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Colonial Regions

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 22mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not a part of the New England Colonies?

a)

Connecticut

b)

Rhode Island

c)

Delaware

d)

Massachusetts

e)

New Hampshire

2.

Which of the following is not a part of the Middle Colonies?

a)

Delaware

b)

Pennasylvania

c)

New Jersey

d)

New York

e)

Georgia

3.

Which of the following is not a part of the Southern Colonies?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Georgia

c)

South Carolina

d)

Maryland

e)

Virginia

4.

What is the climate like for New England colonies?

a)

short harsh winters with long growing seasons

b)

short harsh winters with short growing seasons

c)

long harsh winters with long growing seasons

d)

long harsh winters with short growing seasons

5.

What is the climate like for the Middle Colonies?

a)

Cold climate

b)

Mild Climate

c)

Warm Climate

d)

Hot Climate

6.

Iron ore and coal were natural resources for which of the following colonies?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

7.

Which of the following describes the climate of the Southern Colonies?

a)

Warm climate with mild winters and longer growing seasons

b)

Warm climate with mild winters and short growing seasons

c)

Warm climate with harsh winters and longer growing seasons

d)

Warm climate with harsh winters and longer growing seasons

8.

Which colonial region had mountains, thick forests, and poor rocky soil?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

9.

What religion(s) is/are primarily practiced in the New England Colonies?

a)

Puritans-which impacted the government because they did allow religious freedom

b)

Puritans-which impacted the government because they did not allow religious freedom

c)

Allowed for religious freedom which therefore the area was not dominate by one religion

10.

What religion(s) is/are primarily practiced in the Middle and Southern?

a)

Both were primarily based on Puritan beliefs-which impacted the government because they did allow religious freedom

b)

Both were primarily based on Puritan beliefs-which impacted the government because they did not allow religious freedom

c)

Both allowed for religious freedom which therefore the area was not dominate by one religion

11.

How did colonists in the New England colonies interact with the Native Americans?

a)

Colonist had a strong relationship with the Native Americas and regularly engaged in trade especially fur.

b)

Colonists frequently interacted with the Iroquios people by trading furs, crops, and other items.

c)

Some colonists would occasionally trade with the Powhatans. There were some conflicts because Natives would be used as slave labor.

12.

How did colonists in the Middle colonies interact with the Native Americans?

a)

Colonist had a strong relationship with the Native Americas and regularly engaged in trade especially fur.

b)

Colonists frequently interacted with the Iroquios people by trading furs, crops, and other items.

c)

Some colonists would occasionally trade with the Powhatans. There were some conflicts because Natives would be used as slave labor.

13.

How did colonists in the Southern colonies interact with the Native Americans?

a)

Colonist had a strong relationship with the Native Americas and regularly engaged in trade especially fur.

b)

Colonists frequently interacted with the Iroquios people by trading furs, crops, and other items.

c)

Some colonists would occasionally trade with the Powhatans. There were some conflicts because Natives would be used as slave labor.

14.

Which of the following describes the primary reason the Native Americans had conflict with the Southern colonies?

a)

The colonists cleared additional land to be used to grow more cash crops for the Native Americans.

b)

The Native Americans cleared additional land to be used to grow more cash crops for the colonists.

c)

The colonists frequently took the Native Americans natural resources without permission.

d)

The Native Americans frequently took the colonists manufactured resources without permission.

15.

Colonists in the New England colonies often imported

a)

fish and furs from other colonies

b)

iron ores and coal from other colonies

c)

agricultural products from the other colonies

16.

Select two. The Middle Colonies often exported

a)

agriculture products to other colonial regions and Europe

b)

grains to other colonial regions and Europe

c)

furs and fish to other colonial regions and Europe

d)

iron ore to other colonial regions and Europe

17.

