COLONIAL AMERICA TEST REVIEW

Question 1

Prices will go up when

Answer 1

supply is low and demand is high

Question 2

the first permanant english colony in north america was

Answer 2

jamestown

Question 3

scarcity forces people to make

Answer 3

economic choices and incur an opportunity cost

Question 4

Europeans wanted to discover a new, shorter route to eastern asia in order to break the hold that____________ had on trade with asia, gain more_________for themselves,_________ the price of goods from asia

Answer 4

muslim merchants
profit
reduce

Question 5

The magna carta granted rights to

Answer 5

nobles

Question 6

What did Charles I do to parliaments

Answer 6

He dissolved parliament and placed areas under martial law

Question 7

Charles I eventually had to sign the____

Answer 7

petition of right

Question 8

The glorious revolution was a

Answer 8

peaceful transfer of power

Question 9

The US has left a deep imprint on the rest of the world because of its__________ideas, revolutionary___________ experiment, and boundless___________for____________

Answer 9

liberal
democracy
opportunities
ordinary people

Question 10

A market from the colonial period would consist of a ____________ between people in the same village

Answer 10

bartering system

Question 11

the puritans started the massachusetts bay colony to

Answer 11

live according to their religious beliefs

Question 12

production and consumption, today compared to during the colonial period, would be that goods are

Answer 12

produced faster and cheaper so consumption rises

Question 13

Assembling goods in a factory is part of the

Answer 13

production process

Question 14

the true discovers of the americas were the ancestors of the

Answer 14

native americans

Question 15

natice american civilization was least highly developed in

Answer 15

north america

Question 16

volitarire believed in

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free speech

Question 17

the production of colonial exports usually required

Answer 17

many skilled workers

Question 18

most major cities in colonial america were located

Answer 18

near bodies of water

Question 19

the souths most important cash crop

Answer 19

tobacco

Question 20

_____ cities were important so that __________________ using the waterways

Answer 20

port
goods could be exported or imported

Question 21

the first agreement for self government in america was the

Answer 21

mayflower compact

Question 22

The _______ would be an example of a ______document

Answer 22

mayflower compact
primary

Question 23

virginias first legislature was the

Answer 23

house of burgesses

Question 24

the native americans often worked with the colonists because the colonists had

Answer 24

valuable items

Question 25

before the arrival of columbus, most native peoples in north america lived in

Answer 25

small, scattered and impermanant settlements

Question 26

many native american tribed were

Answer 26

matriarchal

Question 27

native americans and the colonists often had disputes over

Answer 27

land ownership

Question 28

the early years of jamestown were characterized by

Answer 28

starvation, diseases and native american raids

Question 29

the early manufacturing enterprise in colonial america was

Answer 29

lumbering

Question 30

the first representatve assembly in american history was the

Answer 30

house of burgesses

Question 31

mercantilism

Answer 31

a nations power based on gold/silver, export more than import

Question 32

columbian exchange

Answer 32

plants, diseases, animals and more from europe to the americas

Question 33

habeas corpus

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lawful grounds must be showen to detain a person

Question 34

capitalism

Answer 34

free market economy based on supply and demand

Question 35

mayflower compact

Answer 35

first plan for self government in the colonies

Question 36

northwest passage

Answer 36

a shipping route that connects the atlantic ocean to the pacific ocean. (never actually existed)

Question 37

social contrace

Answer 37

government exists only with the consent of the people or it can be overthrown

Question 38

ndigenous

Answer 38

original or native people

Question 39

sedition

Answer 39

it is illegal to critisize the government

Question 40

`enlightenment

Answer 40

an intellectual movement in europe. age of reason