STAAR Review 2018

What was the motto for exploration?

• Spices, Power, and Christianity!
• God, Gold, and Glory!
• Bravery, Blood, and Glory!
• Marco Polo!

What factors led to the exploration of the New World?

• Economic Factors
• Political Factors
• Technological Factors
• All of the Above

In which of the following areas did Spain create colonies in New Spain?

• Mexico
• South Carolina
• Canada
• Louisiana

What is a Colony?

• A settlement ruled by a distant country
• A settlement ruled by a group of Native Americans
• A settlement ruled by his close relatives
• A Cake recipe from the queen of Spain

In what year was Jamestown settled?

• 1492
• 1607
• 1776
• 2007

Jamestown was located on a peninsula in ...

• Virginia
• North Carolina
• Florida
• New York

Faced harsh treatment, and left England to escape persecution

• Pilgrims
• Puritans
• Catholics
• Protestants 

People who came to a new country after leaving the land of their birth

• Catholics
• English Settlers
• Conqistadors
• Immigrants

The ship that the Pilgrims rode on to Plymouth Rock

• Mayflower
• Santa Maria
• Pinta
• Nina

Legal contract calling for fair laws to protect the general good.

• Mayflower Compact
• Mayflower Law
• U.S. Constitution
• Plymouth Laws