Exploration & Colonization STAAR Review

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Which group are the Middle colonies? Options: Connecticut 
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachusetts, North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia, Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
New Jersey, California
Arizona
New Mexico
Washington

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Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
New Jersey

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Why did colonists establish Plymouth as a colony? Options: to find gold and silver, to create trading post, to gain religious freedom, to help the King of France

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to gain religious freedom

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What was a major reason for European voyages of exploration? Options: need to protect Crusades routes, need to control Constantinople, need for new religious ideas, need for trade routes to Asia

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need for trade routes to Asia

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With colonization came the growth of representative government. Which of the following is an example of representative government? Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Distance from England requiring town meetings, All of the above

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All of the above

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Which group are the Southern colonies? Options: Connecticut 
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachusetts, North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia, Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
New Jersey, Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Alabama

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North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia

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The exchange of goods and people between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is the ________________?

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Triangular Trade

Front

Which of the original 13 colonies was known as the "breadbasket" colony?

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Middle or Mid-Atlantic Colonies

Front

Which of the original 13 colonies had large aristocratic plantations? Options: New England Colonies, Middle or Mid-Atlantic Colonies, Southern Colonies, Northwest Colonies

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Southern Colonies

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Where was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?

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Jamestown

Front

Which Colonial region produced cash crops such as tobacco, cotton and indigo?

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Southern Colonies