Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a reason European Explorers came to the Americas?

Accepted Answer

God, Gold, Glory

Answer

Glory, Greatness, God

Answer

God, Greed, Gold

Answer

Gold, Glory, Greed

Question 2

Which colony was founded in 1607?

Accepted Answer

Jamestown

Answer

Plymouth

Answer

Maryland

Answer

Rhode Island

Question 3

Why was Plymouth colony established?

Accepted Answer

To practice the Puritan religion

Answer

To escape jail

Answer

To start a new government

Answer

To find gold

Question 4

All of the 13 colonies were established along what coast?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic Coast

Answer

Pacific Coast

Answer

Gulf Coast

Answer

English Channel

Question 5

Plantations are a characteristic of what region of colonies?

Accepted Answer

Southern

Answer

All

Answer

New England

Answer

Middle

Question 6

Shipbuilding was an economic characteristic of what region?

Accepted Answer

New England

Answer

Middle

Answer

Southern

Answer

All

Question 7

What was the cash crop of the middle colonies?

Accepted Answer

Wheat

Answer

Indigo

Answer

Cotton

Answer

Rum

Question 8

Which foundation of government document promoted "self-government?"

Accepted Answer

Mayflower Compact

Answer

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Answer

Magna Carta

Answer

House of Burgess

Question 9

Which foundation of government document limited the power of the king?

Accepted Answer

Magna Carta

Answer

Virginia House of Burgesses

Answer

Mayflower Compact

Answer

English Bill of Rights

Question 10

Which foundation of government created the "first written constitution" in the colonies

Accepted Answer

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Answer

Mayflower Compact

Answer

English Bill of Rights

Answer

Magna Carta

Question 11

Which foundational document created the "first representative government" in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Virginia House of Burgesses

Answer

Mayflower Compact

Answer

English Bill of Rights

Answer

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Question 12

Which region of colonies relied on wheat and cattle for their economy?

Accepted Answer

Middle Colonies

Answer

Southern Colonies

Answer

New England Colonies

Answer

All of the colonies

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