The Age of Exploration & Colonization Unit 3-11

Which three countries were the main players in the race for dominance and wealth during exploration?

What were the three main motivations for exploration?

Which economic policy did European rulers believe was the best way to build their countries' power?

What was a key part of the mercantilist policy?

What did European nations look to their colonies in the New World for?

What was the theory of mercantilism based on?

What was the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World referred to as?

What is subsistence farming?

Which three countries were the main players in the race for dominance and wealth during exploration?

What were the three main motivations for exploration?

What was the Triangular Trade?

Which religious groups had significant numbers in the Middle Colonies?

What were some important industries in the Middle Colonies?

What allowed settlers in the Southern Colonies to plant cash crops on large farms?

Which document is considered the first written Constitution that created a government and earned Connecticut its nickname of The Constitution State?

What economic system of trade was based on the principle that a country's power comes from money?

What was England's goal in the colonies under the mercantilist system?

What was the first legislature anywhere in the English colonies in America?

True or false: The New England Colonies had fertile soil and a long growing season.

True or false: The Middle Colonies were known as the 'breadbasket' due to their large production of grains.