Exploration & Colonization Test Review Flashcards

Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards derived from the Exploration & Colonization Test Review sheet covering key terminology, early colonial government documents, thinkers, and regional economic characteristics.

A settlement in new territory that is still ruled by its home country is called a __________.

Colony

A contract granted to establish a colony is known as a __________.

Charter

__________ is an economic policy in which colonies provide raw materials to enrich the mother country.

Mercantilism

A religious settlement established to convert Native Americans to Christianity is called a __________.

Mission

The __________ was a trade network connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

Triangular Trade

A large commercial farm that grows crops for sale, often using enslaved labor, is called a __________.

Plantation

The right to practice a religion without government punishment is known as __________.

Religious Freedom

The __________ Range limited colonial settlement and movement westward.

Appalachian Mountains

A political system in which people select representatives to create policies is called a __________ government.

Representative

Britain's practice of loosely enforcing colonial laws and allowing local control was known as __________.

Salutary Neglect

Created by the Pilgrims in 1620, the __________ established a civil government based on majority rule.

Mayflower Compact

Considered the first written constitution in the 13 Colonies, the __________ allowed Connecticut citizens to elect a legislature.

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Established in 1619, the __________ was the first democratically elected legislature in the English colonies.

Virginia House of Burgesses

Puritan leader __________ supported extending voting rights beyond church members and helped establish government in Connecticut.

Thomas Hooker

The philosopher __________ believed people have natural rights such as life, liberty, and property.

John Locke

The political thinker who supported separation of powers in government was __________.

Charles de Montesquieu

The Spanish colonial strategy focused heavily on building Catholic __________ to convert Native Americans.

Missions

The French colonial strategy in North America focused on building trading posts along waterways to trade for __________.

Fur

Many English Puritans settled in North America in order to escape religious __________.

Persecution

Most colonial settlements were located near the Atlantic coast and major rivers because water routes supported __________ and trade.

Travel

The __________ Colonies had long winters, rocky soil, and an economy based on fishing, whaling, lumber, and trade.

New England

The Middle Colonies were known for fertile land and producing __________.

Grains

The Southern Colonies relied heavily on plantations growing cash crops such as rice, indigo, and __________.

Tobacco

The transatlantic slave trade expanded primarily due to the demand for plantation __________ in the Southern Colonies.

Labor