Here are the answers to your questions:
Q 1: Identify the motivation for countries to send explorers to the "New World".
Answer: Gain economic wealth, share their religion, claim land for their country
Q 2: Which group below was the first anti-slavery group?
Answer: Quakers
Q 3: Identify the physical characteristics of the New England colonies.
Answer: Cold climate, rocky soil
Q 4: Which of the following describes a representative government?
Answer: A government made up of people chosen by their towns to represent them
Q 5: Which group of colonies had fertile soil, grew grains, and raised livestock?
Answer: Middle colonies
Q 6: Taking raw materials and turning them into new goods to sell for gold or silver is
Answer: the goal of Mercantilism.
Q 7: Which group of colonies had a warm climate, raised cash crops, and had slaves as labor for plantations?
Answer: Southern colonies