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Exploration and Colonization Review

Exploration and Colonization Review

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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7 Slides • 9 Questions

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  • ​Fur Trade

  • Christianity

French Colonization

Spanish Colonization

  • Gold Mining

  • Catholic Religion

  • Tobacco

  • Religious Freedom ​

Spanish Colonization

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Multiple Choice

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Which of these describes the primary reason for French colonization?

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To convert American Indians in the Southwest to Catholicism

2

To cultivate cash crops in the Chesapeake Bay area

3

To extract precious metals from mines in present-day Mexico

4

To profit from fur trading in the Great Lakes region

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  • 1607

  • Economic

    • Profit

    • Company

  • Tobacco​

Virginia​

Massachusetts

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  • 1620

  • Religious Freedom

    • Puritans

  • Mayflower Compact

    • Social Contract​

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Multiple Choice

Which statement accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth and Jamestown?

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Both colonies were established to bring wealth to stockholders.

2

Plymouth's founders inteded to produce raw materials, while Jamestown's founders expedcted to discover gold.

3

Both colonies were established to limit the expansion of other European empires.

4

Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while Jamestown was founded for commercial profit.

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  • Puritans

  • ​John Winthrop

  • Religious Freedom

  • Mayflower Compact​

Massachusetts

  • Catholics

  • Lord Baltimore

  • Escape Religious Persecution​

Maryland

  • ​Quakers

  • William Penn

  • Religious Freedom

  • Abolitionists​

Pennsylvania

  • Religious Toleration

  • Roger Williams

  • Anne Hutchinson​

Rhode Island

Religious Colonies

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Fill in the Blank

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Which colony correctly completes the diagram?

7

Match

Match the following colony to the religion

Maryland

Massachusetts

Pennsylvania

Catholics

Puritans

Quakers

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  • Harsh Winter & Rocky Soil

  • Swift Rivers

    • Fur Trapping

  • ​Natural Harbors

    • Trading

    • Fishing/Whaling​

  • Dense Forests​

    • Shipbuilding

    • Lumber​

New England Region

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  • Hills

  • Mild Climate

  • Fertile Soil

    • Bread Basket

    • Grains

    • Livestock

  • Dense Forests​

    • Shipbuilding

    • Lumber​

Mid-Atlantic Region

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  • Warm climate

  • Flat Land

  • Fertile Soil

    • Cash Crops

      • Tobacco

      • Cotton

  • Slavery

    • Transatlantic Slave Trade

    • Middle Passage​

Southern

Region

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Match

Match the following Region to their characteristics

New England Region Geography

New England Region Economy

Middle Region

Southern Region Geography

Southern Region Economy

Dense Forests, Rocky Soil, Harsh Winter, Natural Harbors

Lumber Milling, trading, fur trapping

Hills, Forests, Fertile Soil, Breadbasket

Flat land, Fertile Soil, Warm climate

Slavery, Cash-crops, tobacco, cotton

12

Reorder

Reorder the following

Colonial production of cash crops

Use of slavery in agriculture

Increased profits for plantation owners

Expansion of the transatlantic slave trade

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Multiple Choice

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Which characteristic is correctly matched with a number in the table?

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1: Indigo

2

2: Moderate

3

3: Rocky Soil

4

4: Ships

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  • 1620

  • Social Contract

    • Good for colony​

  • Puritans​

Mayflower Compact

  • Elected Legislatures

    • Representatives

  • Assembly​

Virginia House of Burgesses

  • Thomas Hooker

  • 1st Constitution

    • Defines and Limits Government​

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

  • 1215

  • Limits King's power

    • provides power for the people​

Magna Carta

Self-Government

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Match

Match the following

Slow Communication with British Government

Mayflower Compact 1620

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Virginia House of Burgesses

Representative

Developement of Self-Governmnet

Social Contract

1st Constitution

Legislative Assembly

Acts or speaks for others

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Multiple Choice

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Which of the following best replaces the question mark in the diagram above?

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Created a general council to manage the colonies

2

Experienced strict control by Parliament

3

Established their own representative institutions

4

Appointed governors who reported to the king

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  • ​Fur Trade

  • Christianity

French Colonization

Spanish Colonization

  • Gold Mining

  • Catholic Religion

  • Tobacco

  • Religious Freedom ​

Spanish Colonization

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