Social Studies Unit 2 Lesson 5-7 test

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What was the water route that was believed to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through North America?

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Europeans were hoping to find an easier route to ______ by finding the Northwest Passage.

Read the passage and answer questions 3 and 4.

When starting a settlement, the colonists had to think about their own survival, and how to make the colony a success. This meant colonists had to find a way of making money. John Cabot never found the Northwest Passage, but during his explorations he stumbled across something else that could make a lot of money. He found an area of the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Newfoundland rich with a valuable natural resource: fish.
In parts of Europe, people had fished so much that there were less fish to catch. This made fish more valuable. Off the coast of Newfoundland, there were plentiful amount of cod, lobster, redfish, herring, and salmon. The waters were so crowded with fish that sailors could drop baskets over the sides of their ships and bring them up full. Colonists made a lot of money shipping dried fish back to Europe.

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What effect did John Cabot's voyage have on the diets of Europeans?

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What valuable natural resource did Cabot discover in one area of the Atlantic Ocean?

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Who did the Dutch hire to locate the Northwest Passage?

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Henry Hudson located the Northwest Passage.

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Champlain became governor of France's permanent settlement in North America. What was the name of the settlement?

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How did the French make money in North America?

Read the passages and answer questions 9 and 10.

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Lake Huron and Lake Superior are ______________.

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What was the effect of Nicolet's search for the Northwest Passage?

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Raleigh's first colony was located at what is now _______, North Carolina.

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Raleigh sent a second group, led by John White to settle in Virginia. White sailed back to England for supplies. What did White find when he returned to the settlement after three years?

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Where was the first permanent English settlement?

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What was the main cash crop grown in Virginia?

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What did Separtists want to form?

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Who helped the Pilgrims survive?

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The Pilgrims where headed to Virginia. Where did their ship, The Mayflower, land instead?

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What is an official document giving a person permission to do something?

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What is a person, group, or nation united with another in order to do something?

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What is a person who travels to another place for religious reasons?

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A British ____________ came to the New World by agreeing to work to pay back their travel expenses.

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Tobacco was a ___________ grown in Virginia to be sold for a profit.

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Massasoit was the __________, or leader, of the Native American tribe, the Wampanoag.

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John Cabot and Giovanni da Verrazano were both looking for the ____________.

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The colonists in Virginia established a lawmaking assembly called the ______________ that was similar to the one in England.

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What is it called when you bring goods from another country for sale or use?

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What is a group of business people who shared the costs of a trading voyage?

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What is it called when you ship goods to another country?

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What are trappers called who received permits to trap from the French government?

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