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Social StudiesChapter 4
Directions: Practice by reading the question, saying your answer, then
clicking on the next slide to check your answer with the correct one
Question
• Which nation started colonies in the Americas first?
Answer
• Spain
Question
• What was England’s first permanent settlement in North America?
Answer
• Jamestown
Question
• ___________ made huge profits as a result of tobacco sales to Europe.
Answer
• Virginia
Question
• How did Spain try to convert the Native Americans to Christianity in the borderlands of New Spain?
Answer
• missions
Question
• What is a primary source?
Answer
• John Smith’s book A Description of New England
Question
• What is legislature?
Answer
• A law making branch of government
Question
• How did Tisquantum help the first colonists in New England?
Answer
• He taught them how to farm and to fish in their new home
Question
• In which present-day states did the Dutch establish New Netherland?
Answer
• New York and New Jersey
Question
• Which part of North America did La Salle claim for France in 1684?
Answer
• The Mississippi River valley
Question
• How did missionaries affect Native Americans in New Spain?
Answer
• They held ceremonies to make large numbers of Native Americans Catholic. Later, they taught Native Americans Catholic beliefs. Some missionaries forced Native Americans to become Catholic and to work as slaves. Many Native Americans fought to hold on to their beliefs, but others were forced to change how they lived and worshipped.
Question
• Why was Jamestown’s location a poor choice for a settlement?
Answer
• The land was swampy and not good for farming.
Question
• How did the Mayflower Compact create a form of self-government?
Answer
• The people who signed the compact agreed to make and follow their own laws for the common good.
Question
• What kinds of activities made up the early economies of North American colonies?
Answer
• Farming, fishing, fur trading, and shipping goods and raw materials back to europe
Question
• Why was the House of Burgesses important?
Answer
• The House of Burgesses helped make laws that were needed to keep order. It was also the first representative assembly in the English colonies. It allowed some of the Virginia colonists to elect members to the House of Burgesses who would represent them.
Question• Put these events in order:
• The Virginia Company establishes Jamestown
• Pedro Menendez de Aviles establishes St. Augustine
• Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec• The Dutch establish New Amsterdam• William Bradford and the Pilgrims establish
Plymouth
Answer
1. Pedro Menendez de Aviles establishes St. Augustine
2. The Virginia Company establishes Jamestown 3. Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec4. William Bradford and the Pilgrims establish
Plymouth 5. The Dutch establish New Amsterdam
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