ILTS Content Test Elementary Ed(305)-Part 4/6 Questions & Answers 100% Correct!

Colonial Period () - ANSWERSwhen several european countries attempted to settle and colonize americas to expand their territories *many native americans killed or displaced by disease and territorial expansion *main focus of colonial period: 13 english colonies on each coast; reason of colonization is bc it is a response to England's policy of mercantilism and colonists' desire to be free from religious persecution *mercantilism: requires colonies to provide raw materials to england to continue to grow and support the mother country while limiting trade with other nations. describe and list 13 colonies - ANSWERS* group of english colonies that were overly similar in their political and religious beliefs New england colonies: *new hampshire, massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut Chesapeake Bay colonies: *virginia, maryland Middle colonies: *new york, Pennsylvania, new jersey, deleware southern colonies: *north carolina, south carolina, georgia urbanization - ANSWERSAn increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements. general economic, environmental and health effects of urbanization - ANSWERS*economically: can drastically raise expenses, frequently excluding local working class citizens *environmentally: urban heat islands raise temperatures and lower reabsorption of CO2 emission and soil moisture *changes are projected to strain food resources, sanitation and health care systems in the near future general positive and negative health effects on humans from urbanizations - ANSWERS*mortality from non communicable lifestyle-related diseases has increased