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Worksheets13 Colonies
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 46mins
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Class
Date
1.
What was the climate like for the people of the New England colonies?
a)
Harsh winters and mild summers
b)
Warm, humid summers and mild winters.
c)
Cold winters and hot summers
2.
Which colonial region was settled by Puritans and Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Mid-Atlantic
3.
Which colonial region contained rocky soil and a jagged coastline?
a)
New England
b)
Mid-Atlantic
c)
Southern
4.
Which colonists were farmers and plantation owners who grew cotton and tobacco?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Mid-Atlantic
5.
Large farms, called ___________________, were spread throughout the Southern colonies.
a)
Trade centers
b)
Plantations
c)
Settlements
6.
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.
7.
I have been working for many years to pay off my trip to North America. After I work off my debt, I am free. I am an _______.
a)
indentured servant
b)
slave
c)
merchant
8.
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
9.
What is the name of the southern most colony?
a)
South Carolina
b)
North Carolina
c)
Georgia
d)
Maryland
10.
William Penn founded which colony?
a)
Massachusetts
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
New York
d)
Nebraska
11.
What is the major industry of the New England Colonies?
a)
Cash Crops
b)
Metalwork
c)
Slavery
d)
Shipbuilding and Fishing
12.
Where did debtors settle?
a)
Plymouth Colony
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Georgia
d)
Jamestown
13.
Where did Quakers settle?
a)
Plymouth Colony
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Georgia
d)
Massachusetts Bay
14.
Which region relied mostly on cash crops to make their money?
a)
New England
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
15.
Which one of the following is NOT a colony?
a)
Delaware
b)
New Hampshire
c)
Florida
d)
Maryland
16.
Letter A is which colony?
a)
Delaware
b)
New Jersey
c)
Rhode Island
d)
New Hampshire
17.
Letter B is which colony?
a)
New Jersey
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Connecticut
18.
Letter H is which colony?
a)
Delaware
b)
Rhode Island
c)
New Jersey
d)
Pennsylvania
19.
Letter F is which colony?
a)
Maryland
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
New York
d)
Massachusetts
20.
The Triangular Trade involved an exchange of goods between the New England Colonies, Africa, and
a)
The West Indies
b)
West Africa
c)
South America
d)
Mexico
21.
Which of these products did Americans trade away (export) to England?
a)
Manufactured goods
b)
Slaves
c)
Gold
d)
Tobacco
22.
What ocean was used for Triangular Trade?
a)
The Caribbean
b)
The Pacific
c)
The Atlantic
d)
The Indian
23.
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
24.
Why did most people come to the New England colonies?
a)
They wanted the freedom to practice their religion the way they wanted.
b)
They wanted to make money by working in factories.
c)
They were taken from their home countries and forced to work there as slaves.
d)
They were looking for a more diverse place to live.
25.
The ______ colonies included people from the most diverse group of European countries.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
26.
Which of the following was NOT part of the Southern colonies?
a)
Maryland
b)
Virginia
c)
Delaware
d)
Georgia
27.
Crop grown for profit.
a)
cash crop
b)
money crop
c)
food money
28.
Which are the Middle Colonies?
a)
Main, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island
b)
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia
c)
Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and New Jersey
29.
Which were the New England Colonies?
a)
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
b)
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
c)
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
30.
First SUCCESSFUL English settlement in North America
a)
McAllen
b)
Jamestown
c)
Roanoke
d)
The Woodlands
31.
Jamestown was settle in ____________
a)
1492
b)
1607
c)
1620
d)
1977
32.
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
33.
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
34.
Who founded Rhode Island?
a)
William Penn
b)
Duke of York
c)
Roger Williams
d)
Thomas Hooker
35.
Which colony was founded first in New England?
a)
Georgia
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Massachusetts
d)
New York
36.
The ________ were known as Separatists.
a)
Puritans
b)
Quakers
c)
Pilgrims
d)
Religions
37.
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
38.
1st representative governing body in the American colonies.
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Virginia House of Burgesses
d)
Congress
39.
Which colony passed the Acts of Toleration to help protect Catholics and promote religious tolerance?
a)
Georgia
b)
Maryland
c)
Massachusetts
d)
New York
40.
Which colony was founded by James Oglethorpe to help debtors start a new life?
a)
Maryland
b)
Virginia
c)
Georgia
d)
Massachusetts
41.
Roger Williams clashed with Massachusetts Puritans because he
a)
Wanted Native lands
b)
Converted to Roman Catholicism
c)
Did not think government should force people to worship in a certain way
d)
Wanted slaves of his own
42.
