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Unit 2.1 New England Colonies

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
He led a group of Puritans to settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony.  They named their settlement Boston.
a)
John Winthrop
b)
Roger Williams
c)
John Bradford
d)
John Smith
2.
What industry was NOT an important part of the New England colonies?
a)
Logging
b)
Shipbuilding
c)
Fishing
d)
Printing
3.
In general, why were MOST of the New England colonies founded?
a)
make money
b)
better soil
c)
economic opportunity
d)
religious freedoms
4.
What was the Mayflower Compact??
a)
a mirror
b)
a document created by the Pilgrims
c)
A group of merchants
5.
What motivated the Pilgrims and Puritans to come to North America??
a)
Money
b)
Religious Freedom
c)
To Become Famous
6.
What was the Geography like for the New England Colonies?
a)
Harbors/ Mountainous
b)
Flat
c)
Island
d)
Desert
7.
What type of people settled in New England colonies?
a)
Pilgrims and Puritans
b)
Quakers
c)
Native Americans
d)
Large Land Owners
8.
How was the climate in the New England colonies?
a)
hot all year round
b)
Mild winters/ harsh summers
c)
Harsh Winters/ Mild Summers
d)
no climate changes
9.
What were the two main jobs in the New England region?
a)
Farming and hunting
b)
Trading and clothes making
c)
rug weaving and basket weaving
d)
Fishing and Ship Building
10.
What was the soil like in the New England colonies?
a)
Thin and sandy
b)
Thin and rocky
c)
Thin and rich
d)
Thin and fertile
11.
Which of the four choices doesn't belong with New England?
a)
Shipbuilding
b)
Fishing
c)
Farming
d)
Industry
12.
What natural resource was found in New England that allowed for shipbuilding to become so important?
a)
Sea
b)
Forests
c)
Shipbuilding
d)
Industry
13.
The New England Colonies contain which group?
a)
Delaware, Carolina, Massachusetts, Virginia
b)
New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
c)
Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Carolinas
d)
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut , Rhode Island
14.
Which colony was founded first in New England?
a)
Georgia
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Massachusetts
d)
New York
15.

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a joint stock comapny that gained a royal charter colony and landed in....

a)

Jamestown

b)

NewYork

c)

Charleston

d)

Plymouth

16.

The Massachusetts Colony was eventually a landing point for religious refugees from England known as...

a)

Calvinists

b)

Anglicans

c)

Catholics

d)

Puritans

17.

Travelers to New England on the Mayflower agreed to work together in a civic union known as...

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Plymouth Rock Agreement

d)

Thanksgiving

18.

The colonists of Plymouth needed the help of this local tribe to help survive the early years of the settlement.

a)

Powhotan & Cherokee

b)

Massasoit & Wampanoug

c)

Iroquois Confederacy

d)

Blackhawk and Illini

19.

John Winthrop wanted to establish a model of Christian living by establishing a Puritan...

a)

"City on a Hill"

b)

New Jerusalem

c)

"Puritan Paradise"

d)

New York

20.

According to the chart the Plymouth population differed from the Jamestown Settlement...

a)

Jamestown was more family centered

b)

Plymouth had more children

c)

Jamestown settlement was centered around religion

d)

Plymouth had less women than Jametown

21.

According to the chart

a)

Life expectancy in England was the highest

b)

Massachusetts settlers had a greater life expectancy than Virginia

c)

Both England and the Chesapeake Region had the highest Life Expectacy

d)

Disease was rampant in New England

22.

According to the picture "Puritan Life" in New England centered around...

a)

farming

b)

religion

c)

cotton production

d)

witchhood

23.

This war broke out in 1675 when

the Wampanoag Indians raided towns,

killing 10% of all the colonial New England men.

a)

Bacon's Rebellion

b)

French and Indian War

c)

Pequot War

d)

King Philip's War

24.
Which colony is shown in in red?
a)
New Hampshire
b)
Connecticut
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Rhode Island
25.
Which colony is shown in in red?
a)
New Hampshire
b)
Connecticut
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Rhode Island
26.
Which colony is shown in in red?
a)
New Hampshire
b)
Connecticut
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Rhode Island
27.
Which colony is shown in in red?
a)
New Hampshire
b)
Connecticut
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Rhode Island
28.
A gathering where colonists held elections and voted on the laws for their town.
a)
Political Party
b)
Town Meeting
c)
Self-Government
29.
Who refused to speak at all?
a)
Giles Corey
b)
Ann Putnam
c)
Martha Corey
30.
What was a problem with the trials, as stated at the end of the book?
a)
The girls weren't afflicted
b)
Everyone was lying
c)
The use of spectral evidence
31.
How many innocent people were executed?
a)
10
b)
20
c)
5
32.

What year did the witch trials begin?

a)

1692

b)

1592

c)

1492

d)

1957

33.

How were witches executed?

a)

drowning

b)

firing squad

c)

hanging

d)

starving them to death

34.

According to the Puritans, if you were ___, then you would go to heaven.

a)

the "elect"

b)

the "lucky"

c)

the "unregenerate"

d)

"damned"

35.

The witch trials took place in which town?

a)

Boston

b)

Andover

c)

Salem

d)

Oakwood

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