Colonization & Exploration Review

Which of these effects met the European nations' desires and needs listed above?

• Europeans learned from and adopted the culture of the Natives.

• Europeans gave land and resources to the Natives

• Europeans established colonies in the New World.

• Europeans were unable to establish colonies in the New World.

Which of the choices best describes why colonists came to America?

• religious intolerance

• high rents on land

• scarcity of resources

• all of the above

Which of the following BEST describes reasons for exploration of the New World?

• Gold, Glory, and God

• God, Government, and Glory

• Government, Politics, Land

• School, Freedom, Friends

Which of the following statements about the English colonization efforts at Roanoke is accurate?

• The English launched a number of expeditions to find the lost colonists

• Sir Walter Raleigh was completely committed to the success of the colony.

• Friendly relations between the English and the local Roanoke Indians ensured its success.

• The colonists at Roanoke were abandoned and ended up "lost" when John White returned with supplies.

How is GLORY, one of the main reasons for exploration and the desire to colonize, best defined?

• Winning a war with neighboring countries

• Showing an excess amount of pride in one's town or city

• competition between kings – want to find new lands to establish their power - as a means to strengthen their political positions in Europe

• There was not any land left, so younger Englishmen needed to find a new way to get $$$.

How is GOLD, one of the major reasons for the desire to explore and colonize, best defined?

• spread Catholicism, and separate from Church of England

• There was not any land left, so younger Englishmen needed to find a new way to get $$$.

• competition between kings – want to find new lands to establish their power - as a means to strengthen their political positions in Europe.

• To go on a mass search of gold in neighboring countries

How did God and religion affect the desire to explore and colonize new lands?

• It had no effect on the desire to explore and colonize new lands.

• It increased competition between kings.

• It encouraged young Englishmen to search for new ways to make money.

• citizens of England were being persecuted, and accused of being traitors of the state, so they look to the New World as a place to practice their religious beliefs.

After John White left the newly established Roanoke colony, the colonists established a successful which would later be called Jamestown.

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There are several different theories about what happened to the "lost colonists". Some theorists believed that colonists were wiped away by a hurricane or assimilated with Native American tribes.

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THROWBACK REVIEW: What are the 3 regions of North Carolina?

• Coastal Plains, Mountains, Piedmont

• Piedmont, Raleigh, Asheville

• Mountains, TIdewater, Ocean

• City, Hills, Beach