An area of land or settlement ruled by another country is a 

• empire
• colony
• estate
• county

The first English colony in North American was ______________.  No one knows what happened to its colonists.

• Roanoke
• New Amsterdam
• New Spain
• Jamestown

The leaders of the Virginia Company started Jamestown for the purpose of finding 

• gold
• silver
• jewels
• money

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

• Jamestown
• Massachusetts
• New Amsterdam
• New Spain

The Puritans created the _________________, an agreement of how to govern their colony.

• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Mayflower Compact
• governing body

What made the New England colonies unique?

• Life centered around plantations. 
• Shipbuilding, fishing, and textiles were primary occupations.
• Farms in the New England colonies fed slaves in the Caribbean.
• New England colonists lived shorter lives than Southern and Middle colonists. 

All of the following are Southern colonies EXCEPT:

• North Carolina
• Maryland
• Virginia
• Connecticut

The present-day state of Florida was controlled by which European country?

• Spain
• England
• France
• The Netherlands

Which colony served as a buffer between Spanish and English territory?

• Georgia
• Florida
• South Carolina
• North Carolina

Which was NOT a European motive for exploration?

• wealth
• religious conversion
• spread disease
• economic opportunity