SSUSH2 (a-c)

Because of restrictions placed on African slaves in the early colonial North America, much of what we know about their culture comes from

• slave owners

• slave diaries

• oral tradition

• American Indians

The "Middle Passage" referred to

• the creation of the Panama Canal in Central America

• the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World

• Lewis and Clark's expedition into the Louisiana Territory

• the best route over the Rocky Mountains to get to California

What colonial region had the distinction of being the MOST culturally diverse?

• the Southern colonies

• the New England colonies

• the Mid-Western colonies

• the Mid-Atlantic colonies

Which of these areas in the colonial era would be likely to have the greatest number of large landowners and indentured servants?

• New England

• Middle colonies

• Southern colonies

• Ohio River Valley region

African slaves in the colonial south

• were rigidly separated from whites

• formed their own schools and universities

• developed a society and culture of their own

• were widely scattered on small farms, seldom in contact with one another

Which freedom was most important to the British settlers who originally settled Pennsylvania?

• freedom of speech

• religious freedom

• freedom from search and seizure

• the right to representative government

The Puritans and the Pilgrims came to North America to escape religious persecution. Puritan and Pilgrims deas have had a major impact on the social norms of what region?

• the South

• the MidWest

• New England

• the West Coast

Which choices accurately depict the food products that were contributed to the Americas from its African population? Select all that apply.

• okra

• yams

• corn

• pumpkin

• rice production

The first Africans to be brought to British North America landed in which colony in the early 1600s?

• Georgia

• Virginia

• New York

• South Carolina

The Netherlands played a role in colonizing North America. Which city/area was originally settled by the Dutch, only to be taken by the British in later years.

• Boston

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Plymouth