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WorksheetsUnit 1 Test
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
a)
the global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas
b)
The journey captured Africans take to the New World
c)
The trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas (shaped like a triangle)
d)
The overland trade between Europe and Asia
2.
What country or countries came to the New World for religious and economic reasons?
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
Spain, France, England
d)
France
3.
Why did France seek to colonize in the Americas?
a)
Find Fur
b)
Convert to Catholocism
c)
Religious freedom
d)
invent french fries
4.
Why was Plymouth established?
a)
To provide a place where Pilgrims could worship freely.
b)
To provide a place where Quakers could worship freely.
c)
To provide a place where Catholics could worship freely.
d)
To provide a place where Puritans could worship freely.
5.
In what year did the Pilgrims settle in Plymouth?
a)
1621
b)
1616
c)
1602
d)
1620
6.
The Mayflower Compact is considered an important step in the development of American democracy because it
a)
provided a basis for self-government in the Plymouth Colony
b)
established the principle of separation of church and state
c)
defined relations with local Native American Indians
d)
outlawed slavery in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
7.
What brought the pilgrims to the Plymouth colony?
a)
the search for food
b)
the search for gold and silver
c)
the search for religious freedom
d)
the search for tobacco
8.
What was the document that the men signed aboard the ship in the New World which intended to be an agreement for a democratic set of laws?
a)
The Jamestown Compact
b)
The Mayflower Compact
c)
The Jamestown Agreement
d)
The Mayflower Agreement
9.
Plymouth was started before Jamestown.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
What word has the definition: To become a servant because of a debt owed?
a)
Indentured
b)
Frontier
c)
Colony
d)
Disease
11.
What word has the definition: A large farm where crops are grown for money?
a)
Plantation
b)
Indigo
c)
Colony
d)
Civilization
12.
What word has the definition: A group of people who settle in a distant land but are still under the rule of the country they came from?
a)
Colony
b)
Civilization
c)
Frontier
d)
Government
13.
What is a charter?
a)
a document that gives permission to explore or settle
b)
a Croatoan Indian
c)
an investor in a money-making venture
d)
a ship
14.
Which Native American tribe inhabited the Chesapeake Area during the development of Jamestown?
a)
Cheyenne
b)
Cherokee
c)
Creek
d)
Powhatan
15.
What area was the Jamestown Colony located in?
a)
South Carolina
b)
Massachusetts
c)
New York
d)
Virginia
16.
Roanoke is considered the
a)
First Colony
b)
Lost Colony
c)
South Colony
d)
Perfect Colony
17.
Winter 1609-1610 is considered the ______ time in Jamestown.
a)
Starving
b)
Hunting
c)
Carnival
d)
Hungry
18.
The word found carved into a fence post was
a)
Chesapeake
b)
Croatoan
c)
Hatteras
19.
a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of its future profits
a)
joint stock company
b)
mercantilism
c)
colonization
d)
cash crop
20.
the English establish first permanent settlement at Jamestown
a)
1620
b)
1607
c)
1776
d)
1784
21.
A crop that is grown to be sold at market, not eaten by the farmer
a)
plantation
b)
cash crop
c)
Plymouth Rock
d)
mercantilism
22.
Jamestown was settled in ____________
a)
1492
b)
1607
c)
1620
d)
1977
23.
Jamestown was settled for __________ purposes.
a)
religious
b)
economic
c)
political
d)
social
24.
What is a pacifist?
a)
Someone who thinks pacifiers are wrong
b)
Someone who lives on the pacific ocean
c)
Someone who believes if you die for your country you go straight to heaven
d)
Someone who does not believe in war
25.
Which group are the New England colonies?
a)
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
b)
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
Deleware
New York
New Jersey
Deleware
New York
New Jersey
d)
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
26.
Which colonies have large plantations?
a)
Middle
b)
Southern
c)
New England
d)
Northeast
27.
What are the "breadbasket colonies"?
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
d)
Eastern
28.
Which group are the Middle colonies?
a)
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachuttes
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachuttes
b)
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
New York
New Jersey
d)
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Washington
29.
Which group are the Southern colonies?
a)
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachuttes
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachuttes
b)
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
New York
New Jersey
d)
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Alabama
30.
William Penn founded which colony?
a)
Massachusetts
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
New York
d)
Nebraska
31.
What is an alliance?
a)
A disagreement
b)
A partnership
c)
A treaty
d)
A farming machine
32.
The Middle Passage was the name for the journey from
a)
Europe to Africa
b)
Americas to Europe
c)
Africa to the Americas
d)
Americas to Africa
33.
What crop eventually made Jamestown economically successful?
a)
wheat
b)
indigo
c)
rice
d)
tobacco
34.
Related to how we make and use money.
a)
Factor
b)
Economic
c)
Political
d)
Technological
35.
Related to the government or laws of a country.
a)
Economic
b)
Technological
c)
Political
d)
Factor
36.
Who were the three main powerful countries that were involved in the Age of Exploration?
a)
Spain, Germany, and France
b)
England, Spain, & France
c)
Italy, Spain, and Portugal
d)
Portugal, Ireland, & France
37.
Many of the European explorers wished to spread Christianity to native people.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
Which was NOT a European motive for exploration?
a)
wealth
b)
religious conversion
c)
spread disease
d)
economic opportunity
39.
The main reason the New England region of colonies was formed was for
a)
religious freedom
b)
profit and trade
c)
as a buffer to Spanish territory
d)
none of these are correct
40.
This region experienced long, harsh winters, mild, short summers, thin rocky soil, and lots of forests
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
41.
This region experienced mild winters, long and hot summers, fertile soil and coastal swamps.
a)
Southern Region
b)
Middle Region
c)
New England Region
42.
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
43.
True or False: There were lots of towns in the Southern region of colonies due to the many plantations located in this area.
a)
true
b)
false
44.
Religion in this region was very diverse and included the Quakers.
a)
Southern region
b)
Middle region
c)
New England region
45.
The religion practiced by the ___________ valued tolerance, equality, and pacifism (no war).
a)
Quakers
b)
Pilgrims
c)
Puritans
d)
none of these are correct
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