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Worksheets13 Colonies Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Benjamin Franklin was a citizen in this region.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
2.
This region had rivers and streams that could not be navigated, but they were fast enough to power on a water mill.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
3.
This region was known for wheat farming.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
4.
Tobacco was grown in this region as a cash crop.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
5.
Shipbuilding was a main industry in this region.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
6.
This region needed slaves for the plantations.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
7.
This region had the longest growing season.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
8.
What was the name of Ben Franklin's first book?
a)
What To Do About Nothing
b)
The Inventor's Handbook
c)
The Right's of All Men
d)
Poor Richard's Aalmanac
9.
What was the most important building in a colonial New England town?
a)
mill
b)
meeting house
c)
blacksmith building
d)
hotel
10.
Who are indentured servants?
a)
another name for slaves
b)
people who work to pay off their voyage
c)
people who work for the governor
d)
people who like to explore
11.
What was the first settlement in Virginia in 1607?
a)
Roanoke
b)
Plymouth
c)
Jamestown
d)
Quaker
12.
Who was the leader of Jamestown?
a)
John Smith
b)
John White
c)
Walter Raleigh
d)
William Penn
13.
What was one way Jamestown survived?
a)
Bought squash
b)
Whales
c)
Fought disease
d)
Learned to hunt from Natives
14.
What settlement was established in Massachusetts in 1620?
a)
Jamestown
b)
Plymouth
c)
Roanoke
d)
Maryland
15.
Why was the Mayflower Compact made?
a)
To have laws in the settlement
b)
for religion
c)
trade with natives
16.
Why did Pilgrims risk their lives to come to America?
a)
protection
b)
start a new farm
c)
food
d)
religious freedom
17.
What colony was called the Lost Colony?
a)
Jamestown
b)
Plymouth
c)
Roanoke
d)
Cape Cod
18.
Why did the first group that settled in Roanoke return to England?
a)
too hot
b)
Native attacks
c)
disease
d)
starvation
19.
Who did Raleigh send with the second group to Roanoke?
a)
John Smith
b)
Pocahontas
c)
John White
d)
Walter Raleigh
20.
Why did it take John White so long to return to Roanoke with new supplies?
a)
England was at war with Spain
b)
Natives captured him
c)
His boat sank
d)
Sickness
21.
What happened when John White finally return to Roanoke?
a)
They made a colony
b)
They built more houses
c)
They fought natives
d)
There was no one there
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