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Colonial Regions Test Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This region experienced long, harsh winters, mild, short summers, thin rocky soil, and lots of forests
a)
Southern 
b)
Middle
c)
New England
2.
This region experienced mild winters, long and hot summers, fertile soil and coastal swamps.
a)
Southern Region
b)
Middle Region
c)
New England Region
3.
This region experienced cold winters, mild summers, fertile soil and had natural harbors for trade.
a)
New England Region
b)
Southern Region
c)
Middle Region
4.
Religion in this region was very diverse and included the Quakers.
a)
Southern region
b)
Middle region
c)
New England region
5.
 Which of the following religious groups felt the need to "purify" the Anglican Church and left England in the late 1620s, starting their colony at Massachusetts Bay?
a)
mormons
b)
pilgrims
c)
quakers
d)
Puritans
6.
Someone who came to America and to pay their passage, they agreed to work for a certain amount of years and then gained their freedom.
a)
missions
b)
servants
c)
Indentured servants
d)
debtors
7.

What were the two (2) reasons that Georgia was founded

a)

To make money

b)

To help people escape debtors prision

c)

To escape religious persecution

d)

To block attacks from the Spanish in Florida

8.

Which of the following is NOT part of the New England geography and economy

a)

Subsistence Farming

b)

Whaling and Fishing

c)

Trading

d)

Large Plantations

9.

What is an indentured servant?

a)

A slave who only farms rice

b)

A slave who only farms tobacco

c)

A person who employs many servants

d)

A person who has to work to pay for their passage to the colonies

10.

What was the difference between the Jamestown and the Plymouth colony

a)

Jamestown was seeking religious freedom and Plymouth was seeking gold

b)

Jamestown was seeking riches and Plymouth wanted religious freedom

c)

Settlers in Plymouth wanted slavery and Jamestown did not

d)

Both A and B

11.

Which crop was crucial in the success of Jamestown

a)

Indigo

b)

Cotton

c)

Wheat

d)

Tobacco

12.

Why were the middle colonies able to grow cash crops

a)

They used slave labor

b)

They had large families to help

c)

The fertile soil and mild climate

d)

They are on the coast so its easy to trade their crops

13.

Why was subsistence farming necessary in the New England region

a)

They could make more money as skilled laborers

b)

Long winters and poor soil made large scale farming impossible

c)

Long Summers and fertile soil made farming easy

d)

There were no markets to sell their harvested food

14.

Why was Pennsylvania founded and by Who?

a)

William Penn; To provide a safe place for Quakers

b)

William Pitt; To provide a safe place for Puritans

c)

William Penn; To profit from the large plantations

d)

William Pitt; To provide a home for former slaves

15.

Which group was persecuted in England, came to America and then persecuted others for not practicing their beliefs

a)

Puritans

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Quakers

d)

Catholics

16.

What geographic characteristic influenced the Southern colonies the most?

a)

Excellent ports that allowed trading

b)

Access to the ocean that promoted fishing and whaling

c)

Long Summers that promoted farming

d)

Large forests that allowed lumber production

17.

Which colonial region had these characteristics: Large Plantations, cash crops, and slavery?

a)

New England Region

b)

Middle Region

c)

Southern Region

18.

Which colonies make up the New England Region

a)

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island

b)

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

c)

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut

d)

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Delaware, Rhode Island

19.

Which colonies make up the Middle Region

a)

New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

b)

New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware

c)

Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina

d)

Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, North Carolina

20.

Which colonies make up the Southern Region

a)

Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia

b)

Maryland, New York, South Carolina, Georgia

c)

Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia

d)

Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Georgia