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WorksheetsChapter 5 Quiz Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
"When I first went to Virginia, I remember we hung an [an old sail] to four trees to shadow us from the sun; our walls were rails of wood; our seats unhewed trees, till we cut planks; our pulpit a bar of wood nailed to trees. In [bad] weather we shifted into an old, rotten tent. This was our church till we built a homely thing, like a barn. The best of our houses were like this. We had daily prayers morning and evening, two sermons every Sunday, and communion every three months till our minister died." -- Adapted from John Smith, The Generall Historie of Virginia (1624)
Based on this passage from John Smith, what conclusion can be drawn about the lives of colonists in Jamestown, Virginia? [TEK Hist 2(B)]
Religion played an important part in the lives of early colonists.
The standard of living was similar to most European nations.
Local Native American Indians were a serious threat to early colonists.
Growing tobacco was the main source of income of early colonists to Virginia.
Why is the Mayflower Compact considered an important step in the development of American democracy? [TEK Govt 15(A)]
It provided a basis for self-government in the Plymouth Colony?
It outlawed slavery in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
It defined colonial relations with local Native American Indians.
It established the principle of separation of church and state.
One way in which the settlements at Jamestown (1607) and New Amsterdam (1625) were similar is that both were located ___________________.
[TEK Geog 10(A)]
in a dry climate.
on islands far from fresh water.
in the mountains.
near the coastline.
The Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are most closely associated with __________________.
adoption of universal suffrage.
establishment of religious toleration.
abuses by absolute monarchs.
steps toward Colonial self-government.
In which region of the United States was the first permanent English settlement located? [TEK Geog 10(A)]
Great Lakes Mountains
Great Plains
Pacific Northwest
Atlantic Coast
The need for agricultural workers in the tobacco fields of colonial Virginia led to the ______________________________________.
[TEK Hist 2(B)]
improvement in farming.
decision to industrialize.
formation of labor unions.
use of enslaved people from Africa.
What was one important result of the encounter between Europeans and Native American Indians? [TEK Hist 2(B)]
The African slave trade ended.
New diseases were spread to Native American populations.
Spain's empire in the New World declined.
Native American Indian populations continued to increase.
Early European explorers who came to the "New World" were looking for a Northwest Passage in order to ______________________.
[TEK Hist 2(A)]
find a shorter water-route to Asia.
prove the world was round.
improve trade relations with Native American Indians.
explore the Great Lakes.
Which statement best explains the significance of the Mayflower Compact? [TEK Hist 3(B)]
It guaranteed liberties for colonists through local government.
It weakened the influence of religion in government.
It limited the power of future colonial governments.
It established a form of self-government based on a social contract.
Which colonial settlement is correctly paired with the reason it was founded? [TEK Hist 2(B)]
Pennsylvania - refuge for English Catholics
Georgia - place for imprisoned debtors and convicts.
Maryland - refuge for Quakers
Pennsylvania - refuge for English Catholics
One reason for the importance of the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was that they laid the foundation for _____________________________________. [TEK Hist 3(B)]
the development of English common law in the colonies.
social freedom in colonial legislature.
the growth of representative government in Colonial America.
a two-house legislature in state governments.
The journeys of Henry Hudson, Christopher Columbus, and Robert de LaSalle to the "New World" were made possible because of the ______________________________. [TEK Hist 2(A)]
effects of the Atlantic slave trade.
development of new navigational instruments and technology.
trade connections established by the travels of Marco Polo.
support of exploration by the English Parliment.
