European Exploration

Question 1

Columbus first landed in...

Accepted Answer

Bahamas

Question 2

business where investors buy shares of the company to raise revenue for the expedition to the New World

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joint stock company

Question 3

Southern colonies main economic system was...

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agriculture

Question 4

crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower

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cash crop

Question 5

Where was the English colonies located?

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east coast

Question 6

All of the following were New England colonies except...

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New York

Question 7

an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor

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plantation

Question 8

The Dutch were the first to settle here...

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New York

Question 9

Jamestown faced all of the following problems except...

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warm climate

Question 10

a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country

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Colony

Question 11

The middle colonies were most cultural diverse?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

The southern colonies have the warmest climate

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true

Question 13

Industry, manufacturing, fishing and whaling were the basis of which regions economy?

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New England

Question 14

land granted to a person of people by the King for business ventures.

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Proprietary colony

Question 15

Columbus sailed for

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Spain

Question 16

All of the following were Southern colonies except

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Delaware

Question 17

Which of the followingcolony granted people the most freedoms

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Pennsylvania

Question 18

native chief, led a confederacy of Native American tribes during Jamestown’s founding

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Powhatan

Question 19

Which of the following countries were least intersted in establishing settlements

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France

Question 20

Native Americans lost there way of life do to warfare and ...

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disease

Question 21

Economic theory that the best way for a nation to become strong was to acquire the most gold and silver

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Mercantilism

Question 22

Originally a debtors colony

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Georgia

Question 23

England took control of New York by defeating this country

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Netherlands

Question 24

The French and Indian war was between...

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England and France

Question 25

What wass the original purpose of the reason for settling Jamestown

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Gold

Question 26

Which came first, Plymouth of Jamestown?

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Jamestown

Question 27

The Middle colonies are...

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NY, NJ, PA, DE

Question 28

The Puritans were...

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all of these

Question 29

Established as haven for Catholics who were being persecuted by Protestants in Europe

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Maryland

Question 30

Was was the cause of the Salem Witch Trials?

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witchcraft

Question 31

The NEW England coloies are...

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MASS,CT,RI,NH

Question 32

Christopher Columbus secures funding for voyage to find shorter route to India

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True

Question 33

What was the main economic activity in New France?

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furs

Question 34

men and women who signed a contract by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in New World

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indentured servants

Question 35

Jamestown was the 1st English permenant settlement established in...

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None of these

Question 36

the Pilgrims were from the New England colonies

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true

Question 37

The Pilgrims and Puritans landed in...

Accepted Answer

Plymouth

Question 38

All of the following were European nations competing over colonizing the New World Except...

Accepted Answer

Russia

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European Exploration

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