The Southern colonies often traded

a)

crops such as grains with England and Africa due to the demand of the resources in those areas

b)

cash crops such as tobacco with England and Africa due to the high demand of the resources in those areas

c)

crops such as grains with other colonial regions due to the high deans of resources in those areas

d)

cash crops such as tobacco with other colonial regions due to the high demands of resources in those areas

18.

Select two- How did the demand for cash crops in Europe and Africa affect slavery in the Southern colonies?

a)

There was an increase in the amount slave labor needed in the colonies

b)

The demands contributed to transatlantic trade

c)

The demands contributed to transpacfic trade

d)

There was a decrease in the amount of slave labor needed in the colonies

19.

Select four. Which of the colonies were know as the bread basket

a)

Delaware

b)

New Jersey

c)

New York

d)

Pennsylvania

e)

North Carolina

20.

The economies of the colonial regions differed because they had different

a)

government

b)

origin

c)

resources

21.

Plantations specialized in producing

a)

food

b)

cash crops

c)

cattle

22.

Someone who agreed to work for an employer for a set period of time in order to pay off a debt was called

a)

slave

b)

apprentice

c)

indentured servant

23.

Massachusetts Bay was founded to protect

a)

Baptists

b)

Catholics

c)

Puritans

24.

Why were the Quakers mistreated in England?

a)

they refused to obey laws

b)

they practiced a different religion

c)

they smelled bad

25.

Pilgrims and Puritans sailed to North America because they wanted to ________________.

a)

Build large farms

b)

Escape religious freedom

c)

Trade with Native Americans

d)

Explore the New World

26.

When was Jamestown Settled? See the timeline

a)

1607

b)

1624

c)

1620

d)

1640

27.

Look at the timeline. When did the Pilgrims land on Plymouth?

a)

1607

b)

1620

c)

1624

d)

1630

28.
Which crop grew well in the Middle colonies because of the climate?
a)
wheat
b)
cotton
c)
tobacco
d)
fish
29.
People who lived in the New England colonies most likely had which of the following jobs?
a)
Farmin
b)
Raising livestock
c)
Ship building and fishing
30.
Which colonial region was settled by Puritans and Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Mid-Atlantic
31.

Which document established an early form of self-governing in the Plymouth colony?

a)

Massachusetts Articles

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Godspeed Constitution

d)

Iroquois League

32.

Which elected group was the earliest representative assembly in the European colonies?

a)

Virginia Senate

b)

Plymouth Plantation

c)

House of Burgess

d)

British Parliament

33.

Which was most important to the economic success of Jamestown?

a)

silk

b)

cotton

c)

tobacco

d)

corn

34.

How did Virginia tobacco planters fill their need for field workers?

a)

with enslaved people from Africa

b)

by paying workers high wages

c)

with machines to do the work

d)

by hiring German immigrants

35.

When and where was the first permanent English colony founded?

a)

1586 Sir Walter Raleigh founded Roanoke

b)

1607 the Virginia company founded Jamestown.

c)

607 the Plymouth company founded Sagadohoc colony

d)

1609 John Smith founded the Virginia settlement

36.

Why did the colonist create the House of Burgesses

a)

To provide for more local control.

b)

They wanted to set up a governing body just like in England.

c)

They needed someone to take over control in the colony.

d)

They wanted to keep the Natives away from them.

37.

The ________ were known as Separatists.

a)

Puritans

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Quakers

d)

Shakers

38.

What was one of England's earliest settlement attempts that did not succeed and ultimately "disappeared"?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Roanoke Island

d)

Henrico

39.
Which colonial region was settled by people with many different cultural and religious backgrounds?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Backcountry
40.
Most of the work on large, southern plantations was done by ___________ and ___________
a)
Native Americans and slaves
b)
women and children
c)
slaves and indentured servants
d)
Frenchmen and Mexicans
41.
Why was slavery LESS important in the Middle Colonies and the New England Colonies than in the Southern Colonies?
a)
They were far behind the South in business and industry.
b)
They did not rely heavily on cash crops.
c)
Slavery was important in all of the colonial regions.