Unit 1 Assessment

Question 1

3 reasons that representative government developed are:

Answer 1

1. familiarity with parliamentary system
2. long distance from British system
3. isolation of the communities

Question 2

Which colonial region had the best soil and climate for large-scale agriculture?

Answer 2

Southern colonies

Question 3

Many Puritans settled within which of the British colonies in North america?

Answer 3

New England colonies

Question 4

Why was slavery so important to the Southern colonies in the colonial era?

Answer 4

The economy was agrarian, and slaves kept the plantation system profitable.

Question 5

List reasons that supported the beginning of English Colonization.

Answer 5

1. Adventure
2. Political Freedom
3. Free or Cheap Land
4. Religious Freedom

Question 6

What explains the colonization and rapid development of North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, New York, and Massachusetts Bay colonies?

Answer 6

They were located on the coast.

Question 7

___________: ports and rivers:: ________ : fertile soils

Answer 7

higher population densities, lower population densities

Question 8

Transatlantic slave trade began when

Answer 8

plantations in the West Indies needed labor.

Question 9

The primary cause of economic differences among the colonies in North America was?

Answer 9

geography

Question 10

Which group settled in New York primarily for economic gains?

Answer 10

Dutch

Question 11

This is considered a major historical era in American history

Answer 11

Exploration and Colonization