Southern Colonies Quiz Review

What were the two main reasons that led to the colonization of America?

• educational

• Economic

• medical

• Religious

• environmental

Which colonies specialization was in:Fishing, Shipbuilding and whaling

• Southern

• Mid Atlantic

• New England

Which colonies made their money farming cotton, tobbaco and rice

• New England

• southern

• Middle

First colony established by England in North America

• New Enland

• Jamestown Virginia

• Plymouth, Georgia

• Mayflower, Massachussetts

These colonies were established for religious reasons

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Western

These colonies had rocky soil and long cold winters which made farming difficult

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

These colonies had the best soil and weather for farming many cash crops

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Western

What year was the city of Virginia founded in?

• a) 1607

• b) 1706

• c) 1600

• d) 1632

What were the regions into which the 13 English colonies were divided?

• a) New England, Middle, Southern

• b) Virginia, Cope Henry, Massachusetts

• c) Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

• d) Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,

1. First successful English settlement in the New World, 
2. 1607. Set up as a joint-stock company
3. Virginia House of Burgesses

• Jamestown
• Plymouth
• Pilgrim