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Colonial Assessment Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

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Class
Date
1.

The term "__________ ___________" refers to the part of the journey when slaves were being transported across the Atlantic.

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indentured Servant

d)

African Slave

2.
A laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for a boat trip to America.
a)
slave code
b)
indentured servant
c)
racism
d)
Mayflower Compact
3.
Import means:
a)
buying goods from another country
b)
selling goods to another country
c)
only making one kind of product
4.
Export means:
a)
buying goods from another country
b)
selling goods to another country
c)
only making one kind of product
5.

Which of the following was NOT a stop on the Triangular Trade route?

a)

Africa

b)

Jamaica

c)

Europe

d)

13 Colonies

e)

West Indies

6.

Based on the information shown on this map, On the Middle Passage enslaved people were shipped to

a)

the West Indies and English colonies.

b)

the English colonies and Africa.

c)

Europe and English colonies

d)

the West Indies and Europe.

7.

Trade routes that ran between the 13 Colonies, West Africa, West Indies, & England was known as

a)

Triangle Trade

b)

Middle Passage

c)

Slave Trade

d)

Mercantilism

8.

Why was the enslaved population so much larger in the South than in the North?

a)

The southern colonies were settled first.

b)

Southerners welcomed people from all races and cultures.

c)

The South had the better climate.

d)

The agricultural system in the South depended on slave labor

9.

finished goods, when resources are used to make/produce a product such as clothes and furniture

a)

raw materials

b)

manufactured goods

c)

slaves

d)

all of the above

10.

Furniture & clothes were traded for lumber, cotton, & tobacco between these two countries along the triangle trade

a)

England & Africa

b)

England & the 13 British Colonies

c)

Africa & the 13 Colonies/West Indies (Americas)

d)

France & England

11.

unfinished goods/resources from the ground such as lumber and cotton

a)

raw materials

b)

manufactured goods

c)

triangle trade

d)

middle passage

12.

What did Europeans offer to trade to the people of West Africa?

a)

guns/tea

b)

overseers

c)

lumber

d)

all of the above

13.
Why were farmers in the South so dependent on slaves? 
a)
Because farmers didn't know what to do
b)
Because farmers wouldn't have made profit without the slaves working
c)
Because they were too busy trading with other merchants to work on a plantation
d)
Because they wanted to go to a Beyonce concert instead of working
14.

What was unique about being a slave in the Northern colonies?

a)

Worse conditions than the South

b)

The middle passage took longer

c)

You could earn money to buy freedom

d)

You could sing while you worked

15.

What were the work hours/conditions like for a slave in the Southern Colonies?

a)

It was decent-not too hard

b)

Worked while the sun was up and conditions were okay

c)

Not as bad as in the North

d)

Harsh conditions with long hours

16.

In which region would you find cotton?

a)

southern

b)

middle

c)

New England

17.

In which region would you find wheat?

a)

southern

b)

New England

c)

middle

18.

In which region would you find lumber?

a)

southern

b)

New England

c)

middle

19.

Maryland and Massachusetts were both founded for _________.

a)

religious freedom

b)

profit/land

c)

both

20.

The Carolinas and New Jersey were both founded for ________.

a)

Religious freedom

b)

profit/land

c)

both