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
43.
An economic system in which colonies provided raw materials for their mother countries industries, and then sold finished goods to other countries and their colonies.
a)
Free Enterprise
b)
Communism
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Socialism
44.
Which religious group believed in equality for all and no slavery?
a)
Puritans
b)
Mormons
c)
Quakers
d)
Smurfs
45.
Plymouth Colony was in what state?
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Virginia
c)
Massachusetts
d)
New York
46.
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
47.
What city is #4 on the map?
a)
Atlanta
b)
Boston
c)
New York City
48.
What city is #3?
a)
Boston
b)
New York City
c)
Odum
49.
What city is #2?
a)
Odum
b)
Boston
c)
Philadelphia
50.
Grew tobacco, rice, cotton, sugar cane and indigo for trade.
a)
New England
b)
Mid Atlantic
c)
Southern
51.
People brought to America by large land owners who paid for their passage across the Atlantic.
a)
Slaves
b)
Indentured Servants
c)
Immigrants
d)
Pilgrims
52.
This cash crop saved Jamestown and was a primary export of Southern Colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries.
a)
wheat
b)
corn
c)
cotton
d)
tobacco
53.
Which colony was first established by the Dutch and named New Netherland?
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Massachusetts
c)
New York
d)
Virginia
54.
Who was given the task of capturing the New Netherlands colony. It was later renamed in his honor.
a)
Lord Baltimore
b)
Duke of York
c)
King Charles I
55.
The Virginia Colony's legislature is called the...
a)
Common
b)
House of Burgess
c)
militia
d)
Meeting House
56.
What is a legislature?
a)
an agreement
b)
an official paper
c)
a lawmaking branch of government
d)
a church supported by the government
57.
Who was the leader of Massachusetts Bay?
a)
Roger Williams
b)
Anne Hutchinson
c)
Thomas hooker
d)
John Winthrop
58.
The route that connected England, the English colonies and Africa is called...
a)
The triangular trade route
b)
The 3 countries route
c)
The slave trading route
d)
The English trading route
59.
How were slaves and indentured servants different?
a)
slaves owned land and indentured servants did not
b)
slaves were free and indentured servants were not
c)
indentured servants were eventually free and slaves were not
d)
slaves were paid and indentured servants were not
60.
What colony split to become a North and a South?
a)
Maryland
b)
Delaware
c)
Carolina
d)
Georgia
61.
Which colony was formed to give Catholics a place to go?
a)
Maryland
b)
Delaware
c)
Carolina
d)
New Jersey
62.
What state or colony did Thomas Hooker settle?
a)
a.
Rhode Island
b)
a.
Connecticut
c)
a.
New York
d)
a.
New Hampshire
63.
____________ founded Rhode Island on the idea of religious freedom.
a)
Thomas Hooker
b)
Roger Williams
c)
John Wheelwright
d)
John Winthrop
64.
The British took over ___________ from Peter Stuyvesant without resistance b/c it was very desirable.
a)
Massachusetts
b)
New Netherland
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Virginia
65.
Maryland was originally a refuge for ______________.
a)
Puritans
b)
Protestants
c)
Catholics
d)
Quakers
66.
In addition to the Chesapeake Bay, _______________ was also a profitable crop for Maryland.
a)
grain
b)
tobacco
c)
rice
d)
lumber
67.
A ___________________ colony is run directly by the English crown.
a)
royal
b)
proprietary
c)
charter
d)
settlement
68.
What was the name given to the second leg of the Triangular Trade route which extended from West Africa to the West Indies?
a)
Middle Passage
b)
Silk Road
c)
Colonial Trade Route
69.
The Great Migration was the movement of
a)
Jews to Georgia
b)
Virginians to Maryland
c)
Puritans to Massachusetts
d)
Quakers to Pennsylvania
70.
The long cold winters in the ____________________ colonies was not ideal for growing cash crops and so they focused on lumbering, fishing & fur trading.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Winter
71.
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson helped create which colony?
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Virginia
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Georgia
72.
Which colony was founded by the Calverts for Catholics and Protestants?
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
73.
Who could participate in the government of Massachusetts?
a)
everyone
b)
men who were members of the Puritan church
c)
only women
d)
a governor appointed by the British King
74.
Which colonial region had the most diverse population, with people coming from Germany, Holland, and France?
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
All the above
75.
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut did all of the following EXCEPT
a)
Limited the power of the governor
b)
Increased representative government
c)
Required a citizen to be Puritan to vote
d)
Allowed White Male Landowners to vote
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