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Colonization And Exploration Exam
Test Description: Colonization and Exploration US History
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which group believed in equality for all and allowed other religions to practice freely?
A
Puritans
B
Quakers
C
Pilgrims
D
Catholics
2) Why was Rhode Island founded?
A
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson were kicked out of Massachusetts Bay by the Puritans
B
Massachusetts was running out of land for new settlers
C
Catholics were seeking to escape religious persecution in England
D
settlers thought they would find gold there
3) What city did Massachusetts Bay Colony become?
A
Philadelphia
B
Washington D.C.
C
Boston
D
Charleston
4) Why did Europeans want colonial lumber?
A
to build homes
B
to build churches
C
to build ships
D
to burn for cooking
5) Which religious group settled in Pennsylvania?
A
Catholics
B
Anglicans
C
Quakers
D
Puritans
6) Why did the Transatlantic Slave Trade become so large?
A
colonists were unwilling to work on their own farms
B
Southern plantations began to rely on slave labor
C
slaves were being used to cut lumber in New England
D
Northern factories needed more labor
7) What is the first document to limit the king's power in England?
A
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
B
Declaration of Independence
C
Mayflower Compact
D
Magna Carta
8) Why was Massachusetts Bay founded?
A
religious freedom for the Catholics
B
in the hopes of finding gold
C
religious freedom for the Puritans
D
to provide lumber for building ships
9) What colony was founded for Catholics who were being persecuted in England?
A
Plymouth
B
Massachusetts Bay
C
Maryland
D
Pennsylvania
10) Why was Jamestown founded?
A
to take land from the local American Indians
B
in the hopes of finding gold/economic reasons
C
to keep land from other European nations
D
religious reasons
11) What were most French colonists doing to make money?
A
plantation farming
B
fur trapping and trade
C
ship building
D
lumber and fishing
12) Which of the following is NOT an impact the of the Europeans meeting the American Indians?
A
Europeans learned how to make coffee from the American Indians
B
American Indians lost land
C
American Indians gained more land
D
American Indians were decimated by European diseases
13) Where were the first slaves in the British colonies?
A
Boston
B
Roanoke
C
Plymouth
D
Jamestown
14) Why did each colonial region have a different economy?
A
each region had a different climate and geography
B
each region was settled by a different nation
C
each region's people had different skills
D
most regions relied on lumber for their economy
15) What was the southern-most colony in the original 13 Colonies?
A
Massachusetts
B
Virginia
C
South Carolina
D
Georgia
16) Which of the following is NOT an impact of the First Great Awakening?
A
people became less tolerant of other religions
B
many more religions were formed
C
people became more tolerant of other religions
D
people began to think for themselves
17) What were European nations doing when they accidentally found the New World?
A
trying to map the entire world
B
looking for gold and silver
C
searching for a quicker route to India
D
trying to find new land
18) What did the colonies send to Europe in the Triangular Trade?
A
slaves
B
raw materials, crops, natural resources
C
gold and silver
D
manufactured goods
19) What did mercantilism lead to?
A
less colonies in North America
B
European nations exploiting their colonies to make more money
C
the discovery of gold and silver in the British colonies
D
Catholic missions to convert the American Indians
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