Question 1

Why did the English want colonies in North America?

Accepted Answer

To find gold and other resources

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To steal from the Spanish

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To meet Indians

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To visit new lands

Question 2

How did the Jamestown settlers avoid starvation?

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They farmed the land and dug wells for water

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They purified water for irrigation

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They sold their land

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The men looked for gold

Question 3

Which of the following angered the Spanish?

Accepted Answer

Francis Drake raided Spanish ships

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The colony at Roanoke failed

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Raleigh organized the colony

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White returned to England to fight

Question 4

Where was the first English colony?

Accepted Answer

Roanoke Island

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Plymouth Rock

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Raleigh

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Jamestown

Question 5

What colonies did the French found as a result of searching for the Northwest Passage?

Accepted Answer

Quebec and Montreal

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Quebec and Champlain

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St. Lawrence and Quebec

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St. Lawrence and Champlain

Question 6

Which describes the type of government of Jamestown?

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Self-government

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Ruled by a president

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Ruled by a dictator

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No government

Question 7

What river did the Dutch take control of as a result of searching for the Northwest Passage?

Accepted Answer

Hudson

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Huron

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St. Lawrence

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Champlain

Question 8

Which of the following contributed most to the growth and success of Quebec?

Accepted Answer

Trading beaver fur

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fishing the waters

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Good relations with the Indians

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Strong harbor

Question 9

Which summarizes why the Pilgrims chose to leave their homeland?

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To practice their religious beliefs

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To explore new lands

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To gain wealth

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To live on land of their own

Question 10

What happened to dissenters of Puritan rules in Massachusetts?

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They were forced to leave their colony

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They changed their views

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They were sent back to England

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They held religious discussions

Question 11

Which is NOT a difficulty the Pilgrims faced at Plymouth?

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Drought

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Disease

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Hunger

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Winter

Question 12

What group helped the Pilgrims survive at Plymouth Colony?

Accepted Answer

the Wampanoag

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the French

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the Separatist

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the Dutch

Question 13

Why did the Pilgrims go to Plymouth?

Accepted Answer

A storm blew their ship off course.

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They liked the weather

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They didn't want to be indentured servants

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Plymouth did not have a colony yet

Question 14

Which region had the longest growing season?

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Southern colonies

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New England Colonies

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Rhode Island Colony

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Middle Colonies

Question 15

Why did the Puritans send a small group of colonists ahead of the others?

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To get a colon y started for the others

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To build a church so all could worship

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To begin businesses

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To become immune to new diseases

Question 16

What made one New England colony different from another?

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Different religious beliefs

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Nationality

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Strict lawsj

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Cold winters

Question 17

How did many of the Middle and Southern Colonies get started?

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Religious groups faced persecution in the first colonies built

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The colonists spread out to claim more land for England

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King Charles II gave away large plots of land

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The English took the land from the Spanish

Question 18

What was the cash crop of Jamestown?

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tobacco

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corn

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tomatoes

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lentils

Question 19

Who celebrated the first Thanksgiving?

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Pilgrims and Wampanoag

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Wampanoag and Aztecs

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Pilgrims and Aztecs

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Puritans and Wampanoag

Question 20

How did the Dutch plan the growth of New Amsterdam?

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Because they can control all trade  on the Hudson River

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By being friends with the Spanish

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By growing tobacco

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Because they grew chocolate

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