13 Colonies Unit Review

Which statement about the relationship between Native Americans and colonists is true?

• They signed and kept peace treaties.

• They fought over land use and ownership.

• They cooperated to fight off foreign attacks.

• They each admired the other group.

How did Virginia tobacco planters fill their need for field workers?

• by paying workers high wages

• by hiring German immigrants

• by using machines to do the work

• by enslaving people from Africa

Which document gave the people of Plymouth a form of self-government?

• Mayflower Compact

• Godspeed Constitution

• Massachusetts Articles

• Magna Carta

A new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land is known as,

• an assembly

• a colony

• a confederacy

• a union

The first successful English settlement in the New World was,

• Roanoke in 1585

• Jamestown in 1607

• New Netherlands-1614

• Plymouth Rock-1620

Why did people in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies adapt different ways of life?

• People with specific skills settled in each area

• The regions had different geographies and resources

• The people all had different reasons for settling in North America.

• The leaders of the colonies decided how the people would earn a living.

The New England colonies climate and geography would best be described as,

• fertile soil, warm climate, long growing season

• fertile soil, moderate climate, short growing season

• dry soil, hot climate, short growing season

• rocky soil, cold climate, short growing season

Which region was known as the "Bread Basket" colonies?

• New England

• The West Indies

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

Due to the conditions of the geographic are and climate, the Southern colonies developed an economy based on cash crops. Which one of the following was the most successful cash crop?

• corn

• beans

• tobacco

• squash

The population of what colonial region was mostly English Puritan?

• New England colonies

• Middle colonies

• Southern colonies

• Western Frontier