FINAL PRACTICE QUIZ--Colonial Regions

Shipbuilding, fishing, and manufacturing were some of the economic activities of which colonial region?

• The New England Colonies

• The Middle Colonies

• The Southern Colonies

The ____________ of Massachusetts Bay ran a strict colony where political leaders were also religious leaders.

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Anglicans

What was a lasting impact of the Salem Witch Trials?

• Massachusetts was infected with witches.

• People should be considered innocent until proven guilty

• The government should only make rules for certain people

Why were most of the Southern Colonies created?

• For people who were banished by the Puritans

• So that all people could practice religious freedom

• So that their owners could make money

Producing cash crops on a Southern plantation was hard work. Most of this work was done by...

• Indentured servants

• Plantation owners

• Enslaved workers

Tobacco, rice, and indigo

• Cash crops grown in the Southern Colonies

• Crops that grew well in the Middle Colonies

• Crops that grew well in the New England Colonies

Why were the Middle Colonies called the "Breadbasket Colonies?

• Because they grew cash crops like rice

• Because they grew wheat, rye, and oats

• Because "Breadbasket" was William Penn's nickname

The ____________ Colonies are said to be the most diverse region because it attracted people from many countries and religions.

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Many of the ___________ Colonies, encouraged men and women and people from different religions to be treated fairly.

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

____________ created the Pennsylvania Colony as a place where Quakers could live in a peaceful community.

• Roger Williams

• William Penn

• James Oglethorpe