America Pre & Post Columbian Exchange - Taylor

Question 1

The belief that regulating its colonies' trade would make England prosperous.

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Mercantilism

Question 2

A plant grown for money which cannot be used for food is called a:

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Cash Crop

Question 3

Young colonist who lead rebels against the governor of Jamestown.

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Nathaniel Bacon

Question 4

Restricted British Colonies from trading with any nation except England.

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The Navigation Act

Question 5

One important effect of the French and Indian War

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The British began heavy taxation on the colonists

Question 6

In the Colonial Era, developments such as the Virginia House of Burgesses represented

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steps in the growth of representative democracy

Question 7

The main reason Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to

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avoid conflicts between colonists and Native Americans

Question 8

___ was a series of religious revivals aimed at restoring people’s dedication to Christianity

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The Great Awakening

Question 9

The Mayflower Compact

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Plymouth Colonists' agreement to the concept majority rules.

Question 10

The Spanish system of forcing native to work for Spanish landlords was called the:

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Encomienda

Question 11

The belief that regulating its colonies' trade would make England prosperous.

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Mercantilism

Question 12

Education in the Puritan colonies was designed for

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Biblical literacy

Question 13

Puritans were members of the Church of England who

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Wanted to remove Catholic practices from Church of England

Question 14

The establishment of a distant settlement controlled by a parent country

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Colony

Question 15

The Portuguese explorer who discovered the route to India:

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Vasco da Gama

Question 16

Which political feature of the United States developed during the colonial period

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representative government

Question 17

The belief that regulating its colonies' trade would make England prosperous.

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Mercantilism

Question 18

Which factor most influenced the economic development of the colonial South?

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warm and wet growing seasons

Question 19

Conquistador

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Spanish soldiers/explorers who conquests were the Americas

Question 20

The belief that regulating its colonies' trade would make England prosperous.

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Mercantilism

Question 21

River systems were important to the development of the United States because they

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provided for shipping agricultural and manufacturing product

Question 22

The following are reasons for most of the first settlers of Jamestown died EXCEPT

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The settlers were slaughtered by the Native Americans

Question 23

Oldest civilization in Americas. Characterized by their architecture, human sacrifices & more

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mayans

Question 24

A Quaker who founded Pennsylvania where all religions and Native Americans were accepted.

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William Penn

Question 25

Battle between France and Britain for control of North American territories became known as the

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The French and Indian War

Question 26

The plant that is credited for the original, financial success of North America was:

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Tabacco

Question 27

The 16th & 17th century British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of laws in the colonies.

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Salutary Neglect

Question 28

A major reason colonists of the 1600s settled along seacoasts and rivers was so that they could

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carry out trade

Question 29

In the colonial South, a focus on large-scale cash crops led to an economy dependent:

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Plantations and Slaves

Question 30

The British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it

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placed restrictions on trading

Question 31

Jamestown, Virginia was a colony not paid for by a king, but a rich group of investors called a

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Joint-Stock Company

Question 32

The Declaration of Independence says,the people have the right to alter/abolish a government if

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it violates their natural rights

Question 33

English citizen who agrees to serve a wealthy land owner in return for their travel to America.

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Indentured Servant

Question 34

The Mayflower Compact is important to the concept of a democratic society because it represents

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clear step toward self-government

Question 35

What was the Colombian Exchange?

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Plants, Animals, and Disease between the Old and New Worlds

Question 36

During the colonial period, the British Parliament used the policy of mercantilism to

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limit manufacturing in America

Question 37

Which action by the British was considered by colonists to be violating of their basic rights?

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taxing the colonies without representation in Parliament

Question 38

The voyage from Africa to the Caribbean Islands and other parts of the Americas was called the:

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Middle Passage

Question 39

Movement of raw materials to England, English goods to Africa, and African slaves to Americas

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Triangular Trade

Question 40

The introduction of horses from Europe to the Americas is an example of

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Colombian Exchange

Question 41

The belief that regulating its colonies' trade would make England prosperous.

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Mercantilism

Question 42

Spanish priest who spoke out against the cruel treatment of native people:

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Fray Antonio de Montesino

Question 43

Cortes

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Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs in what is now Mexico

Question 44

Which geographic feature presented the greatest barrier to westward migration of settlers?

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Appalachian Mountains

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