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WorksheetsNeosho Ch. 3 Quiz
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
What characteristic did New Jersey and Delaware have in common?
a)
owned by the Duke of York
b)
had been part of other proprietary colonies
c)
were founded by dissenters
d)
had been part of New Netherland
2.
Both the colony at Jamestown and Plymouth
a)
endured a 'starving time'
b)
were established for religious reasons
c)
were founded by Puritan leaders
were financed by a single investor.
were financed by a single investor.
d)
were founded by Puritan leaders.
3.
William Penn founded Pennsylvania for which group to practice freely?
a)
Puritans
b)
Quakers
c)
German Lutherans
d)
French Protestants
4.
Why was Georgia founded?
a)
to protect the English colonies against Spanish Florida
b)
to reward the king's supporters in the English Civil War
c)
to build a plantation society based on slave labor
d)
to create competition between French and Dutch fur traders
5.
Which of the following was a belief held by Roger Williams?
a)
Puritans should be banned from Rhode Island
b)
Everyone should be forced to attend church
c)
Puritans should not impose their beliefs on others
d)
Church and state should not be kept separate.
6.
What geographic feature acted as a barrier to westward expansion?
a)
the Atlantic Ocean
b)
the Great Lakes
c)
the Appalachian Mountains
d)
Spanish Territory
7.
Which Middle Colonies bordered the South?
a)
New Jersey and Pennsylvania
b)
Pennsylvania and Delaware
c)
Maryland and Delaware
d)
Maryland and Pennsylvaia
8.
What knowledge did Native Americans offer the English settlers?
a)
how to grow their own food
b)
how to tie their shoes
c)
how to defeat the Spanish
d)
how to pray correctly
9.
How might the location of Jamestown have helped the colonists in the event of a Spanish attack?
a)
The colony was distant from the ocean
b)
Spanish ships would have to sail upriver, where they could be vulnerable.
c)
Spanish ships were too large to navigate river waters to reach it.
d)
The colony was protected by hills on all sides.
10.
Which of the following was NOT a reason for England's early colonial experiments in America?
a)
to establish mercantilism
b)
to establish missions
c)
to find gold
d)
to compete with Spain
11.
Who sent a successful shipment of tobacco to Europe from Virginia?
a)
Lord De La Warr
b)
Sir Walter Raleigh
c)
John Smith
d)
John Rolfe
12.
What form of self-government did the Virginia colonists have that would later become part of the US government?
a)
the universal right to vote
b)
a royal governor
c)
a representative assembly
d)
a central banking system
13.
What does Winthrop, a Puritan leader, mean by the phrase "a city upon a hill"?
a)
the Puritans must build their settlement on a hill to avoid attack.
b)
the Puritan settlers will set an example for the rest of the world.
c)
the Puritan would gather on a hill for religious ceremonies.
d)
the Puritans will develop a thriving urban center in their settlement.
14.
What Quaker belief angered Puritan leaders?
a)
People could experience religion without ministers.
b)
No work should be done on religious holidays.
c)
Women were NOT spiritually equal to men.
d)
Women were spiritually equal to men.
15.
Which religious group established a form of self-government called the Mayflower Compact?
a)
Puritan dissenters
b)
the Puritans
c)
the Quakers
d)
the Pilgrims
16.
Which colonies made up the Southern colonies?
a)
New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
b)
Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland
c)
New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey
d)
Georgia, Maryland, North and South Carolina
17.
Maryland's economy was based on
a)
tobacco
b)
rice
c)
indigo
d)
cotton
18.
What is William Penn saying in this passage?
a)
All men are equal and have natural rights
b)
All men are perfect just as they are
c)
a man's property should be shared equally with his community
d)
all men are born into titled novility
19.
What is the Dutch name for the city that would become New York City?
a)
New Amsterdam
b)
New Netherland
c)
New Sweden
d)
New England
20.
William Penn wanted to create a colony based on the ideals of what people?
a)
Native Americans
b)
Quakers
c)
Puritans
d)
Separatists
21.
Which colony was once part of New York?
a)
New Jersey
b)
Delaware
c)
Maryland
d)
Pennsylvania
22.
Which of the following was not a trend that developed as the American colonies grew?
a)
freedom of conscience
b)
tax-supported churches
c)
representative government
d)
religious freedom
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