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WorksheetsUnit 1: Colonies/Exploration
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 39mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which colonial region was settled by Puritans and Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
d)
Backcountry
2.
Which colonial region was settled by people with many different cultural and religious backgrounds?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Backcountry
3.
Which colonial region contained rocky soil and cold climate?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Backcountry
4.
Which colonists were farmers and plantation owners who grew cotton and tobacco?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
d)
Backcountry
5.
Large farms, called ___________________, were spread throughout the Southern colonies.
a)
Trade centers
b)
Plantations
c)
Settlements
d)
industrial centers
6.
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
7.
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
8.
The people who settled in the New England colonies were looking for religious freedom
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Which region relied mostly on cash crops to make their money?
a)
New England
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Backcountry
10.
The first permanent English settlement in North America was
a)
Werowocomoco
b)
Yorktown
c)
Richmond
d)
Jamestown
11.
In what year was Jamestown settled?
a)
1492
b)
1607
c)
1608
d)
2081
12.
How was the agreement which bonded Pilgrims called?
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Napoleonic Code
d)
Geneva Conventions
13.
When was Mayflower Compact written?
a)
1410
b)
1492
c)
1655
d)
1620
14.
1st representative governing body in the American colonies.
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Virginia House of Burgesses
d)
Congress
15.
Who is the founder of Pennsylvania?
a)
John Winthrop
b)
Sylvester Slovania
c)
James Olgethorpe
d)
William Penn
16.
The success of large plantations in the Southern Colonies was dependent on?
a)
Native Americans
b)
Debtors
c)
Slaves
d)
Pacifists
17.
Which of the following was a form of early self government established in the Colonies?
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Connecticut's Fundamental Orders
c)
Virginia's House of Burgesses
d)
All of the Above
18.
A document that outlined a colony's boundaries and specified how it should be governed.
a)
Constitution
b)
Compact
c)
Will
d)
Charter
19.
Which religious group believed in equality for all and no slavery?
a)
Puritans
b)
Mormons
c)
Quakers
d)
Smurfs
20.
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
21.
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
22.
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
23.
Why did the Pilgrims come to a new land and form a settlement?
a)
They wanted to be ruled by a king in Great Britain
b)
They wanted freedom to practice their own religion
c)
They wanted to start plantations and earn money
d)
They wanted to learn from the Native Americans
24.
"land ruled by another country"
a)
colony
b)
tributary
c)
charter
d)
Los Angeles
25.
What is the name of the southern most colony?
a)
South Carolina
b)
North Carolina
c)
Georgia
d)
Maryland
26.
What is Parliament?
a)
a formal agreement among groups or individuals
b)
representatives
c)
a plan for spending money
d)
the lawmaking branch of the British goernment
27.
Letter F is which colony?
a)
Maryland
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
New York
d)
Massachusetts
28.
Letter A is which colony?
a)
Delaware
b)
New Jersey
c)
Rhode Island
d)
New Hampshire
29.
Letter B is which colony?
a)
New Jersey
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Connecticut
30.
Letter H is which colony?
a)
Delaware
b)
Rhode Island
c)
New Jersey
d)
Pennsylvania
31.
What were the three cash crops that created the plantation system in the South?
a)
Rice, indigo, and tobacco
b)
cotton, rice, and wheat
c)
Rice, tobacco, and corn
d)
Wheat, barley, oats, and tobacco
32.
Which colony passed the Acts of Toleration to help protect Catholics and promote religious tolerance?
a)
Georgia
b)
Maryland
c)
Massachusetts
d)
New York
33.
Which colony was founded by James Oglethorpe to help debtors start a new life?
a)
Maryland
b)
Virginia
c)
Georgia
d)
Massachusetts
34.
This was an 18th century philosophical movement of intellectuals, aiming to apply reason to all endeavors.
a)
Reformation
b)
Renaissance
c)
Enlightenment
d)
Scientific Revolution
35.
Whose philosophical ideas about life and liberty influenced the way that Thomas Jefferson worded the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Thomas Hobbes
b)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
c)
John Locke
d)
Adam Smith
36.
An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection
a)
Philosophers
b)
Democracy
c)
Social Contract
d)
Divine Right of Kings
37.
Life, Liberty and Property or the Pursuit of Happiness
a)
Natural Rights
b)
Democracy
c)
Anarchy
d)
Divine Right of Kings
38.
Which statement represents a key idea directly associated with John Locke's Two Treatises of Government?
a)
Freedom of speech should be denied.
b)
The king's power on Earth comes from God.
c)
All people are born with the right to life, liberty, and property.
d)
Individuals acting in their own self-interest will achieve economic success.
39.
A school where women open their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write.
a)
Public school
b)
Separation of powers
c)
Dame school
d)
Church
40.
Called on people to examine their lives and commit themselves to God
a)
Anne Bradstreet
b)
Jonathan Edwards
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
Phillis Wheatley
41.
Which best describes an important effect of the First Great Awakening?
a)
Followers put suspected witches on trial
b)
Puritans in England immigrated to settlements in the New World
c)
People became more emotionally engaged in religion
42.
According to Locke, all humans share a set of __________.
a)
internal organs
b)
natural rights
c)
hopes and dreams
d)
traits and motivations
43.
For both Hobbes and Locke, the social contract is an agreement between...
a)
plaintiff and defendant
b)
sovereign states
c)
companies and shareholders
d)
citizens and government
44.
What group of people had a voice in government in colonial America.
a)
women
b)
men
c)
white men who owned property
d)
women who owned property
45.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God best describes which aspect of colonial culture?
a)
Great Awakening
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Catholic Church
46.
Pennsylvania was founded because of William Penn's
a)
Loss in a war with the Dutch
b)
Failure to takeover the Virginia Colony
c)
Desire to have a communist government
d)
wish to found logicial, well planned, religiously tolerant colony
47.
Who fought in the French and Indian War?
a)
French vs. Indians
b)
British vs. French
c)
British vs. French and Indians
d)
Indians vs. British
48.
Where did the French and Indian War take place?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
America
d)
Africa
49.
What were the 2 main reasons for the French and Indian War?
a)
Control of land and trade with Native Americans
b)
Land and Slaves
c)
Gold
d)
Claim to land in Europe
50.
Who won the French and Indian War?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Indians
d)
Spain
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