Staar Review: Exploration and Colonization

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Why was slavery LESS important in the Middle Colonies and the New England Colonies than in the Southern Colonies?

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They did not rely heavily on cash crops.

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Large farms, called ___________________, were spread throughout the Southern colonies.

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Plantations

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The Southern colonies had a good climate for farming because,

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The area had a long growing season.

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What region produced huge amounts of grain during the colonial period? Options: Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies, New England Colonies, frontier region

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Middle Colonies

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What was the reason Georgia was founded as a colony? Options: Religious Freedom, It was a place for criminals and debtors, Agriculture

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It was a place for criminals and debtors

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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was the first

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constitution

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Roger Williams clashed with Massachusetts Puritans because he: Did not think government should force people to worship in a certain way

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Did not think government should force people to worship in a certain way

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The House of Burgesses is important in history because it was the

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first representative legislative body in America

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Which of the following statements is a correct description of the Mayflower Compact? It was an agreement to use self-government to create an orderly colony, The Pilgrims practiced an early and pure form of democracy, The Mayflower Compact applied just to the non-Pilgrims on board the Mayflower, None of the above.

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It was an agreement to use self-government to create an orderly colony

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What was the motto for exploration? Options: Spices, Power, and Christianity!, Bravery, Blood, and Glory!, Marco Polo!

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God, Gold, and Glory!