13 colonies Review
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- Q1The rocky soil, forests, and deep ports of this region led to an economy of ships and lumber whales and fish!Southern ColoniesMiddle ColoniesNew England Colonies30s
- Q2The flat land, fertile soil, and long growing season of this region led to an economy of plantations, cash crops, and slave labor.Middle ColoniesSouthern ColoniesNew England Colonies30s
- Q3The large amount of grains like rye and wheat grown in this region led to it being called the 'Breadbasket"Middle ColoniesSouthern ColoniesNew England Colonies30s
- Q4All of the following were reasons people left England to settle in the colonies EXCEPT:Indentured Servants were looking for new opportunitiesDebtors were able to start a new life.Slaves were looking for a better lifeGroups like the Pilgrims and Puritans were seeking religious freedom30s
- Q5The name for the network of trade routes that crossed the Atlantic during the colonial era waspolygonal tradetriangular trademonopolyresource allocation30s
- Q6The belief that the colonies exist to make the mother country rich is calledlibertymonopolymercantilismsectionalism30s
- Q7The Mayflower Compact established what?precedent of self-governmentCaptialismsubmission to the King of EnglandCreation of Congress30s
- Q8French explorers claimed the Mississippi River becauseThey believed gold was located thereNo eastern coast land availableThey were mainly fur trappers and tradersThey were farmers who wanted rich lands30s
- Q9What country had set up 13 colonies in the East coast of America?FranceGermanyEnglandSpain30s
- Q10In New England, how did people make money to live?By fishing, whaling and building shipsby growing tobacco, rice and indigoby farming corn, soybeans and wheatby being social media influencers30s
- Q11_____ consequences are results that were not expected.unbiasedunintendedunfairunicorn30s
- Q12Every state in the United States has this number of Senators in Congress.126430s
- Q13T/F: When determining the winner of the presidential election, it is the popular vote across the entire country that is used.FalseTrue30s
- Q14T/F: A consequence can be positive.FalseTrue30s
- Q15Which key economic term best describes the situation below: Fifteen people are stuck in a room together for 10 days. On day 10, Alice finds a Snickers bar and has to figure out what to do her new item. She decides to keep ½ for herself and split the other ½ between the other 14 people.marketproperty rightsconsequenceresource allocation30s