Exploration and Colonization

a system of increasing wealth through colonization and trade

• import

• mercantilism

• navigation

• salutary

an agreement that results in the organization of society

• settlement

• social contract

• pilgram

• purtian

Jamestown was saved by the planting of

• cotton

• tobacco

• sugar

• wheat

The people of Jamestown were looking to gain wealth. What were the people of Plymouth trying to find?

• Religious Safety

• Gold

• Plantations to grow and harvest crops

• A different form of government

The Virginia House of Burgesses was a form of

• Representative Government

• Church

• Courthouse

• Restrictive Government

An area controlled by a distant country is known as?

• convert

• navigation

• colony

• exploration

What was the main reason for French and Dutch exploration and colonization?

• Fur trapping and trading

• Gold and silver mining

• Setting up sugar plantations

• Setting up mission settlements

What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

• To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
• To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
• To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
• To find the city of gold in southern Africa

Why was Plymouth established?

• To provide a place where Pilgrims could worship freely.
• To provide a place where Quakers could worship freely. 
• To provide a place where Catholics could worship freely.
• To provide a place where Puritans could worship freely. 

Which colonial event took place in 1607?

• Jamestown was settled.

• Plymouth was settled.

• Rhode Island was established.

• Jamestown burned to the ground.