What were the three "G's" that motivated most people to come to the "new world"?
Question 1 options:
God, Glory, and Gold
Gratitude, Guidance, and Goodwill
Grace, Glory, and Goodwill
Gold, Grace, and Growth
Question 2 (1 point)
Which colonial region is known for its moderate climate and fertile soil?
Question 2 options:
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Question 3 (1 point)
Which colonial region is known for having rocky soil and a cold climate?
Question 3 options:
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Question 4 (1 point)
A large farm located in the Southern Colonies, with slave and production of cash crops is a -
Question 4 options:
Backcountry
Ranch
Plantation
Pasture
Question 5 (1 point)
Which region was nicknamed "the Breadbasket Colonies"?
Question 5 options:
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Question 6 (1 point)
What were the main three countries that explored and settled in the "new world"?
Question 6 options:
England, France, and Germany
England, Mexico and Canada
England, France, and Spain
Spain, Germany and France
Question 7 (1 point)
The Mayflower Compact and the Virginia House of Burgesses are examples of-
Question 7 options:
documents that outlawed slavery
restrictions to British rule
economic systems in the colonies
steps toward representative government
Question 8 (1 point)
Which statement best explains the significance of the Mayflower Compact?
Question 8 options:
It declared the first Thanksgiving
It established a form of self-government based on a social contract
It weakened the influence of religion on government
It limited the power of the King
Question 9 (1 point)
What is considered the first written colonial constitution in America?
Question 9 options:
Virginia House of Burgesses
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Mayflower Compact
English Social Contract
Question 10 (1 point)
The 3 main reasons for the growth of representative government in the colonies were: salutary neglect, a
need for peace and order, and influential thinkers.
Question 10 options:
True
False
Question 11 (1 point)
In representative government, what do people do?
Question 11 options:
elect representatives to create laws and run the government
elect laws and run the government
elect representatives to run the government
elect representatives to run schools
Question 12 (1 point)
Traits of Southern Colonies
• Slave labor
• Yearlong growing season
• Good soil and fresh water
• ??????
Which best completes the list?
Question 12 options:
British Mercantilism
The American System
The Plantation System
Industrial Revolution
Question 13 (1 point)
Which numbered region MOST LIKELY had an economy that relied primarily on agriculture?
Question 13 options:
1
2
3
4
Question 14 (1 point)
The earliest large cities in Colonial North America were located
Question 14 options:
along bodies of water.
in the Southern Colonies.
in the Piedmont Colonies.
in New York and New Hampshire.
Question 15 (1 point)
What was the importance of Jamestown?
Question 15 options:
it was the first successful English colony established
it produced a lot of money for England
it was the last colony established by England
it was the only colony that gold was found
Question 16 (1 point)
What was the Middle Passage?
Question 16 options:
The voyage from Africa to the New World of the Americas
The narrow walkway between the lines of slaves chained in a slave ship's cargo deck
The voyage from the Americas back to Britain
The voyage from Britain to Spain
Question 17 (1 point)
What is the best title for this map?
Question 17 options:
Map of the Americas
Map of Goods and Services
Map of Triangular Trade
Map of Slavery
Question 18 (1 point)
Why did Europeans enslave millions of Africans?
Question 18 options:
Slavery was a critical part of the European belief system.
Slavery was a critical part of the European government.
Slavery was a critical part of the European social structure.
Slavery was a critical part of the European economy.
Question 19 (1 point)
Over which ocean were slaves transported from Africa to America?
Question 19 options:
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Arctic
Question 20 (1 point)
The buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas was called the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Question 20 options:
True
False

