Unit 1 Review

How to pass your 8th Grade Social Studies Tests• Test are no longer about who, what, when and

where

• Assessments will test your ability to understand, evaluate and apply the historical information and determine cause and effect relationships

North Carolina Geography

• Economic and Geographic Characteristics of the Tidewater, Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and Mountain Regions

• Be able to identify how geographic characteristics contributed to the growth of the region, and how it contributed to the movement of people

How did North Carolina’s geographic features affect the movement of goods and people?

a. Mountain ranges and a lack of navigable ports restricted the movement of goods and people.

b. Warm-water ports and small mountain ranges encouraged the movement of goods and people.

c. Deep rivers and flat fertile land helped North Carolina develop strong interstate commerce.

d. Multiple rivers and valleys prevented the development of large farms and a tourist economy.

Exploration• Understand reasons for exploration:

A. Renaissance

B. Wealth

C. Politics

D. Religion

Exploration• Explain how the reasons for exploration

contributed to European Exploration, and the drive for Colonies

• Explain how European exploration effected the culture and way of life of the Native American (Columbian Exchange)

Which of these events during the Age of Exploration was a cause of the other three?

a. Europeans brought food, animals, and ideas from one continent to another

b. European diseases had an adverse effect on the native populations of new territories

c. warfare increased as European nations competed for land and power

d. advances in learning and technology made long ocean voyages possible

Early Colonies• Why did England and various groups want to

establish colonies in the new world

• Explain the reasons why Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth were settled

• Explain reasons behind the success and failures of each of the 3 early colonies

• What is the cause and effect of the success of Jamestown

How did the settlers of Plymouth differ from the settlers of Roanoke and Jamestown?

a. Jamestown and Roanoke were founded on the principals of religious freedom and Plymouth was not

b. Plymouth was settled on the principals of religion and Jamestown and Roanoke was not

c. Plymouth was strictly settled on the principals economic opportunity and Jamestown and Roanoke was not

d. Plymouth settlers know exactly how to survive in the new world whereas Jamestown and Roanoke suffered