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13 Colonies

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the “Lost Colony”

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Ronaoke

d)

Boston

2.

To treat someone harshly because of that person’s beliefs or practices.

a)

Persecute

b)

Tolerance

c)

Freedom

d)

Equality

3.

What type of government was the House of Burgesses?

a)

Autocratic

b)

Representative

c)

Monocratic

4.

The economy of the Northern Colonies was based on fishing, trade and shipbuilding.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

In which colony was the House of Burgesses created?

a)

New York

b)

Virginia

c)

South Carolina

d)

Rhode Island

6.

This set of colonies also became know as the “breadbasket colonies.”

a)

Northern

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

7.

What was the main reason settlers settled Jamestown

a)

To find gold and become rich.

b)

To practice the religion they wanted.

8.

__________learned how to produce tobacco and later married Pocahontas

a)

John Smith

b)

John Rolfe

c)

John White

9.

Most slave trade ships followed a route called the ______________

a)

Triangle Trade

b)

Northwest Passage

c)

Great Divide

d)

Manifest Destiny

10.

A large farm in the South was also known as a what?

a)

Farm

b)

Homestead

c)

Plantation

d)

Wilderness

11.

A settlement of people living in a new territory but controlled by their home country is known as

a)

Home

b)

Town

c)

State

d)

Colony

12.

The government of the Virginia Colony where elected representatives voted and governed the colony was called the

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

House of Burgesses

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Constitutional Convention

13.

Farm crops raised and sold for money are called

a)

Cash Crops

b)

Subsistence Farming

14.

The southern economy relied on ___________.

a)

Fishsing

b)

Farming

c)

Ship Building

d)

Trading

15.

Which set of colonies had thin stony soil, little level ground and long winters?

a)

Northern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

16.

Which colonies had moderate climates and rich farmland?

a)

Northern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

17.

The people living in this set of colonies lived close together and gathered in “common spaces.”

a)

Northern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

18.

The population of this set of colonies consisted of elite, yeoman and slave.

a)

Northern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

19.

Primary or Secondary?

Newspaper article from 1945 about World War II

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

20.

Primary or Secondary?

Biography about Barrack Obama

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

21.

Primary or Secondary?

A novel about the War of 1812

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

22.

Primary or Secondary?

An interview with a civil war veteran 20 years after the war

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

23.

Primary or Secondary?

An email from your grandma

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

24.

_______________ gets credit for "saving Jamestown"

a)

John Rolfe

b)

John Smith

c)

John White