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Worksheets8th Grade Midterm Review
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which colonial region was settled by people with many different cultural and religious backgrounds?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Backcountry
2.
Which colonial region contained rocky soil and cold climate?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Backcountry
3.
Which colonists were farmers and plantation owners who grew cotton and tobacco?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
d)
Backcountry
4.
Large farms, called ___________________, were spread throughout the Southern colonies.
a)
Trade centers
b)
Plantations
c)
Settlements
d)
industrial centers
5.
Most of the work on large, southern plantations was done by ___________ and ___________
a)
Native Americans and slaves
b)
women and children
c)
slaves and indentured servants
d)
Frenchmen and Mexicans
6.
The people who settled in the New England colonies were looking for religious freedom
a)
True
b)
False
7.
The first permanent English settlement in North America was
a)
Werowocomoco
b)
Yorktown
c)
Richmond
d)
Jamestown
8.
Which region relied mostly on cash crops to make their money?
a)
New England
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Backcountry
9.
In what year was Jamestown settled?
a)
1492
b)
1607
c)
1608
d)
2081
10.
Jamestown was settle for __________ purpose.
a)
religious
b)
economic
c)
political
d)
social
11.
What was the Geography like for the New England Colonies?
a)
Harbors/ Mountainous
b)
Flat
c)
Island
d)
Desert
12.
In general, why were MOST of the New England colonies founded?
a)
make money
b)
better soil
c)
economic opportunity
d)
religious freedoms
13.
An official paper from the king of England giving permission to start a colony is called what?
a)
charter
b)
consent
c)
frontier
d)
contract
14.
Pennsylvania was home to the ___________.
a)
Puritans
b)
Protestants
c)
Catholics
d)
Quakers
15.
What was the greatest challenge facing Jamestown’s early settlers?
a)
conflict with American Indian groups
b)
internal strife
c)
scarcity and famine
d)
weather-related illness
16.
The success of large plantations in the Southern Colonies was dependent on?
a)
Native Americans
b)
Debtors
c)
Slaves
d)
Pacifists
17.
Which crop grew well in the Middle colonies because of the climate?
a)
wheat
b)
cotton
c)
tobacco
d)
fish
18.
What is a colony?
a)
A place that has certain traits in common with other places near it
b)
a place where people can't practice their religion freely
c)
a place that's settled by people inside their home country but does not follow the rules of that home country
d)
a place that's settled by people outside their home country and belongs to or is ruled by that home country
19.
Before the Pilgrims went ashore they created a set of rules to help them live together peacefully. What was this called?
a)
Pilgrims' Pact
b)
Plymouth Promise
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Mayflower Compact
20.
Who said, "If you don't work, then you don't eat!"?
a)
Chief Powhatan
b)
Christopher Newport
c)
Lord De La Warr
d)
Captain John Smith
21.
What crop was important in making Jamestown and early Virginia an economic success?
a)
indigo
b)
tobacco
c)
potatoes
d)
rice
22.
This leader of Jamestown later married Pocahontas:
a)
John Smith
b)
John Rolfe
c)
John Andrews
d)
John Davis
23.
Why was Jamestown founded?
a)
For religious freedom
b)
The intention of planting crops.
c)
They hoped to find gold.
d)
To trade goods with Native Americans.
24.
How did geography impact the early economies of New York, Boston and Charleston?
a)
Natural Harbors allowed ships to unload at markets.
b)
They were near flat areas that allowed crops to grow.
c)
They were important for fishing.
d)
They allowed for trains and railroads to grow near them.
25.
Why did the Southern Colonies find success in agriculture?
a)
The coast provided fertile soil for plants to grow.
b)
More animals provided more fertilizer.
c)
Native Americans were much more helpful than in the North.
d)
The Spanish provided help to the colonists.
26.
Furs, Fish and Timber are all products the _________________________ colonies traded in.
a)
Southern Colonies
b)
New England Colonies
c)
Middle Colonies
d)
Canadian Colonies
27.
The trade routes established by colonists and merchants across the Atlantic Ocean can be defined as
a)
Triangular Trade
b)
Headright System
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Economic Domination
28.
