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CSA 8th Grade, Social Studies, Unit 1 (Exploration and Colonization)

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Question 1
1.
Match the colony with its group of people: Jamestown_____________________ or________________________________ and Plymouth________________
Other Answer Choices:
Virginia House of Burgesses
Separatists
Virginia Charter
Question 2
2.
The geography of New England: _________________ _______________
Other Answer Choices:
Rocky Soil
Moderate climate
Good harbors
Shipbuilding and fishing/whaling
Large plantations
Question 3
3.
The Southern Colonies had _________________ ______________________ _______________
Other Answer Choices:
Fertile soil
Good harbors
Cash crops
Moderate climate
Fishing
Large plantations
Question 4
4.

Question 5
5.

Question 6
6.

Question 7
7.
Fill in the blanks with the proper sequence of events.________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Other Answer Choices:
The Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock instead of Virginia.
The colonists realized they were outside the area covered by the original charter.
The colonists didn't want laws in the new land.
The colonists signed the Mayflower Compact
Question 8
8.

Question 9
9.

Question 10
10.

Question 11
11.
Virginia House of Burgesses Contributions established a method of checks and balances and____________________________________________
Other Answer Choices:
Established a representative government
Established a system centered around political parties
Established a strict authoritarian government
Established a Judical Branch for the government
Question 12
12.

Which factor of British North American colonial life MOST contributed to the transatlantic slave trade? Answer in one sentence or more.

Question 13
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Question 14
14.

An immigrant sails to North America in the early 1700s hoping to start a tobacco farm. He has done some research on the best environment for tobacco farming. Where is the immigrant most likely to settle?
Massachusetts
Virginia
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
The table summarizes characteristics of two colonial regions during the late 17th century.
Which statement is true?
The New England colonies supported financial growth through high-paying industrial work.
The Southern colonies supported the plantation production of cash crops because of long growing seasons.
The Southern colonies developed large urban centers in order to support increasing manufacturing businesses
The New England colonies developed large rural populations in order to support increasing agricultural production.
The list provides reasons for growth of representative government in the new world.
-Distance from England
-Need for lawmaking structure
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What answer choice would best complete this graph.
Need for trading forts
Interest in growing cash crops
John Locke and other Elightenment philosophers, taught that people had rights.
William Penn's colony
Why did the colonists make the Mayflower Compact when they landed in Plymouth?
Colonists created a Legislature with two houses.
Colonists declared independence from English rule.
Colonists defended the concept of unalienable rights.
Colonists established the system of self government.
Why did many people choose to settle in the English Colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania?
To obtain unique spices
To obtain stock ownership
To escape indentured servitude
To escape religious persecution
What economic and political motivations best explain France’s decision to establish colonies in North America during the 1600s, and how did these differ from the goals of other European powers?"
To establish trading posts
To search for valuable metals
To limit the spread of Christianity
To prevent the enslavement of African people
Membership in the Council and...in the Assembly...was composed...of members elected by the people and of [appointed] members of the Council....
Each member had one vote,...the governor...having the power to veto any measure...
By an extension of usage the Company applied the term "borough" to each area, whether town, hundred, or plantation....
...The two classes of members began to sit as separate chambers.
Which European nation was driven to explore and colonize the New World in order to spread Catholicism, seek gold and silver, and expand its control over vast territories in the Americas?
England
France
Germany
Spain