Colonial America Chapter Test

Colonial America Chapter Test

8th Grade

62 Qs

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Colonial America Chapter Test

Colonial America Chapter Test

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which colony is known as the first permanent English settlement in North America?

Plymouth

Roanoke

Jamestown

Massachusetts Bay

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one of the main challenges faced by the early settlers of Jamestown?

Lack of gold

Early struggles with food shortages and disease

Too many settlers arriving at once

Overabundance of resources

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the economic structure of Jamestown contribute to its development as a colony?

By focusing on gold mining

By establishing a successful tobacco economy

By trading only with Spain

By relying solely on fishing

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was "The Starving Time" in Jamestown?

A period of drought that affected crops

The winter of 1609-1610 when over 80% of settlers died from disease and starvation

A time when settlers went on a hunger strike

The first harvest festival

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main purpose of the headright system introduced in 1618?

To encourage settlers to move to Virginia by granting land

To establish a representative government

To regulate tobacco prices

To abolish indentured servitude

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What vital assistance did the Powhatan people provide to early settlers?

Military training

Food assistance and trade opportunities

Shipbuilding skills

Gold and silver

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main reason the English Pilgrims founded the Plymouth Colony?

To find gold

To seek religious freedom

To expand the British Empire

To escape war

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