Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz

An elected group of lawmakers is a/an

• charter

• assembly

• indentured servant

• colony

The first successful permanent English colony was

• Virginia

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

A person who promised to work for a master in exchange for passage (ride on a ship) to the New World is a/an

• Pilgrim

• Puritan

• indentured servant

• slave

The "Lost Colony" was

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Charlestown

• Massachussetts

This group of people believed that everyone was equal

• Pilgrims

• Puritans

• English

• Quakers

People who wanted to purify the Church of England are called

• Quakers

• indentured servants

• colonies

• Puritans

Who are Pilgrims?

• Native Americans

• Spanish Colonists

• Colonists that sought religious freedom

• Colonists that thought men and women were equal

What did the Mayflower Compact do?

• described the way that the Pilgrims would govern themselves

• gave the King's permission to establish a colony

• Make Thanksgiving a national holiday

• form the first elected assembly in the New World

A colony is

• the Buffalo Bills stadium

• a place where martians live

• a new settlement establish and governed by a country in another land

• a company formed by a group of investors

A cash crop is

• a crop raised in order to be sold for profit

• Bills tickets

• a Joint Stock Company

• money