Exploration and Colonization Test

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1. Name 3 reasons why people explored in the 1400-1600s. (3 pt)

2. Name four European countries who sent out explorers from 1400-1600. (4 pt.)

3. Name two explorers besides Columbus. (2 pt.)

4. What is the slave trade? (1 pt.) 5. How did each item increase exploration? (2 pt.)

a. rudder:

b. triangle sails:

6. What were the reasons for decline in American Indian population as a result of exploration? (1 pt.)

7. Give one fact about each of the early settlements. (4 pt.)

a. Jamestown: b. Plimoth:

c. Massachusetts Bay Colony:

d. Roanoke:

8. Define the following words: (6 pt.)

a. Old World:

b. New World:

c. indentured servant:

d. Iroquois Confederacy:

e. colony:

9. Who had the most rights in Colonial America and why (2 pt.) 10. Place the colonies in the correct region. Delaware North Carolina South Carolina Massachusetts New Hampshire New York Pennsylvania Georgia Rhode Island Connecticut Maryland Virginia New Jersey

New England Middle Southern

11. Give one fact about each colonial region. (3 pt.)

a. New England Colonies:

b. Middle Colonies: c. Southern Colonies:

12. Use the map to draw in the exploration routes with the following colors: (4 pt.)

a. Spain- blue

b. Portugal- red

c. France- green

d. England- purple