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Colonial America

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the first PERMANENT British colony in North America?

a)

New Amsterdam

b)

Plymouth

c)

Jamestown-1607

d)

Quebec

2.

What was a major Push Factor that drove people from Europe to the Americas?

a)

Religious persecution

b)

Natural Resources

c)

Gold

d)

Glory

3.

Which of these is NOT one of the 3 G's?

a)

God

b)

Gold

c)

Gage Steel

d)

Glory

4.

What is mercantilism?

a)

Economic system where mother country provides colonies with raw goods

b)

Economic system where colonies provide mother country with raw goods.

c)

System of fabric weaving machines

d)

The idea that the seller should make maximum profit to boost economy

5.

A charter is given for what purpose?

a)

Sets the rules for which people may move to North America

b)

Legal document proclaiming the Divine Right of Kings

c)

A fare across the Atlantic from Europe to North America

d)

Written permission to settle an area of land

6.

What cash crop/business venture saved Jamestown colony from financial ruin?

a)

Cotton

b)

Tobacco

c)

Indigo

d)

Memes

7.

What is meant by the term "Agrarian"?

a)

Based on Manufacturing

b)

Professional Fisherman

c)

Based on Farming

d)

Economy based on shipbuilding

8.

Plantations are...

a)

Small farms that grow food crops, worked by white landowners and their families

b)

Large farms that grow food crops, worked by white landowners and their families

c)

Small farms that grow cash crops, worked by slaves

d)

Large farms that grow cash crops, worked by slaves

9.

What is a pull factor?

a)

Newton's 4th Law of Motion

b)

Something that draws people to a place

c)

The measured strength of pulling objects

d)

Something that pushes people away from a place

10.

What is a push factor

a)

Measure of Strength

b)

Something that draws people to a place

c)

Newtons 4th Law of Motion

d)

Something that makes people leave a place

11.

Subsistence farming is where...

a)

only enough food for the family to survive is grown

b)

cash crops are exclusively grown

c)

large amounts of food is grown

d)

both food and cash crops are grown

12.

Migration is...

a)

Where people stay where they are

b)

term meaning limited supplies

c)

The movement of people from one place to another

d)

Related to the movement of animals only

13.

What was the MAIN reason behind colonization?

a)

Explore the oceans

b)

Create new alliances with Native Peoples

c)

Conquer new land

d)

Economic opportunity

14.

What statement is true of the climate and soil of the New England colonies?

a)

Mild climate with fertile soil

b)

Cold harsh winters and hard rocky soil

c)

Hot climate with hard rocky soil

d)

Warm climate with fertile soil

15.

Based on the land and climate, what economic practices did people in the Middle Colonies typically practice?

a)

Heavy industry, factories

b)

Agriculture/ Plantation system

c)

Shipbuilding

d)

Agriculture, growing food stuffs like grain

16.

The Southern Climate led to the development of...

a)

Small farms only

b)

heavy industry because of poor soil

c)

Agriculture and the Plantation System

d)

Shipbuilding and fishing

17.

Shipbuilding and fishing were activities most associated with what colonies?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western territories

18.

The major reason for the New England Colonies was

a)

Economic

b)

Religious freedom

c)

Gain fame for conquering the wilderness

d)

Shipbuilding and Fishing

19.

True or False: The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut made Connecticut MORE democratic.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Strict religious practices in Massachusetts Bay, in NE, led to...

a)

A just and fair society

b)

Winthrop's desired, "City upon a hill"

c)

The formation of other New England colonies when their leaders were expelled for their faith and ideas.

d)

A civil war

21.

William Penn and Quackers believed that...

a)

All people were Children of God regardless of race and religious toleration

b)

The superiority of the Catholic Church

c)

Divine Right of Kings

d)

Pennsylvania should be the capital of the colonies

22.

The Act of Toleration was important because...

a)

Allowed people of faith to be exempt from specific laws

b)

Forbade putting people in prison for debt

c)

Made slavery illegal in Maryland

d)

Established the Principle of Toleration for people of other faiths in the colonies

23.

What type of person typically worked plantations in the Southern Colonies?

a)

Irish immigrant men

b)

Enslaved African Americans

c)

Chinese immigrant men

d)

Land owners family

24.

Why did representative government form in the colonies ruled by the King?

a)

Distance from Mother Country made it necessary to solve own problems

b)

The king was lazy

c)

People did not like the king and did not listen

d)

New ideas gained from Native Americans

25.

What is Salutary Neglect?

a)

Term meaning accidentally ignored

b)

Colonies neglected for follow the rules and laws

c)

England did not care

d)

Britain allowed the colonies to self-rule with minimal interference for over 100 years

26.

What did self government look like in Virginia?

a)

The Constitution of the United States of America

b)

The Virginia House of Burgesses

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Plantation System Economics

27.

