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MMS History (Colonialism)

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the first English colony in the New World?
a)
Plymouth
b)
Jamestown
c)
New Orleans
d)
New Amsterdam
2.
What Jamestown settler married Pocahontas?
a)
James Oglethorpe
b)
John Smith
c)
John Rolfe
d)
John Winthrop
3.
A group of merchants formed the ___________ to start a moneymaking colony in Virginia.
a)
Paris Company
b)
East India Company
c)
London Company
d)
West Indies Company
4.
"Starving Time" was when the _________________ colony was nearly abandoned due to the harsh winter of 1609.
a)
Jamestown
b)
Plymouth
c)
New York
d)
Massachusetts
5.
What was the major crop grew in the Virginia colony?
a)
Cotton
b)
Rice
c)
Corn
d)
Tobacco
6.
The Dutch settled present day New York City in 1647.  What did the Dutch call this settlement before it was taken over by the British and renamed?
a)
New Amsterdam
b)
New London
c)
New Orleans
d)
New Rotterdam
7.
An economic policy in which nations tried to gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies is called _______________.
a)
The Mayflower Compact
b)
Capitalism
c)
 Mercantilism
d)
Communism
8.
The 13 Colonies were divided into three geographical regions.  The colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire were part of the _____________ colonies.
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
Northern
d)
New England
9.
The 13 Colonies were divided into three geographical regions.  The colonies of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware were part of the _____________ colonies.
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
d)
Eastern
10.
The 13 Colonies were divided into three geographical regions.  The colonies of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia were part of the _____________ colonies.
a)
Southern
b)
Eastern
c)
Middle
d)
New England
11.
A ___________ is a crop, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities and sold for profit.
a)
charter
b)
cash crop
c)
king crop
d)
royal crop
12.
A ____________ is a government whose leaders ruled in the name of God.
a)
Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Republic
13.
The pilgrims aboard the Mayflower were also called ________________.
a)
patriots
b)
rebels
c)
Baptists
d)
Separatists
14.
The colony created by the Pilgrims that came to America on the Mayflower was called ______________.
a)
Detroit
b)
Boston
c)
Providence
d)
Plymouth
15.
The __________________ was a document signed by the Pilgrims that described how they would be governed.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
The Massachusetts Constitution
c)
Mayflower Compact
d)
Magna Carta
16.
Ten years after the Pilgrims landed in America, a new group called the _____________ arrived.
a)
Anabaptists
b)
Catholics
c)
Puritans
d)
Anglicans
17.
The leader of the Puritans and governor of the Massachusetts colony was ____________________.
a)
James Oglethorpe
b)
John Winthrop
c)
John Rolfe
d)
James Madison
18.
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchison fled Puritan Massachusetts and created the ___________________ colony.
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Jamestown
c)
Connecticut
d)
New Hampshire
19.
___________________ also fled Puritan Massachusetts and settled in the colony of Connecticut.
a)
John Winthrop
b)
Samuel Adams
c)
Thomas Hooker
d)
William Penn
20.
The first written plan of government in America, created in Connecticut, that also guaranteed the right to vote to all men who were Puritans was called the ____________________.
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
U.S. Constitution
c)
Fundamental Orders
d)
Magna Carta
21.
The colony of New York was previously called ____________________ under Dutch rule.
a)
New Jersey
b)
New England
c)
New Netherland
d)
New France
22.
Pennsylvania, created by William Penn, was a colony established by a religious group called ___________.
a)
Catholics
b)
Baptists
c)
Methodists
d)
Quakers
23.
To protect the rights of Catholics, the colony of Maryland passed America's first law guaranteeing religious liberty called the ___________________.
a)
Religious Freedom Act
b)
Act Concerning Religion
c)
Maryland Act
d)
Catholic Act
24.
The House of Burgesses, created in _____________, was America's first legislature.
a)
Delaware
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
25.
Georgia, a colony established by James Oglethorpe, was created to help poor people in England stay out of ____________ prison.
a)
tax evasion
b)
robbery
c)
debtors'
d)
murderers'
26.
Since Georgia stood between Spanish Florida and the rest of the British colonies, it would be labeled as a ______________ colony.
a)
military
b)
border
c)
buffer
d)
Catholic
27.
A(n) ___________________ worked for a master for several years to pay off their debt and gain freedom.
a)
slave
b)
butler
c)
merchant
d)
indentured servant
28.
Poor Richard's Almanac was a book of proverbs written by _________________________.
a)
George Washington
b)
Richard Smith
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
Thomas Paine
29.
The __________________  was an agreement made in 1215 listing the rights granted by King John to all free men of the kingdom.
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
Parliament
d)
Magna Carta
30.
The _____________ was an ocean crossing for African slaves who were to be sold in the New World.
a)
Deadly Passage
b)
African Passage
c)
Middle Passage
d)
Slave Passage
31.
The Great Awakening was a(n) ________________ in the American colonies that began in the 1730s.
a)
major war
b)
genocide
c)
religious revival
d)
atheist movement
32.
In 1692, nineteen accused women living in Massachusetts were put to death during the _______________.
a)
Boston Tea  Party
b)
Great Awakening
c)
Salem Witch Trials
d)
Starving Time