Colonization Unit Test Review

1.The need for agricultural workers (people who work in farms) in the tobacco fields of colonial Virginia led to the

• formation of labor unions
• decision to industrialize
• improvement in farming
• use of enslaved people from Africa

2. Which geographic feature along the Atlantic coastline led to most to the growth of trade in the British Colonies?

• many offshore islands
• high, rocky cliffs
• natural harbors
• barrier reefs

3. The information on the map suggested that most early colonist.

• were unable to achieve political unity
• were located very close to each other
• built their settlements near bodies of water
• encountered great difficulties with Native Americans

4. Which colonial settlement is correctly paired with the reason it was founded?

• North Carolina haven for pilgrims and puritans
• Georgia place for imprisoned debtors and convicts
• Maryland refuge for the Quakers
• Pennsylvania refuge for English Catholics

5. In which colonial region did good harbors, abundant forests, rocky soil, and a short growing season most influence the economy?

• Southern Colonies
• New England Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• Northwest Territory

6. According to the theory of mercantilism, the principal purpose of the thirteen colonies was to provide Great Britain with -

• raw materials and markets
• naval bases
• manufactured goods
• military recruits

7. Which region of the 13 colonies is represented by box A?

• Frontier region
• Middle Atlantic colonies
• New England Colonies
• Southern Colonies

8. What were among the main exports produced by colonists in box c?

• Whale oil and silver
• textiles and tea
• potatoes and fish
• tobacco and rice

9. Which geographic conditions discouraged the development of a plantation economy in the New England Colonies?

• a wide coastal plain and an absence of good harbors
• rocky soil and a short growing season
• numerous rivers and a humid climate
• flatland and a lack of forests

10. Which factor played an important role in the development of the plantation system in the South?

• a short growing system prevented the planting of most crops
• a lack of fertile soil limited agriculture
• colonial governments bought all the crops that plantations could produce
• a warm climate permitted the growth of labor intensive cash crops