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Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
The strip of land between Asia and North America that allowed migration into the new world was the...
Panama Canal
Bearing Land Bridge
Peloponneseian Peninsula
Appalachian Land Bridge
Had warm summers and cold winters.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
Was known as the "breadbasket".
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
Had an economy based on business more than farming.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
Viking explorer who set foot in North America 500 years before Columbus.
Erik the Red
Thor Odinson
Val Kilmer
Leif Eriksson
Known for shipbuilding, fishing, and whaling.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
Had the richest soil for farming.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
Explorer on original voyage to Jamestown, strict but developed a system of rewarding work with food.
John Rolfe
Jon Snapp
John Smith
Sir Walter Raleigh
Jamestown made a profit for its investors as a result of this.
Tobacco
Slaves
Whaling
Fur trading
Rifles were invented in this region.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
Grew cash crops.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
The first governing document in American history.
The Bill of Rights
The Jamestown Compact
The Mason-Dixon Charter
The Mayflower Compact
The earliest example of a representative government in the English colonies was...The
The Manga Carta
A Charter
The House of Burgesses
The Mayflower Compact
Transfer of plants, animals, ideas, and diseases between the New World and Europe.
The Mayflower Compact
The Colombian Exchange
The Triangle Trade
The Middle Passage
The first permanent English settlement in North America was...
Roanoake
Jamestown
Plymouth
New York
Had rocky soil difficult to farm.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
Native American who taught the Pilgrims to farm poor soil.
Sacawegia
Sitting Bull
Squanto
Pocahontas
Highly dependent on slave labor.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
In order to share the risk of starting a new colony, this group of investors started the...
Dutch East India Company
Hudson Bay Company
Britain Company
London Company
Which of the following is NOT a reason Europeans set sail for new lands?
Convert others to Christianity
Wanted items they did not have
Were trying to find Mexico
Searching for fame and fortune
Virginia was located in this region
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
Massachusetts was located in this region
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
A group of people that live in the same region.
Culture group
Neighbors
Social circle
Community
Which of the following was NOT a challenge faced by the early Jamestown settlers?
Conflict with Native Americans
Diseases
Starvation
French soldier attacks
People who move from place to place in search of food.
Conquistadors
Nomads
Travelers
Soldiers
Had a mix of agriculture and business.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
Was the "Lost Colony".
Jamestown
Chesepian
Plymouth
Roanoke
Did not have many roads built.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
Merchant ships traveled one of three routes between Europe, Africa, and North America for trade.
Northwest Passage
Middle Passage
Triangle Trade
Columbia Exchange
Italian explorer trying to reach India who accidentally landed in the Bahamas.
Vasco da Gama
Amerigo Vespucci
Sir Walter Raleigh
Christopher Columbus
People leaving their country to settle in new place, but are still part of their old country.
Settlerment
Colony
Community
Province
Tolerance means...
Following the laws, even if you don't agree.
Punishing a person for not following a law.
Passing laws forcing people to be a certain religion.
A willingness to allow people to be different.
Had long and cold winters.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
Had Native Americans as inhabitants.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
New Jersey was in this region
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
Government document granting permission to start a colony.
Option
Bill
Precedent
Charter
