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Colonization, Revolution and More

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which colonial region is shaded in red?
a)
New England
b)
Mid-Atlantic
c)
Southern
2.
Which colonial region is shaded in green?
a)
New England
b)
Mid-Atlantic
c)
Southern
d)
none
3.
Which colony was located in Virginia?
a)
Plymouth
b)
Jamestown
c)
Roanoke Island
d)
Massachusetts Bay
4.
Which group established the Pennsylvania colony?
a)
Puritans
b)
Quakers
c)
Separatists
d)
Debtors
5.
Which group founded Plymouth?
a)
Debtors
b)
Quakers
c)
Separatists
d)
Puritans
6.
For whom did James Oglethorpe establish the colony of Georgia?
a)
Puritans
b)
Quakers
c)
Separatists
d)
Debtors
7.
Which region had religious reformers and separatists? Town meetings and church were centers of life.
a)
New England
b)
Mid-Atlantic
c)
Southern
d)
none
8.
The Northern Colonies  (Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth) were established for what reason?
a)
Economic
b)
Religious
c)
War
d)
Farming
9.
Jamestown, Roanoke, and Georgia (the Southern Colonies) were established for what reason?
a)
Economic
b)
Religious
c)
War
d)
Farming
10.
Which colonial region had plantations that used enslaved African Americans for labor?
a)
New England
b)
Mid-Atlantic
c)
Southern
d)
none
11.
Which colonial region had moderate climate with cold winters.  The Appalachian Mountains, rocky soil and a jagged coastline are features.
a)
New England
b)
Mid-Atlantic
c)
Southern
d)
none
12.
Which region specialized in shipbuilding? 
a)
New England
b)
Mid-Atlantic
c)
Southern
d)
none
13.
Which region specialized in raising livestock?
a)
New England
b)
Mid-Atlantic
c)
Southern
d)
none
14.
Which region specialized in growing cash crops?
a)
New England
b)
Mid-Atlantic
c)
Southern
d)
none
15.
What is the term for focusing on growing or producing a few items?
a)
Modernization
b)
Specialization
c)
Independence
d)
Industrialization 
16.
What is the term for colonies trading with one another in order to get products they need?
a)
Specialization
b)
Modernization
c)
Industrialization
d)
Interdependence 
17.
What is the term for people who agreed to work for about 7 years without pay in exchange for a trip to America?
a)
Indentured servants
b)
Enslaved African Americans
c)
Women
d)
Merchants
18.
What is the term for people who agreed to work for about 7 years without pay in exchange for a trip to America?
a)
Indentured servants
b)
Enslaved African Americans
c)
Women
d)
Merchants
19.
Which group often worked as homemakers and had little chance to become educated and could not vote?
a)
Indentured servants
b)
Enslaved African Americans
c)
Women
d)
Artisans
20.
Which  group was captured in their homeland, shipped to the colonies and owned as property for their lives?
a)
Indentured servants
b)
women
c)
enslaved African American
d)
Artisan
21.
Why did artisans and merchants usually live in towns and cities?
a)
It was expensive
b)
more people to buy products
c)
they did not live there
d)
artisans
22.
What event caused Great Britain to increase taxes on the colonies?
a)
The Civil War
b)
The French and Indian War
c)
The Industrial Revolution
d)
The Revolutionary War
23.
An example of one of the wars between Great Britain and another world power of the 1700’s was the...
a)
Great War
b)
French and Indian War
c)
Civil War
d)
Cold War
24.
How did  Great Britain raise the revenue needed to pay for the French  and Indian War?
a)
Closed Boston Harbor
b)
Gave the colonies their independence
c)
Imposed taxed on the colonies
d)
took colonies' products 
25.
What was the result of the Proclamation of 1763?
a)
The colonists could only get tea from the East India Company
b)
The colonists were not allowed to settle on land west of the Appalachians
c)
The British said colonial governors would be elected
d)
The British returned the land west of the Appalachians to the French
26.
Who influenced Jefferson's Declaration of Independence?
a)
Aleister Crowley
b)
James Page
c)
John Locke
d)
James Cagney
27.
According the the Declaration of Independence; why do people establish government?
a)
To create a money system
b)
To protect their rights
c)
To deliver mail
d)
To take their rights from them
28.
According the the Declaration of Independence, from where does the government    derive (get) its power?
a)
From the king or queen
b)
From the philosophers
c)
From taxes
d)
From the people
29.
Who was the British King during the Revolutionary era?
a)
King James
b)
King Louis XIV
c)
King George III
d)
King Ecbert
30.
Who was the British General who surrendered at Yorktown?
a)
John Burgoyne
b)
Lord Cornwallis
c)
William Howe
d)
Thomas Gage
31.
Who was the commander of the Continental Army?
a)
Lafayette
b)
Baron Von Steuben
c)
George Washington
d)
George Patton
32.
This man supported the cause of Independence in many ways.  He traveled to Europe to get support for the Continental army.
a)
John Adams
b)
Samuel Adams
c)
James Madison
d)
George Mason
33.
Who delivered the famous lines, "give me liberty or give me death"?
a)
Alex Van Halen
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
Paul Revere
d)
George Mason
34.
Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"?
a)
John Locke
b)
Samuel Prescott
c)
William Prufrock
d)
Thomas Paine
35.
Who was a prominent member of the Continental Congress, helped frame the Declaration of Independence, and helped gain support from the French for American independence?
a)
Paul Revere
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
George Mason
36.
Who was the Patriot who made the ride to warn the colonist that British troops were on  the move out of Boston?
a)
Paul Revere
b)
Samuel Adams
c)
George Mason
d)
George Harrison 
37.
Who was the French nobleman who served in the Continental Army.  His efforts contributed to the victory at Yorktown?
a)
The Marquis de Lafayette
b)
Gouverneur Morris
c)
Napoleon Bonaparte
38.
Five colonists were shot by British troops in Massachusetts in the...
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Boston Ruckus
d)
Boston Shenanigans 
39.
What was the name of the meeting held in Philadelphia in which the colonies discussed problems with Great Britain and independence?
a)
The House of Burgesses
b)
The General Assembly
c)
The Great Colonial Committee
d)
The First Continental Congress
40.
What were the first armed conflicts of the Revolutionary War?
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Bunker Hill and Kips Bay
c)
Cowpens and Sullivan’s Island
d)
Yorktown and Saratoga
41.
The Battle of Bunker Hill was…
a)
The first battle of the Revolutionary War
b)
The final battle of the Revolutionary War
c)
The first major battle of the Revolutionary War
d)
The turning point of the Revolutionary War
42.
This document was signed July 4, 1776
a)
The Treaty of Paris
b)
The Articles of Confederation
c)
The US Constitution
d)
The Declaration of Independence
43.
This American victory in the colony of New York is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
a)
Bunker Hill
b)
Saratoga
c)
Cowpens
d)
Yorktown
44.
The colonial victory over Lord Cornwallis’ forces in this Virginia battle led to the end of the Revolutionary War.
a)
Bunker Hill
b)
Saratoga
c)
Cowpens
d)
Yorktown
45.
This treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War and with it Great Britain recognized American independence.
a)
The Treaty of Versailles
b)
The Treaty of Paris
c)
The Treaty of Utrecht
d)
The Treaty of Ghent
46.

