review 1

Which colony was the first English settlement in North America?

• Jamestown

• Roanoke Island

• Plymouth

• Mayflower

Which colonial region is described by this: cash crops, small farms, plantations, slavery, organized into counties?

• Southern

• Mid-Atlantic

• New England

• Mid Western

Which of the following best describes how slaves were treated in the Southern colonies?

• They were treated well and given free education.
• They were beaten and treated very badly.
• They were paid to do skilled jobs and housework.
• They were paid to do work in factories.

In the Southern colonies, what was the economy mostly based on?

• Shipbuilding
• producing iron and textiles in factories
• whaling and fishing
• producing cash crops on large farms

Small farms, rocky soil, cold winters, short growing season describes

• New England colonies
• Middle colonies
• Southern colonies
• Western colonies

To run large plantations, planters relied mostly on the work of _________________.

• apprentices
• free African-Americans
• enslaved African-Americans
• artisans

People who lived in the New England colonies most likely had which of the following jobs?

• Farming

• Raising livestock

• Ship building and fishing

Large farms, called ___________________, were spread throughout the Southern colonies.

• Trade centers
• Plantations
• Settlements

Ship that brought Pilgrims.

• Speedwell
• Nina
• Mayflower
• Titanic

What was the Mayflower Compact?

• A document that set up an organized government for the Pilgrims

• A list of religious rules the Pilgrims had to follow

• A map that later showed the hidden fort at Jamestown

• A document that kept the colonies from trading with other countries