Question 1

Which reason best completes this list?

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To claim new territory

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To improve efficiency in manufacturing

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To locate potential new military allies

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To spread democratic ideals

Question 2

Which group led some of the earliest anti-slavery movements?

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Quakers

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Pilgrims

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Nativists

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Plantationists

Question 3

In 1619, African slaves were first brought to Jamestown, Virginia as a new labor source. The colonists needed a new labor force to replace-

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indentured servants

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women

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prisoners

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children

Question 4

In 1638, the Puritans of Massachusetts banished Anne Hutchinson from their colony. Hutchinson's banishment best represented the Puritans'

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lack of tolerance for different religious beliefs

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attempt to spread their ideas to other colonies

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strict laws against women and children

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determination to ban witchcraft in their colony

Question 5

Both Pilgrims and Puritans left England and traveled to the Americas in an attempt to-

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escape religious persecution

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convert Indians to Christianity

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spread religion to new lands

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find new religious ministries

Question 6

Which human geographic factor most likely prompted this observation?

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The Spanish land claims close to the British colonies

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The Caribbean slave trade with the British colonies

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The number of Quakers living in the British colonies

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The number of religious sects living in the British colonies

Question 7

Match the colony to its reason for founding

Question 8

Which phrase best summarizes the main goals of the European explorers who settled in the New World in the 15th and 16th centuries?

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God, Glory and Gold

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Land, friendship and travel

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Trade, riches, freedom

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Peace, honor and strength

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