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Worksheet time: 22mins
Which of the following is not a part of the New England Colonies?
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Delaware
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Which of the following is not a part of the Middle Colonies?
Delaware
Pennasylvania
New Jersey
New York
Georgia
Which of the following is not a part of the Southern Colonies?
Pennsylvania
Georgia
South Carolina
Maryland
Virginia
What is the climate like for New England colonies?
short harsh winters with long growing seasons
short harsh winters with short growing seasons
long harsh winters with long growing seasons
long harsh winters with short growing seasons
What is the climate like for the Middle Colonies?
Cold climate
Mild Climate
Warm Climate
Hot Climate
Iron ore and coal were natural resources for which of the following colonies?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Which of the following describes the climate of the Southern Colonies?
Warm climate with mild winters and longer growing seasons
Warm climate with mild winters and short growing seasons
Warm climate with harsh winters and longer growing seasons
Warm climate with harsh winters and longer growing seasons
Which colonial region had mountains, thick forests, and poor rocky soil?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
What religion(s) is/are primarily practiced in the New England Colonies?
Puritans-which impacted the government because they did allow religious freedom
Puritans-which impacted the government because they did not allow religious freedom
Allowed for religious freedom which therefore the area was not dominate by one religion
What religion(s) is/are primarily practiced in the Middle and Southern?
Both were primarily based on Puritan beliefs-which impacted the government because they did allow religious freedom
Both were primarily based on Puritan beliefs-which impacted the government because they did not allow religious freedom
Both allowed for religious freedom which therefore the area was not dominate by one religion
How did colonists in the New England colonies interact with the Native Americans?
Colonist had a strong relationship with the Native Americas and regularly engaged in trade especially fur.
Colonists frequently interacted with the Iroquios people by trading furs, crops, and other items.
Some colonists would occasionally trade with the Powhatans. There were some conflicts because Natives would be used as slave labor.
How did colonists in the Middle colonies interact with the Native Americans?
Colonist had a strong relationship with the Native Americas and regularly engaged in trade especially fur.
Colonists frequently interacted with the Iroquios people by trading furs, crops, and other items.
Some colonists would occasionally trade with the Powhatans. There were some conflicts because Natives would be used as slave labor.
How did colonists in the Southern colonies interact with the Native Americans?
Colonist had a strong relationship with the Native Americas and regularly engaged in trade especially fur.
Colonists frequently interacted with the Iroquios people by trading furs, crops, and other items.
Some colonists would occasionally trade with the Powhatans. There were some conflicts because Natives would be used as slave labor.
Which of the following describes the primary reason the Native Americans had conflict with the Southern colonies?
The colonists cleared additional land to be used to grow more cash crops for the Native Americans.
The Native Americans cleared additional land to be used to grow more cash crops for the colonists.
The colonists frequently took the Native Americans natural resources without permission.
The Native Americans frequently took the colonists manufactured resources without permission.
Colonists in the New England colonies often imported
fish and furs from other colonies
iron ores and coal from other colonies
agricultural products from the other colonies
Select two. The Middle Colonies often exported
agriculture products to other colonial regions and Europe
grains to other colonial regions and Europe
furs and fish to other colonial regions and Europe
iron ore to other colonial regions and Europe
The Southern colonies often traded
crops such as grains with England and Africa due to the demand of the resources in those areas
cash crops such as tobacco with England and Africa due to the high demand of the resources in those areas
crops such as grains with other colonial regions due to the high deans of resources in those areas
cash crops such as tobacco with other colonial regions due to the high demands of resources in those areas
Select two- How did the demand for cash crops in Europe and Africa affect slavery in the Southern colonies?
There was an increase in the amount slave labor needed in the colonies
The demands contributed to transatlantic trade
The demands contributed to transpacfic trade
There was a decrease in the amount of slave labor needed in the colonies
Select four. Which of the colonies were know as the bread basket
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
The economies of the colonial regions differed because they had different
government
origin
resources
Plantations specialized in producing
food
cash crops
cattle
Someone who agreed to work for an employer for a set period of time in order to pay off a debt was called
slave
apprentice
indentured servant
Massachusetts Bay was founded to protect
Baptists
Catholics
Puritans
Why were the Quakers mistreated in England?
they refused to obey laws
they practiced a different religion
they smelled bad
Pilgrims and Puritans sailed to North America because they wanted to ________________.
Build large farms
Escape religious freedom
Trade with Native Americans
Explore the New World
When was Jamestown Settled? See the timeline
1607
1624
1620
1640
Look at the timeline. When did the Pilgrims land on Plymouth?
1607
1620
1624
1630
Which document established an early form of self-governing in the Plymouth colony?
Massachusetts Articles
Mayflower Compact
Godspeed Constitution
Iroquois League
Which elected group was the earliest representative assembly in the European colonies?
Virginia Senate
Plymouth Plantation
House of Burgess
British Parliament
Which was most important to the economic success of Jamestown?
silk
cotton
tobacco
corn
How did Virginia tobacco planters fill their need for field workers?
with enslaved people from Africa
by paying workers high wages
with machines to do the work
by hiring German immigrants
When and where was the first permanent English colony founded?
1586 Sir Walter Raleigh founded Roanoke
1607 the Virginia company founded Jamestown.
607 the Plymouth company founded Sagadohoc colony
1609 John Smith founded the Virginia settlement
Why did the colonist create the House of Burgesses
To provide for more local control.
They wanted to set up a governing body just like in England.
They needed someone to take over control in the colony.
They wanted to keep the Natives away from them.
The ________ were known as Separatists.
Puritans
Pilgrims
Quakers
Shakers
What was one of England's earliest settlement attempts that did not succeed and ultimately "disappeared"?
Jamestown
Plymouth
Roanoke Island
Henrico
