Checking for Understanding

Which of the following is not in New England?

• Virginia

• Massachusetts

• New Hampshire

• Connecticut

The cultural interactions listed describe reasons why Europeans ______________.

• cooperated with one another

• worked to build a strong government

• had conflict working together

Which group created settlements, claimed land ownership, traded, and learning farming techniques

• France

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

What group of people lived in igloos in the Canadian Shield region?

• Inuit

• Kwakiutl

• Iroquois

• Lakota

Which explorer established the settlement of Quebec?

• Francisco Coronado

• Samuel de Champlain

• John Cabot

• Robert la Salle

How did the Spanish exploration of the Americas result in the spread of ideas?

• Rice was introduced to Europe

• Corn was introduced to the Americas

• Christianity was introduced to the Americas

Which of the following do the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies have in common?

• All had moderate summers and cold winters

• Social life revolved around the Church of England

• The Appalachian Mountains ran through all of the colonies

• All relied on skilled craftsmen and fishermen

What is a similarity between the Roanoke Island and Jamestown settlements?

• Both were settled for religious freedom

• Both were meant to be debtors prisons

• Both were settled were economic ventures

• Both were settled for livestock and grain

Which of the following is an example of specialization in the colonies

• The Mid-Atlantic colonies focused on livestock, grain, and fish

• The Southern colonies depended on New England for manufactured goods while New England needed cotton and indigo from the Southern colonies

• The social life of the southern colonies revolved around plantations

Which physical feature made it difficult for the American colonists to settle around the Atlantic coast and to move westward?

• The Grand Canyon

• The Mississippi River

• The Gulf of Mexico

• The Appalachian Mountains