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VUS.2-3 Colonial America Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which region did the Puritans / Pilgrims settle in the New World as they were seeking religious freedom?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Western

2.

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

a)

Massachusetts Bay

b)

Rhode Island

c)

Jamestown

d)

Plymouth

3.

In 1619, the House of Burgesses became the first

a)

investment group in the New World.

b)

elected assembly in the New World.

c)

theologians in the New World.

d)

group of governors in the New World.

4.

English nobility that received large land grants from the King in the New World.

a)

Puritans

b)

Cavaliers

c)

Conquistadors

d)

Quakers

5.

Economic institutions in New England developed around the following activities EXCEPT

a)

ship building.

b)

small-scale farming.

c)

lumbering.

d)

growing cash crops.

6.

What are TWO examples of the religious groups in the Middle Colonies that practiced religious tolerance?

a)

Pilgrims and Catholics

b)

Quakers and Huguenots

c)

Jews and Calvinist

d)

Methodists and Puritans

7.

In the Appalachian Foothills (Mountains) of the Southern Colonies, the economy was based on

a)

shipbuilding and trading

b)

cash crops

c)

hunting, small farms, and trading

d)

lumbering and shipbuilding

8.

The religious movement that led to the rapid growth of evangelistic religions throughout Europe and the colonies was known as the -

a)

Great Awakening.

b)

Glorious Revival.

c)

Enlightenment Revolution.

d)

Evangelical Uprising.

9.

The voyage that brought Africans to the West Indies and North America was referred to as the -

a)

Triangle Trade.

b)

Columbian Exchange.

c)

Human Trade.

d)

Middle Passage.

10.

Dissenters were banished from Massachusetts because they would not conform to the strict -

a)

Jewish practices.

b)

Catholic rituals.

c)

Puritan ideas.

d)

Protestants beliefs.

11.

Religious tolerance led to a diversity of religions in what region?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

12.

The New England town meetings were an example of what model of government?

a)

Direct Democracy

b)

Representative Government

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Communism