Colonization begings

Question 1

a person who leaves his own country or region to settle in another

Answer 1

emigrant

Question 1

any of the Puritans who broke away from the Church of England during the reign of James I

Answer 1

Separatists

Question 2

a person who wanted simpler forms of worship and stricter morals

Answer 2

Puritan

Question 3

the study of God and His relations with man and the universe

Answer 3

theology

Question 4

the action of God in deciding beforehand what will happen

Answer 4

predestination

Question 5

The Church of England became the official church of the nation under whose reign?

Answer 5

Elizabeth I

Question 6

What did the Puritans want to see happen to the Church of England?

Answer 6

They wanted it to reform and get rid of Catholic practices.

Question 7

Why did English Separatists choose to leave the Netherlands?

Answer 7

They were afraid their children were becoming too “Dutch.”

They had a hard time assimilating to Dutch culture.

Question 8

A collaboration by the king, gentry, nobles, and merchants to help English colonies succeed was known as what?

Answer 8

joint-stock company

Question 9

The acts of piracy by the “sea dogs” provided what country with the money to finance the exploration and colonization of America?

Answer 9

England

Question 10

Why were joint-stock companies important in a mercantilist system?

Answer 10

They provided the capital necessary to establish successful colonies.

Question 11

In order to be successful in a mercantilist economic system, a nation needed to keep a

Answer 11

balance trade

Question 12

Which of these explorers Helped expand French claims in North America? Select three.

Answer 12

Giovanni de Verrazzano
Jaques Cartier
Samuel de Champlain

Question 13

What important region of North America did the explorers Marquette and Joliet explore?

Answer 13

Mississippi River

Question 14

Conflict over what region in North America led to war between France and England?

Answer 14

the Ohio River Valley

Question 15

What goods were foundational for France’s colonial territories in North America?

Answer 15

furs

Question 16

How did interaction with the French affect Indigenous Populations of North America? Select three.

Answer 16

Indigenous People would come to rely on European Goods.
Indigenous populations would decline due to exposure to disease
Indigenous populations would move further inland to find more furs.

Question 17

What made the Dutch a powerful nation in the 1600s?

Answer 17

The Dutch East India Company

Question 18

What explorer helped the Dutch make colonial claims in North America?

Answer 18

Hudson

Question 19

Which of the following statements is true about Dutch settlements in North America?

Answer 19

Dutch settlements were religiously diverse and free.

Question 20

Which of the original 13 colonies would New Amsterdam become after its surrender to the English?

Answer 20

New York

Question 21

Why did the Lenape people sell the Manhattan to the Dutch for only 60 guilders?

Answer 21

The Lenape had a different understanding of land ownership than the Dutch.

Question 22

Why did Henry the Navigator fund Portuguese exploration?

Answer 22

He was trying to find a direct way to trade with India and Asia.

Question 23

Which two explorers had their expeditions funded by the Portuguese?

Answer 23

Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama

Question 24

Why were people skeptical of Christopher Columbus’s plan to sail West?

Answer 24

They thought Asia was farther away than Columbus said.

Question 25

What colony was founded by the Portuguese?

Answer 25

Brazil

Question 26

Which group was at the top of the social hierarchy in Spanish Colonial society?

Answer 26

Peninsulares

Question 27

What did the encomienda system allow Spanish landowners to do?

Answer 27

to enslave Indigenous people to work the land

Question 28

Before the arrival of the Spanish who ruled central mexico

Answer 28

aztecs

Question 29

Which of the following options contributed to the colony at Jamestown nearly failing? Select three.

Answer 29

searched for the fabled Northwest Passage to the Orient hunted for silver and gold death in combat and disease

Question 30

Which actions did John Smith take to stabilize the colony of Jamestown? Select four.

Answer 30

He ordered all the men to begin building a fort. He ordered the planting of a corn crop. He established trade with the Powhatan people. He ordered that the colonists begin making goods like pitch tar and soap ash.

Question 31

The man responsible for developing the colony's first cash crop

Answer 31

John Rolfe

Question 32

Which four factors contributed to the "Starving Time" in Jamestown?

Answer 32

trade with the Powhatan ended disease short food supply increase in population

Question 33

A person who agreed to work for a period of three to seven years in exchange for passage to the New World was known as a(n) _____.

Answer 33

indentured servant

Question 34

Enslavement became a hereditary status in Virginia in the year

Answer 34

1662

Question 35

What were the three outstanding events in 1619 that had a great influence on the colonies?

Answer 35

Representative government came to America. The London Company sent women to America. The first slaves were brought to America.

Question 36

What leader did angry Virginian frontier settlers rally behind when they felt the government was taxing them too heavily and not providing protection from Native attacks?

Answer 36

Nathaniel Bacon

Question 37

Which early Virginian surveyed the Virginian border with North Carolina and established the city of Richmond?

Answer 37

William Byrd II

Question 38

In their first attempt at self-government before landing in the New World, the Pilgrims drew up a series of laws that became known as the _____.

Answer 38

Mayflower Compact

Question 39

Who were the TWO Indian friends of the Pilgrims?

Answer 39

Squanto Samoset

Question 40

Who was the head of the Massachusetts Bay Company and governor of the colony?

Answer 40

John Winthrop

Question 41

What groups came to Rhode Island because of discrimination in England?

Answer 41

Separatists Quakers Jews

Question 42

The ______ was the lawmaking body of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Answer 42

General Court

Question 43

What TWO men started settlements in Maine and New Hampshire?

Answer 43

Ferdinando Gorges John Mason

Question 44

Maine and New Hampshire were both claimed as part of what colony?

Answer 44

Massachusetts Bay