanish Encomienda System.

Question 27

Which region had the longest growing season, and produced large cash crops?

Accepted Answer

Southern Colonies

Question 28

The economy of the Southern Colonies depended mostly on...

Accepted Answer

large plantations, cash crops, slave labor, small farms.

Question 29

___________________ were established as a way for people to invest in new colonies, hoping for an eventual profit.

Accepted Answer

joint-stock companies

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