Benchmark POST TEST--SC Social Studies

Which country was able to successfully colonize what is now The United States of America?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Germany

The __________________ method was a system of providing free land to anyone who could pay his passage (or anyone else’s passage) over to America and encouraged settlement of the new colonies.

• slavery

• payment

• mercantilism

• headright

Which of the following best describes the Southern colonies?

• settled by Puritans/Pilgrims/Separatists; smaller subsistence farms; shipbuilding and trade grew here

• greater diversity of people and religious groups; corn and wheat farms, thus becoming known as the “bread basket”

• primarily settled by the Spanish and French; grape and citrus farms dominated the region

• larger plantations that grew tobacco, cotton, and rice; slavery was a vital part of this area

What idea did the “Mayflower Compact” start in America?

• equality for all

• freedom for all

• majority rules

• representative government

Which of the following explains why a lot of people in colonial Carolina would not grow rice?

• Rice was not a popular food item at the time since it spoils quickly.

• The profits were low.

• Few people knew how to grow it.

• It required a lot of land, labor, and money.

From what Caribbean island did many of the early settlers of Carolina come?

• Bermuda

• Barbados

• Bahamas

• Aruba

How did the Lords Proprietors respond to the Yemassee attacks when Carolina was a proprietary colony?

• They did nothing to protect the colonists.

• They sent the Yemassee poisoned food.

• They forced the Yemassee to North Carolina.

• They sent an army to attack the Yemassee.

Why were slave codes created?

• To make sure slaves received an education

• To control the price of slaves

• To control the lives of slaves after the Stono Rebellion.

• To ensure fair treatment of slaves.

Up Country residents called “The Regulators” tried to provide law and order during colonial days ______________________.

• were authorized to do so by the government

• were respected by the people who elected them to serve

• were well trained in the law and were concerned about their colony

• were sometimes outlaws themselves and abused the rights of the accused

Mercantilism was practiced by both England and France in regards to the American colonies in order to _______________.

• give the colonists more trading rights and choices

• control the political rights of the colonists

• increase the profits of the people in the colony

• prevent the colonies from trading with anyone except the mother country