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Colonial America Quiz

Quiz by William Tuning

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20 questions
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  • Q1
    the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area
    Colonization
    30s
  • Q2
    form of business organization in which many investors pool funds to raise large amounts of money for large projects; this is how Jamestown was funded
    Joint-stock company
    30s
  • Q3
    the distribution of something in a different way, typically to achieve greater social equality
    Redistribution
    30s
  • Q4
    the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale
    Commerce
    30s
  • Q5

    The economic system of mercantilismused by imperial nations created a system of interdependence between the mothercountry and its colonies.

    Mercantilism
    30s
  • Q6
    an agreement; the type of community in Puritan New England
    Covenant
    30s
  • Q7
    the action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level; the type of farming typical in New England and the Western part of Virginia
    Subsistence
    30s
  • Q8
    a place of safety or refuge; Maryland is an example of this for Catholics
    Haven
    30s
  • Q9
    of or according to the teaching of the gospel or the Christian religion; Baptist and Methodist denominations are new types that came out of the Great Awakening
    Evangelical
    30s
  • Q10
    an individual who contracts to work for a colonist for a specified number of years in exchange for transportation to the colonies, food, clothing, and shelter
    Indentured servant
    30s
  • Q11
    a three-way trade route for exchanging goods between America, Europe, and Africa
    Triangular trade
    30s
  • Q12

    Settledby English, Dutch and Germans

    Middle Atlantic

    Southern

    New England

    30s
  • Q13

    Government was a direct democracy; town meetings

    Southern

    Middle Atlantic

    New England

    30s
  • Q14

    Economy was based on large-scale farms called plantations

    Middle Atlantic

    Southern

    New England

    30s
  • Q15

    the society was diverse, had a middle class and was flexible

    Southern

    New England

    Middle Colonies

    30s

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