Colonization Review

The 13 colonies are located along which body of water?

• Gulf of Mexico

• Atlantic coast

• Pacific coast

• Mississippi River

Growing grain, raising livestock, and lumbering were all important economies in which colonial region?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• West Indies

Rocky soil resulted in poor farming conditions in which colonial region?

• West Indies

• Southern

• Middle

• New England

The geography of Jamestown, Virginia established an economy based on

• growing tobacco as a cash crop

• raising livestock and mining iron

• growing rice as a cash crop

• shipping and fishing

The key settlements of Boston, Philadelphia, New York City, and Charleston all ____

• back up to the Appalachian Mts

• are located in the Middles colonies

• had good harbors or ports

• had fertile soil for growing cash crops

The Gentlemen of Jamestown faced the Starving Time because of

• Native American attacks

• war with Spain

• their lack of skills to farm and build shelters

• the extreme heat and lack of rain

Which geographical feature prevented the colonies from expanding further west?

• Appalachian Mts

• Mississippi River

• Atlantic Ocean

• Rocky Mts

Which European county had the best relationship with the Native Americans and established trading post to export furs?

• Spain

• Great Britain

• the Netherlands

• France

Which group colonized Maryland to escape religious persecution

• Puritans

• Catholics

• Quakers

• Jews

Colonist in Massachusetts who disagreed with Puritan beliefs were

• shipped back to England

• tortured and put to death

• banished from Massachsetts

• accepted and tolerated