Unit One Test - Review

How was the settlement of Virginia different from the settlement of Massachusetts?

• Virginia was settled by religious groups, while Massachusetts was settled for trade.
• Both Virginia and Massachusetts were settled primarily for agricultural purposes.
• Virginia was settled by Puritans, while Massachusetts was settled by explorers.
• Virginia was settled for economic reasons, while Massachusetts was settled for religious freedom.

What was the first representative government in North America?

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Virginia House of Burgesses

• The Continental Congress

• The Albany Congress

Which of the following colonies make up the New England colonial region?

• Virginia, Maryland, and Georgia

• New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire

• North Carolina, South Carolina, and Delaware

The following are characteristics of which colonial region? Intolerant of religious dissent, created theocracies, economy was based on shipbuilding, fishing, trade and subsistence farming, and social status was based on church membership.

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Chesapeake Colonies

Which of the following colonies make up the Southern colonial region?

• Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut

• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

• Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

• Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts

The following are characteristics of which colonial region? Founded primarily for profit, social standing based on family status and land ownership, representative governments dominated by large landholders, economy built on slave labor and plantation agriculture.

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Western Colonies

What colonies make up the Mid-Atlantic colonial region?

• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

• Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

• Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina

• Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi

The following are characteristics of which colonial region? Government based on democratic ideas and equality, flexible social classes with a large middle class, very tolerant of other religions and cultural groups.

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

What geographic conditions discouraged the development of a plantation economy in the New England colonies?

• Fertile soil and warm climate

• Rocky soil and harsh winters

• Abundant flat land

• Long growing seasons

The system known as the “Trans-Atlantic trade” involved (1a)

• Trade of goods
• Slave trade
• Raw materials
• Manufactured goods