Topic 1 Practice Test

Someone who agreed to work for an employer for a set period of time in order to pay off a debt was called

• an enslaved person

• a colonist

• an apprentice

• an indentured servant

The first colonists to arrive at Plymouth came in search of

• good farmland and fishing.

• natural riches such as gold.

• independence from England.

• freedom to practice their religion.

Plantations specialized in producing

• A. fine food.

• B. cash crops.

• C. dairy cattle.

• D. wood furniture.

A settlement is a

• A. small, newly built community.

• B. place ruled by another country.

• C. group of people who travel together.

• D. town whose residents agree to govern themselves.

What type of work might a person who was enslaved be forced to do?

• A. field work

• B. cooking

• C. carpentry

• D. all of the above

On ships in the Middle Passage, people who were enslaved

• A. had a lot of living space.

• B. were able to move freely.

• C. developed many serious illnesses.

• D. revolted successfully frequently.

Why is Roanoke called the “lost colony?”

• 1. A. John White could not find his way back to it.

• B. It lost a contest with Jamestown.

• C. Everyone there went back to England.

• D. All the settlers disappeared.

Enslaved people on a slave ship experienced all of these EXCEPT

• A. daily exercise

• B. hot, smelly air

• C. crowded spaces

• D. fear about the future

The economies of the colonial regions differed because they had different

• A. governments.

• B. languages.

• C. origins.

• D. resources.

When Africans who had been captured and enslaved arrived in the American colonies, they were first

• A. reunited with family members.

• B. sold at scrambles or auctions

• C. given a full medical examination.

• D. taught English so they could follow orders.