
Unit 1: Exploration and Colonization
Quiz by RACHEL ACOSTA
Grade 8
Social Studies
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- Q1This colony established by the English Pilgrims, escaping persecution, in 1620, after abandoning hope that the Anglican Church could be reformed.Plymouth30s8.1.C: Social Studies - History
- Q2This was the first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia. It was also the first colony to use slavery for free labor and financial gain.Jamestown30s8.1.C: Social Studies - History
- Q3What document served as the first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.Mayflower Compact30s8.1.C: Social Studies - History
- Q4The following factors contributed to event in history: Political - expanding kingdoms by gaining territor, Economic - opportunity to find gold, silver and increase trade Social/Religious - Religious freedom and spreading ChristianityEuropean Exploration of America30s8.2.A: Social Studies - History
- Q5What economic policy was used as nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they boughtMercantilism30s8.2.B: Social Studies - History
- Q6European powers, specifically the French sought to capitalize on which trade with the Native Americans?Fur Trade30s8.2.B: Social Studies - History
- Q7The distance from England, and the need to establish laws that kept the peace and maintained structure influenced the growth of what?Representative Governments30s8.3.A: Social Studies - History
- Q8These geographic/physical charateristics effected the economy of which colonies? Ports - Fishing, Shipping and trade Forests - LumberNew Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Connecticut30s8.11.A: Social Studies - Geography
- Q9The fertile soil and temperate climate allowed the growth of cash crops like wheat, barley, an rye and was a geographic feature of what region?Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware30s8.11.A: Social Studies - Geography
- Q10With its long growing season, hot, humid, and rainy climate, and fertile soil that allowed for an agricultural economy, large cash crops like tobacco, cotton, and indigo were grown in which region?Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia30s8.11.A: Social Studies - Geography
- Q11This system of agricultural production on a large scale focused on the production of cash crops and utilized slave labor, which fueled the Transatlantic Slave Trade.Plantation System30s8.12.B: Social Studies - Economics
- Q12This is often considered the first written constitution in North America by founder Thomas.Fundamental Orders of Connecticut30s8.3.B: Social Studies - History
- Q13In Jamestown, established by the Virginia company, this first democratically-elected legislative was created in 1619.Virginia House of Burgesses30s8.3.B: Social Studies - History
- Q14Founded by Roger Williams, and assisted by Anne Hutchinson after leaving Massachusetts; this colony was established for religious freedom, and promoted separation of church and state.Rhode Island30s8.25.A: Social Studies - Culture
- Q15These English documents used in England to give people more rights, later influenced the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights30s8.3.B: Social Studies - History