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WorksheetsVUS.2-3 Colonial America Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which region did the Puritans / Pilgrims settle in the New World as they were seeking religious freedom?
New England
Middle
Southern
Western
The first permanent English settlement in North America was
Massachusetts Bay
Rhode Island
Jamestown
Plymouth
In 1619, the House of Burgesses became the first
investment group in the New World.
elected assembly in the New World.
theologians in the New World.
group of governors in the New World.
English nobility that received large land grants from the King in the New World.
Puritans
Cavaliers
Conquistadors
Quakers
Economic institutions in New England developed around the following activities EXCEPT
ship building.
small-scale farming.
lumbering.
growing cash crops.
What are TWO examples of the religious groups in the Middle Colonies that practiced religious tolerance?
Pilgrims and Catholics
Quakers and Huguenots
Jews and Calvinist
Methodists and Puritans
In the Appalachian Foothills (Mountains) of the Southern Colonies, the economy was based on
shipbuilding and trading
cash crops
hunting, small farms, and trading
lumbering and shipbuilding
The religious movement that led to the rapid growth of evangelistic religions throughout Europe and the colonies was known as the -
Great Awakening.
Glorious Revival.
Enlightenment Revolution.
Evangelical Uprising.
The voyage that brought Africans to the West Indies and North America was referred to as the -
Triangle Trade.
Columbian Exchange.
Human Trade.
Middle Passage.
Dissenters were banished from Massachusetts because they would not conform to the strict -
Jewish practices.
Catholic rituals.
Puritan ideas.
Protestants beliefs.
Religious tolerance led to a diversity of religions in what region?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Western Colonies
The New England town meetings were an example of what model of government?
Direct Democracy
Representative Government
Dictatorship
Communism
