WorksheetsColonial Vocabulary
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What products came out of West Africa in Triangular Trade?
a)
Gold and Slaves
b)
Guns and Sugar
c)
Finished Goods and Services
d)
Salt and Pepper
2.
What products came out of England to supply its colonies?
a)
Timber and Furs
b)
Rum and Guns
c)
Manufactured Goods
d)
Slaves and Ships
3.
What was "Salutary Neglect?"
a)
England neglected to enforce their own trade laws
b)
The colonists neglected to follow the trade laws
c)
The colonists neglected to salute the English flag
d)
None of the above
4.
What is mercantilism?
a)
A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.
b)
where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.
c)
Wars that start over money.
d)
Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.
5.
The part of the Triangular Trade used to transport slaves from Africa to the West Indies and the 13 colonies was called...
a)
The Slave Journey
b)
The Middle Passage
c)
The Northwest Passage
6.
What was the economic system used by Great Britain in which colonies were established in the Americas?
a)
Free enterprise
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Mixed economy
d)
Command economy
7.
In this economic system, a mother country gained wealth by...
a)
allowing competition in the marketplace
b)
giving colonist political and religious freedom
c)
carefully controlling trade
d)
participating in the Great Awakening
8.
The laws passed in Great Britain to control trade were called...
a)
The Act of Toleration
b)
The Magna Carta
c)
The English Bill of Rights
d)
The Navigation Acts
9.
England failing to enforce its own trade laws in the 13 colonies was called...
a)
Salutary Neglect
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Triangular Trade
d)
Navigation Acts
10.
The trade system developed by the colonies between Europe, the West Indies and Africa was called...
a)
Salutary or Benign Neglect
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Triangular Trade
d)
Navigation Acts
11.
What is the Middle Passage?
a)
The route taken by slaves to the New World.
b)
The route taken by raw materials to Europe.
c)
The route taken by refined materials to the New World.
d)
The route taken by refined materials to Africa.
12.
Mercantilism is when
a)
Raw materials were bought cheaply by the colony and sold as refined materials to the 'Mother Country'
b)
Raw materials were bought cheaply by the 'Mother Country' and sold as refined materials to the colony
c)
When merchants sold their goods for high prices to working class citizens
d)
When working class citizens were forced to sell their products to make profits
13.
The impact of Mercantilism was that
a)
The rate of slavery in the Americas went down
b)
Trade was limited in the Atlantic
c)
The Colony grew wealthy
d)
The Mother Country grew wealthy
14.
All of the following are raw materials EXCEPT
a)
wool.
b)
ships.
c)
cotton.
d)
tobacco.
15.
What products came out of England to supply its colonies?
a)
Timber and Furs
b)
Rum and Guns
c)
Manufactured Goods
d)
Slaves and Ships
16.
Which colonial region was settled by Puritans and Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
d)
Backcountry
17.
Which colonial region was settled by people with many different cultural and religious backgrounds?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Backcountry
18.
Which colonial region contained rocky soil and cold climate?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Backcountry
19.
Which colonists were farmers and plantation owners who grew cotton and tobacco?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
d)
Backcountry
20.
Large farms, called ___________________, were spread throughout the Southern colonies.
a)
Trade centers
b)
Plantations
c)
Settlements
d)
industrial centers
21.
Why were the Mid-Atlantic colonies nicknamed "The Bread Basket?"
a)
They grew many types of grain.
b)
Making bread was a great economic opportunity.
c)
They ate bread with every meal.
d)
They imported many types of grain
22.
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
23.
Why was slavery LESS important in the Middle Colonies and the New England Colonies than in the Southern Colonies?
a)
They were far behind the South in business and industry.
b)
They did not rely heavily on cash crops.
c)
Slavery was important in all of the colonial regions.
24.
Which region relied mostly on cash crops to make their money?
a)
New England
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Backcountry
25.
The first permanent English settlement in North America was
a)
Werowocomoco
b)
Yorktown
c)
Richmond
d)
Jamestown
26.
In what year was Jamestown settled?
a)
1492
b)
1607
c)
1608
d)
2081
27.
How was the agreement which bonded Pilgrims called?
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Napoleonic Code
d)
Geneva Conventions
28.
When was Mayflower Compact written?
a)
1410
b)
1492
c)
1655
d)
1620
29.
1st representative governing body in the American colonies.
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Virginia House of Burgesses
d)
Congress
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