The Middle Passage was
a)
Route that transported slaves from Africa to America
b)
Route that transported rum and molasses from Caribbean to Africa
c)
Route that transported manufactured goods from Europe to America
d)
Route that transported materials from colonial America to Africa
29.
An indentured servant.....
a)
pays off his debt by working without pay
b)
works for a set wage for a set number of years
c)
makes money from all the crops he plants
d)
owns large plantations and lives a sweet life
30.
Samuel Adams is known for what part of the American Revolution?
a)
He fired the first shot at the Battles of Lexington and Concord
b)
He was the king of Great Britain during the American Revolution
c)
He was the leader of the Sons of Liberty
d)
He was a famous for the Boston Massacre engraving
31.
___________ was an agreement to forbid colonists from crossing over to the Appalachian Mountains.
a)
Tea Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Proclamation of 1763
32.
What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
a)
The Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
The Boston Massacre
c)
Battle of Saratoga
d)
Battles of Lexington and Concord
33.
Which group asked for the repeal of the Intolerable Acts?
a)
First Continental Congress
b)
Committees of Correspondence
c)
Sons of Liberty
d)
Daughters of Liberty
34.
Trained soldiers that were prepared to fire at a minutes notice were which of the following?
a)
Redcoats
b)
British soldiers
c)
Minutemen
d)
None of the above
35.
Taxed sugar, coffee, dye, and wine.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Sugar Act
36.
_______ forced colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies for British troops.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
37.
This law taxed imports such as paper, lead, glass, paint, and tea
a)
Tea Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Intolerable Act
d)
Townshend Acts
38.
This law, designed to discourage rebel activities, required colonists to provide British soldiers with lodging, food, drink, and bed.
a)
Declaratory Act
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Food and Beverage Act
d)
Writs of Assistance
39.
What did the stamp act put a tax on?
a)
Tea and mail
b)
All goods from England
c)
Paper products
d)
Weapons
40.
Why did Britain seek to tax the colonists in the 1760s?
a)
The colonists were wealthier than most British citizens.
b)
Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.
c)
The British wanted to punish the colonists for rebelling against the Proclamation.
d)
Britain needed money to protect the colonists from the French.
41.
Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?
a)
“The rights of Englishmen”
b)
“Give me liberty or give me death”
c)
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
d)
“No taxation without representation“
42.
A tax on Sugar to pay the costs of the French and Indian War.
a)
Tea Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Repeal
d)
Sugar Act
43.
5 colonists were killed during this event after a mob provoked British soldiers in the streets
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Battle of Lexington
44.
Where was the famous "Tea Party" where the Sons of Liberty threw 19,000 pounds of tea into the harbor?
a)
New York
b)
Chicago
c)
Providence
d)
Boston
45.
British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they - ?
a)
feared it would provoke attacks from American indains
b)
did not want to share control of the fur trade with France
c)
resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion
d)
wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations
46.
What name was given to colonists who favored revolution?
a)
Loyalists
b)
Mercenaries
c)
Lobsterbacks
d)
Patriots
47.
What is the term that means refusal to buy goods?
a)
militia
b)
intolerable
c)
boycott
d)
repeal
48.
Which is not an Intolerable Act?
a)
Opened Boston's Port
b)
Deprived Massachusetts of self-government
c)
Allowed British officials to be tried in England
d)
Issued a stronger Quartering Act
49.
What does "No taxation without representation" mean?
a)
The colonists refused to pay any taxes at all
b)
The colonists should not be taxed if they do not get to be represented in Parliament
50.
Who fired the first shot of the American Revolutionary War?
a)
The British
b)
The Americans
c)
No one knows
d)
The French
51.
Which battle is considered the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
a)
Concord
b)
Lexington
c)
Independence
d)
French and Indian War
52.
What was the main issue debated during the Second Continental Congress?
a)
whether to seek a peaceful or violent solution
b)
how to plan a surprise attack against Britain
c)
how to convert more colonists to the Patriot cause
d)
whether foreign
allies would be beneficial
53.
Technique used by Paul Revere in his Boston Massacre engraving to sway the opinions of the colonists.
a)
Mudslinging
b)
Propaganda
c)
Bias
54.
A series of acts put in place as punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Declaratory Act
d)
Sugar Act
55.
What is the governing body of England?
a)
Congress
b)
Parliament
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