Why was the Mayflower Compact significant/important?

a)

Established Religious law in the colonies

b)

Established the Plantation System in New England Colonies

c)

Accepted the idea of Divine Right of Kings

d)

An agreement that established the idea of self-government and majority rule

28.

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut...

a)

Stated the Governor was second only to the King himself

b)

Was the first written Constitution in Colonies and established Self-Government by the people

c)

Created an oligarchy of the elite in Connecticut

d)

Set forth ironclad religious law in Connecticut

29.

New York was originally founded by the _________ and called _______________.

a)

French, New Paris

b)

Dutch, New Amsterdam

c)

Spanish, Tejas

d)

British, New York

30.

James Oglethorpe created the Penal colony of Georgia to...

a)

Be a safe haven/place for debtors

b)

Be his personal estate

c)

Create incredible wealth for his family

d)

Get away from King Jeremy the X of Prussia

31.

The Transatlantic Slave Trade on the Middle Passage...

a)

Brought enslaved Africans to South America only

b)

Created little incentive for slave captains

c)

Economically unprofitable

d)

Brought enslaved Africans to the Americas

32.

Triangle Trade....

a)

Refers to the slave trade only

b)

Was not profitable

c)

Allowed for the transfer of different and new things to and from the Old and New Worlds

d)

Allowed new levels of peace and understanding between Native Americans and Europeans to grow

33.

Why were enslaved Africans more common in the Southern Colonies than the other colonies?

a)

Colonial laws regarding rights of workers

b)

The King only allowed it in the South

c)

Moral reasons

d)

Southern colonies needed a large labor force for Plantations and the other colonies did not

34.

The First Great Awakening was...

a)

Growth and spread of religious groups and feelings in the colonies

b)

Economic boom caused by coffee farms in the south

c)

Medical advancement allowed people to live longer

d)

Growth of colleges in the Colonies

35.

Thomas Hooker made Connecticut colony because...

a)

He wanted to become wealthy

b)

He was banished from Massachusetts for believing that all people living in a colony should vote, regardless of religious faith

c)

He was given the land as a gift from King George for his valor in battle

d)

Felt that the land was better suited for an industrious people

36.

Charles de Montesquieu is famous for..

a)

His book titled "The Prince"

b)

His support of a Monarchical form of Government

c)

The idea of Separation of Powers into Three Branches of Government

d)

Generous donation of land to form North and South Carolina

37.

John Locke is famous for...

a)

Social Contract Theory that said Government was created by the people for the people

b)

Support of King George and the Divine Right of Kings

c)

Creating a new lock which prevented lock picking

d)

Being the first governor of Virginia

38.

What are Unalienable Rights?

a)

Rights of Immigrants

b)

Rights that you are born with that can not be taken away

c)

Rights that can only be taken away by due process of law

d)

Rights that are given from the King

39.

Distance from England helped create the American ideal of...

a)

Socialism

b)

Democratic self-government

c)

Darwinism

d)

Frugality

40.

The Virginia House of Burgesses was the...

a)

Bank of Virginia where farmers borrowed money to grow cash crops

b)

First European style building built in the colonies

c)

First example of elected self-government in the colonies

d)

The Governors House that served as a meeting place for Church leaders

41.

What is Salutary Neglect?

a)

Wrongful treatment of children

b)

British policy of ignoring the colonies

c)

Strict treatment of government officials

d)

British policy of strictly enforcing laws upon the colonies

42.

All of the British colonies were near what physical feature?

a)

Open plains

b)

Wide Rivers

c)

Water and Trade Routes

d)

Tall Mountains

43.

Why was the economy of New England based on fishing and Ship Building?

a)

Hard Rocky Soil

b)

Flat Fertile Soil

c)

Harsh Hot Climate

d)

By the order of the King

44.

What was the land like in the Middle Colonies?

a)

Mountainous

b)

Hard and Rocky

c)

Flat and Fertile

d)

Infertile

45.

Religious groups made institutions like the Mayflower Compact and constitutions because of the need for...

a)

Social Contract Theory

b)

Navigation Act

c)

Salutary Neglect

d)

Self-Government

46.

The Navigation Act states that...

a)

Colonies should trade with other countries to gain their wealth

b)

Colonies should use British approved trade routes

c)

Not trade with anyone except the mother country

d)

Colonies should only use British made maps, graphs, and charts

47.

What colony was founded for Religious reasons in 1620?

a)

Georgia

b)

Plymouth

c)

Jamestown

d)

Pennsylvania

48.

What British trade policy was influenced by Triangle Trade?

a)

Salutary Neglect

b)

Navigation Act

c)

Act of Toleration

d)

Mercantilism

49.

What was the name of Montesquieu's tripartie system?

a)

E Pluribus Unum

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Social Contract

50.

What was the First Great Awakening?

a)

Religious movement that saw the growth of different Religious groups

b)

The First uprising in the American Colonies

c)

Term for the effort to unite the colonies as one single colony

d)

Anti-Religious Movement that saw the decline of faith