Colonies and Government Assessment

Why aren’t large plantations in the New England Colonies? (5.12B)

• swamps and long summers

• too many trees

• rocky soil and long winters

• Appalachian Mountains

What was the main economic activity of British colonists in the Southern region and why? (5.6A)

• Ship building because of the large number of forests

• Mining because of the large deposits of iron

• Wheat Farms because of the shorter growing season

• Plantations because of the warmer weather and longer growing season

1. In the Triangular Trade, raw materials were transported from where to where? (5.9A, 5.23C)

• From Europe to Africa

• From the Americas to Europe

• From Europe to the Americas

• From Africa to the Americas

What was one of the reasons the colonial economy grew ? (5.12D)

• Artisans such as blacksmiths and carpenters crafted and sold their goods

• Raw materials were sent to England from the Americas

• Finished goods from England were bought by colonists

• Pilgrims continued to come to the New World

What colonial practices are still a part of our nation today? (5.21B)

• Transatlantic Trade

• Indentured Servitude

• Representative government

• Monarchy

1. What traditions did Africans continue in the Americas, even when their masters didn’t approve of it? (5.21A)

• their cultural music

• their cultural clothing

• their native writings

• their cultural meals

One person rules all, ruler typically male, rule is inherited: These describe what type of government?

• democracy

• Representative Government

• Self-Government

• Monarchy

The Mayflower Compact and Virginia House of Burgesses are examples of:

• Colonial Spain

• Representative Government

• Monarchy

• Judicial Government

What was the primary work of enslaved Africans in the British colonies? (5.12D)

• Whalers in the Atlantic Ocean

• Miners for iron in the Middle Colonies

• Field workers on southern plantations

• Servants for the rich in New England

Who was a Quaker, founded Pennsylvania, accepted all religions, and escaped religious persecution?

• Louis Livingston

• William Penn

• Penny Williams

• James Oglethorpe