SS CBA 1

Question 1

Reasons for Settlement
Gold=weatlth
God=christianity religous freedoms
Glory=power/ land expansion

Answer 1

Motives for European Settlement

Question 2

Reasons for Settlement
-build settlement for profit
-divided into 3 regions
New England Colonies
Southern Colonies

Answer 2

Motives for English Settlement

Question 3

Reasons for Settlement
* Fur Traders were interested in the fur available in the Ohio River Valley
* The colony of New France included land in Present day Eastern Canada all the way down the
Mississippi River to New Orleans.
* Made friends with the Natives.

Answer 3

Motives for French Settlement:

Question 4

Reasons for Settlement
* Built Missions in Florida, Texas, & California
* Used Natives for slave labor
* Was established BEFORE the English colonies.

Answer 4

Motives for Spanish Settlement:

Question 5

Reasons for Settlement
-The Dutch were interested in establishing a trading colony along the Hudson River
* Made friends with the Natives

Answer 5

Motives for Dutch Settlement:

Question 6

Economic Product(s) of the Colonial Regions:
shipbuilders

Answer 6

Economic Product(s) of the Colonial Regions:
Northeastern Colonies: shipbuilders

Question 7

Economic Product(s) of the Colonial Regions
grains

Answer 7

Economic Product(s) of the Colonial Regions:
Middle Colonies: grains

Question 8

Economic Product(s) of the Colonial Regions:
tobacco

Answer 8

Economic Product(s) of the Colonial Regions:
Southern Colonies: tobacco

Question 9

Who has the power?
With representative government, each member spoke for the people who voted for
them

Question 10

the first group of leaders elected to lead in the British American colonies

Answer 10

Virginia House of Burgesses

Question 11

While on the Mayflower, the Pilgrims wrote a set of rules that everyone agreed to follow.
o William Bradford was a leader in Plymouth that helped write

Answer 11

Mayflower Compact

Question 12

Describe the climate in each region:

Question 13

Describe the climate in each region:
Winters are long and cold, and there is generally a good amount of snow

Answer 13

Northeast

Question 14

Describe the climate in each region:
Summer are long, hot, and humid, and winters are short and mild

Answer 14

Southeast

Question 15

Describe the climate in each region:
Generally there are warm summers, and cold winters with plenty of snow, even
blizzards

Answer 15

Midwest:

Question 16

Describe the climate in each region:
hot and dry, and can experience droughts

Answer 16

Southwest

Question 17

Describe the climate in each region:
Weather and climate vary greatly:
o The Pacific Northwest receives a lot of rain
o Heavy snow fall occurs in the Rocky Mountains
o The Pacific coast has mild winters

Answer 17

West

Question 17

Natives who moved in search of food.

Answer 17

Nomads

Question 18

a crop planted to sell for money.

Answer 18

Cash crop

Question 19

more commonly called cities, land is scarce (not a lot) and expensive

Answer 19

Urban

Question 20

more commonly called “the country”, there are more wide, open spaces,
and plenty of land.

Answer 20

Rural