First English Colonies Test

What did John White find carved in a tree when he returned to Roanoke?

• Croatoan
• Roanoke
• Help
• Crowman

Why did Jamestown have the "no work, no food" policy?

• No one wanted to work, and they needed food.
• John Smith was a bad leader.
• The native Americans were stealing food.
• Everyone was working too hard.

Large farms, called ___________________, were spread throughout the Southern colonies.

• Trade centers
• Plantations
• Settlements
• industrial centers

Most of the work on large, southern plantations was done by ___________ and ___________

• Native Americans and slaves
• women and children
• slaves and indentured servants
• Frenchmen and Mexicans

In what year was Jamestown settled?

• 1492
• 1607
• 1956
• 2081

Why was slavery MORE important in the Southern colonies than in the Middle Colonies and the New England Colonies?

• They were far behind the South in business and industry.
• They relied heavily on  cash crops.
• Slavery was important in all of the colonial regions. 

Which region relied mostly on cash crops to make their money?

• New England
• Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies
• Backcountry

The _____ of the Southern Colonies was based on farming.

• economy 
• colony
• merchant

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What are the "breadbasket colonies"?

• Southern
• Middle
• New England
• Eastern

Why did the Pilgrims come to a new land and form a settlement?

• They wanted to be ruled by a king in Great Britain
• They wanted freedom to practice their own religion
• They wanted to start plantations and earn money
• They wanted to learn from the Native Americans