Colonial America Quiz

What is an explorer?

• A person who lives in a colony

• The leader of a colony or state

• Someone who travels to unknown places to discover new things

• A written request given to an official

What is the Northwest Passage?

• A system for producing and delivering goods

• A water route to Asia through North America

• A company whose goal was to set up a Dutch colony in North America

• Earnings that remain after subtracting the cost of making and selling a product

What was the Dutch West India Company?

• A landowner in New Netherland

• The leader of a colony or state

• A water route to Asia through North America

• A company whose goal was to set up a Dutch colony in North America

What is a colony?

• A system for producing and delivering goods

• A place that is ruled by another country

• A person who lives in a colony

• Earnings that remain after subtracting the cost of making and selling a product

Who is a colonist?

• A landowner in New Netherland

• The leader of a colony or state

• A person who lives in a colony

• A written request given to an official

What is profit?

• A system for producing and delivering goods

• A place that is ruled by another country

• Earnings that remain after subtracting the cost of making and selling a product

• A written request given to an official

What is a patroon?

• A person who lives in a colony

• A landowner in New Netherland

• The leader of a colony or state

• A written request given to an official

Who is a governor?

• A person who lives in a colony

• A landowner in New Netherland

• The leader of a colony or state

• A written request given to an official

What is a petition?

• A system for producing and delivering goods

• A place that is ruled by another country

• A person who lives in a colony

• A written request given to an official

What is an economy?

• A written request given to an official

• A place that is ruled by another country

• A person who lives in a colony

• A system for producing and delivering goods