WorksheetsWeek 5
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the main reasons for Pilgrims to immigrate to the New World?
a)
Move up the social ladder
b)
As an investment
c)
political freedom
d)
religious freedom
2.
Because the population is so great many countries rely on others to vote on their behalf. This is called?
a)
Direct Democracy
b)
Representative Democracy
c)
Absolute Monarchy
d)
Dictatorship
3.
This group led by William Bradford immigrate to escape religious persecution
a)
Pilgrims
b)
Puritans
c)
Quakers
d)
Catholics
4.
How a colonist made a living depended mostly on what?
a)
Their religion
b)
Their king
c)
Climate and geography
d)
Mercantilism
5.
What was most significant about the Mayflower Compact?
a)
It allowed colonist to make their own laws
b)
Colonist could worship in the way they chose
c)
Colonists would buy land and make a profit
d)
Colonist could take land from Natives
6.
What year was Jamestown established?
a)
1620
b)
1607
c)
1603
d)
1621
7.
Plymouth was in what year
a)
1623
b)
1602
c)
1607
d)
1620
8.
Which colonial region is being described? Short growing season, hills, trees, rocky soil, shipbuilding
a)
Mid Atlantic
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
New England/ Northern
9.
Which statement is the most important factor for colonist choosing where to settle
a)
Near water
b)
Near Native tribes
c)
Close to England
d)
Near other settlement
10.
Large plantations, cash crops and a need for additional labor...
a)
led to the growth of slavery in the southern region
b)
increased slavery in the North
c)
started slavery in the Middle
d)
was caused by Triangular Trade
11.
Grains, livestock, trade define which colonial region?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southerm
12.
How people made money in the colonies depended mostly on...?
a)
the king
b)
geography and climate
c)
settling near water
d)
slavery
13.
What was the MAIN reason for the Pilgrims to come to the new world?
a)
political freedom
b)
to move up the social ladder
c)
as an investment
d)
Te escape persecution for their religion
14.
What was the effec of Triangular Trade Routes?
a)
Middle colonies role as importers of agriculture
b)
industry in the south
c)
increased slavery in the colonies
d)
New England imported slaves
15.
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson started a new colony that did not exclude people for their religion. Which principle is being described?
a)
theocracy
b)
indentured servitude
c)
freedom of speech
d)
religious freedom
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