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Unit 1 Test Review VUS 2-3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Virginia House of Burgesses:

a)

Provided an example of representative government. 1st example of Legislature in America.

b)

Established the first army in the New World.

c)

Regulated what the people were allowed to eat.

d)

Determined who could leave the colony.

2.
The first permanent English settlement in North America was
a)
Werowocomoco
b)
Yorktown
c)
Richmond
d)
Jamestown
3.
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
4.
The part of the Triangular Trade used to transport slaves from Africa to the West Indies and the 13 colonies was called...
a)
The Slave Journey
b)
The Middle Passage
c)
The Northwest Passage 
5.
What is mercantilism?
a)
A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.
b)
where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.
c)
Wars that start over money.
d)
Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.
6.
Economy based on Fishing and Ship building
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
7.
Puritans and Pilgrims
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
8.
Most diverse-  ppl from Germany, England, and the Dutch
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
9.
Which colony did the Virginia Company of London establish in 1607?
a)
Massachusetts
b)
Jamestown
c)
Richmond
d)
Maryland
10.
The Middle colonies were known for their -
a)
religious tolerance
b)
happy natures
c)
cash crops
d)
unusual hats
11.
a person who signs an agreement to work for a master for a period of years in exchange for voyage to North America
a)
dissenter
b)
indentured servant
c)
debtor
d)
artisan
12.
skilled worker who makes things by hand
a)
apprentice
b)
separatist
c)
dissenter
d)
artisan
13.

What was the export along the Middle Passage of the Triangle Trade?

a)

Rum

b)

Slaves

c)

Cash Crops

d)

Manuactured goods

14.

All of these are true of life in Massachusetts EXCEPT for

a)

the male members of the church were able to all have a say in the laws for their town through town meetings

b)

Dissenters were welcome there

c)

They were known for their hard work and thrift

d)

The Mayflower Compact laid the foundation for covenant communities

15.

In which area would you have found hunters, traders, and subsistence farmers?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

16.

In which area would you have found the planter class growing tobacco, rice, or indigo?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

17.

What made you the most important people in New England society?

a)

slave ownership

b)

land ownership

c)

family status

d)

religious standing

18.

Which of these most made a man important in the Southern colonies?

a)

money

b)

land

c)

religious standing

d)

indentured servants

19.

Which region of colonies made money by trading, small scale farming of crops like wheat, and shipbuilding?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Western

20.

Who started the New England Colony of Rhode Island after he was banished from Massachusetts for his beliefs?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

William Penn

c)

John Rolfe

d)

Nat Turner