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What is the definition of mercantilism?
a) economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth for the “mother” country
b) when colonies sell their materials to different countries for their own benefit
c) where colonies give money to the 'mother' country
d) where the 'mother' country give money to the colonies

All of the following are ways people in North America adapted to their environments EXCEPT
a) irrigating crops
b) fishing
c) drilling oil wells
d) shipbuilding

Plains Indians adapted to their environment by using buffalo for all of the following EXCEPT
a) clothing
b) tools
c) food
d) farming

What is the definition of a compact?
a) name for people who pay for colonists to go to the New World
b) title for person who was in charge of the colony
c) none of these options
d) a formal agreement between two or more parties, states/ contract

How many original colonies were there?
a) 13
b) 12
c) 11
d) 15

What resource were New England colonists looking for that often led to battles with American Indian groups?
a) gold
b) land
c) oil
d) fish

In what present-day state did the Spanish start their St. Augustine colony?
a) Texas
b) Florida
c) New Mexico
d) California

Tobacco is to Virginia as __________ is to Massachusetts.
a) freedom
b) shipbuilding
c) conquest
d) oil drilling

Why did colonists establish Plymouth as a colony?
a) for gold and silver
b) for a trading post
c) for religious freedom
d) to help the King of Russia

which factor MOST likely affected the location of the shipbuilding industry in the American colonies?
a) access to timber
b) favorable climate
c) quality of soil
d) access to fish

mild winters and warm summers in the Southern colonies contributed to the establishment of the ___ system.
a) plantation
b) factory
c) tourist
d) barter

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