STAAR Social Studies

Why did the Spanish come to the New World?

• Spices

• silk

• gold

• slaves

Name 2 other countries that colonized the New Land other than Spain.

• Germany and Ireland

• England and Poland

• France and Mexico

• France and England

How many colonies where there in the 1700's ?

• 12

• 14

• 50

• 13

What was a Plantation?

• a field where people worked

• homes where people lived

• land and property owned by white people that owned slaves

• slaves

The 13 colonies declared their independence from who?

• France

• Great Britain

• Spain

• Africa

What word do we use for “taking care of natural resources and not wasting them?”

• Reservation

• Conservation

• Observation

• Chlorination

What is the practice of managing the use of resources carefully called?

• Conservation

• Condensation

• Environmental Science

• Yield Science

What was the primary reason for the establishment of the Jamestown colony in 1607?

• Religious freedom

• Trade and profit

• Escape from war

• Scientific exploration

Which document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English monarch and laid the foundation for future democratic principles?

• The Magna Carta

• The Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams