WorksheetsColonies Vocab. and Push and Pull Factors Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 16mins
Why was the Mayflower Compact developed and what document did it help to inspire?
a. It was developed to make sure no one received equal rights and it helped to inspire the Magna Carta.
b. The agreement was signed to give colonists the right to self govern, create laws for the good of the people, and inspired The Declaration of Independence.
c. The compact was made in order to create a harmonious society and inspired the writing of The Twelve Tables.
d. None of these.
Which of the following best describes Bacon's Rebellion?
a. A slave and servant revolt led by Nathaniel Bacon in which Native Americans were attacked and the Virginia government was challenged
b. A strictly servant revolt led by Nathaniel Bacon against Indians in Georgia
c. A rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon that sought to seek revenge on Native Americans and overthrow the New Jersey government
d. None of these.
Choose MULTIPLE answers that describe the lives of indentured servants
a. Servants were in the upper middle class and enjoyed lives of luxury.
b. Indentured servants spent 4-7 years contracted to work for their master and were promised freedom after their terms of service.
c. Indentured servants were usually happy to come from Africa.
d. These servants were badly beaten, never kept their wages, and often didn't live to see their freedom.
What are proprietors and why did they eventually lose control over colonies?
a. Proprietors are tax collectors and lost control because they government thought they were unnecessary.
b. A proprietors job is to control large farms and they soon lost control because big plantation owners took over.
c. Proprietors are given power by the government to control lands, but eventually lost their control because the English Monarch wanted their power restored.
d. None of these.
Which of the following is true about the headright system? Select ALL that apply.
a. The program was established in order to relieve the labor shortage and get more people working in the colonies.
b. The system was known for favoring poor people since they could afford to pay for people to travel to America.
c. The procedure involved getting land as a reward, as long as you paid for people to come to the colonies.
d. The system made it possible for large amounts of serfs to migrate to the colonies.
Define charter.
a. a subgroup of a larger group
b. a formal agreement that describes the rights and responsibilities of a society or group
c. an agreement in which the power of the king was limited
d. none of these
The Enlightenment was...
a. a historical period of the 1300s that focused on humanism and made famous by people like Leonardo Da Vinci.
b. a period where The Vikings traveled in the world in search of riches.
c. a time in the 17-18th centuries that focused on improvement through the use of logic and reasoning.
d. None of these.
From the following, select the answer that explains the difference between push and pull factors.
a. Push factors are reasons why you want to fight people while pull factors are factors that influence you to pull someone's hair out
b. Push factors are components that encourage people to want to migrate somewhere while pull factors are conditions that motivate you to leave your current location.
c. Push factors are unfavorable factors that encourage someone to leave a place, while pull factors are elements of a location that motivate you to want to go there.
d. None of these.
What push factors swayed Europeans to travel to the colonies? Select MULTIPLE answers.
a. Increasing poverty because of increasing taxes that went to government reform programs
b. A desire to start a new lifestyle
c. Exploration, since people wanted to discover new trade routes
d. Dissatisfaction with the corruption of the Church of England and its incomplete Reformation
Choose ALL the answers that help explain the pull factors of American colonization.
a. People desired new land to gain power and also because it could be cultivated/developed more efficiently than in Europe.
b. Settlers wanted to explore new trade routes and hoped to weaken monopolies on trade.
c. European immigrants wanted to gain wealth from trade, with goods like sugars, spices, and silk.
d. Increasing homelessness pulled people into the colonies so they could help the poor.