Which geographic region is mostly in Canada

and was shaped by glaciers?

a)

Coastal Plain

b)

Appalachian Highlands

c)

Canadian Sheild

d)

Rocky Mountains

47.

Which geographic region is located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Coastal Range

c)

Basin and Range

d)

Great Plains

48.

What geographic region is located west of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Coastal Range?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Basin and Range

c)

Canadian Shield

d)

Coastal Plains

49.

What geographic region is described as “Rugged Mountains along the Pacific Coast that contains fertile valleys”?

a)

Coastal Range

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Basin and Range

50.

Which region contains lowlands, grassy hills, and many rivers?

a)

Coastal plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

Basin and Range

d)

Interior Lowlands

51.

What geographic region contains the oldest mountain range in North America?

a)

Interior Lowlands

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Basin and Range

d)

Appalachian Highlands

52.

The Continental Divide, which lies in the Rocky Mountain region, determines the directional flow of –

a)

immigration

b)

flocks of birds

c)

rivers

d)

oceans

53.

What region consists of flat lands that gradually increase in elevation westward?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Interior Lowlands

c)

Basin and Range

d)

Canadian Shield

54.

The Canadian Shield wraps around which body of water in a horseshoe shape?

a)

Great Lakes

b)

Mississippi

c)

Hudson Bay

d)

The Atlantic

55.

Which region contains the lowest point in North America?

a)

Basin and Range

b)

Interior Lowland

c)

Coastal Range

d)

Great Plains

56.

The Appalachian Highlands stretch from eastern Canada to western Alabama and contains:

a)

rugged mountains

b)

Death Valley

c)

old eroded mountains

d)

glaciers

57.

The Pacific Ocean is located along which United States coast?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

58.

What region is this?

a)

Coastal Plain

b)

Basin and Range

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Interior Lowlands

59.

Which American Indian tribe lived in the Great Plains region?

a)

Iroquois

b)

Lakota Sioux

c)

Inuit

d)

Pueblo

60.

Which American Indian tribe lived in the Eastern woodland region (New England)?

a)

Iroquois

b)

Lakota Sioux

c)

Inuit

d)

Pueblo

61.

What region did the Kwakiutl live in?

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Alaska and Canada

c)

Southwest

d)

Pacific Northwest

62.

What region did the Pueblo Indians live in?

a)

Southwest

b)

Alaska and Canada

c)

Eastern Woodlands

d)

Pacific Northwest

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