Social Studies Early English Settlements Quiz

A person who settles in a colony

• colonist

• democratic

• Jamestown

• Mayflower Compact

• monarchy

A set of rules written by the Pilgrims to help them live together peacefully

• colonist

• Jamestown

• monarchy

• democratic

• Mayflower Compact

The first permanent English colony in America, located in Virginia and named after King James I

• colonist

• monarchy

• Jamestown

• democratic

• Mayflower Compact

Relating to a form of government in which people have the power to rule themselves, often through elected representatives

• colonist

• Jamestown

• monarchy

• democratic

• Mayflower Compact

A form of government in which the ruler is a king or queen

• colonist

• Jamestown

• democratic

• monarchy

• Mayflower Compact

An island off the coast of North Carolina that became the first English settlement

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• representative government

• settlement

A place in Massachusetts where the Pilgrims settled

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• representative government

• settlement

A form of government where the citizens elect the leaders to make decisions on their behalf

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• representative government

• settlement

A small community created by settlers in a new territory

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• representative government

• settlement