Explorers and Colonization Quiz
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- Q1
He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India
Ferdinand Magellan
John Cabot
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
300s - Q2
Italian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China.
Jacques Cartier
John Cabot
Marco Polo
Henry the Navigator
300s - Q3
One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit
Mercantilism
Colonization
War
Empire building
300s - Q4
Which of the following is NOT a reason for exploration?
Gold
Government
God
Glory
300s - Q5
What was the name of the first permanent English settlement?
New York
Plymouth
Jamestown
Roanoke
300s - Q6
People who paid for their passage to America with labor were called____.
enslaved African people
pilgrims
indentured servants
apprentices
300s - Q7
Georgia was first established as a colony for---
pilgrims
indentured servants
enslaved African people
debtors
300s - Q8
Which colony was founded by Quakers led by William Penn?
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New York
Georgia
300s - Q9
South's economy was based on these resources...
Lumber, fishing, whaling
Wheat, barley, oats
Tobacco, Rice, and Indigo
300s - Q10
The Middle Colonies' economy was based on these resources...
Tobacco, Rice, and Indigo
Wheat, barley, oats
Lumber, fishing, whaling
300s - Q11
The New England Colonies economy was based on these resources...
Tobacco, Rice, and Indigo
Lumber, fishing, whaling
Wheat, barley, oats
300s - Q12
A system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, West Indies and Africa
Triangular Trade
Ye Olde Amazon
New World Order
Colombian Exchange
300s - Q13
A crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
bitcoin farming
subsistence farming
cash crop
farm factorization
300s - Q14
What was New Amsterdam renamed when it became a New England Colony?
New Jersey
Maine
New York
Amsterdam 2.0
300s - Q15
What was Roanoke?
The man who founded West Virginia.
A settlement that mysteriously vanished without a trace.
A cash crop in Georgia and the Carolinas.
The first English settlement.
300s