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Unit 3 Life in the Colonies

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Why did the economy of the Southern Colonies depend on slavery more than the New England Colonies?
a)
Larger farms or plantations were found in the Southern Colonies.
b)
Smaller farms were common in Southern Colonies.
c)
Owning slaves was illegal in the New England Colonies.
d)
Slaves ere too expensive in the New England Colonies.
2.
The economies helped the growth of the New England Colonies?
a)
Grain and pottery
b)
Shipping and manufacturing
c)
Horses and cattle
d)
Cash crops and slave trade
3.
Who and what were traded in the "Triangular Trade"?
a)
Pilgrims, fish, cloth, tools
b)
Africans, molasses, guns, lumber
c)
Native Americans, rum, flour
d)
Quakers, horses, paper, indigo
4.
How were the lives of both enslaved and free Africans alike in Colonial America?
a)
Both enslaved and free Africans were forced to work according to their masters' demands.
b)
Both enslaved and free Africans were not treated equally by the colonists.
c)
Both enslaved and free Africans had not choice over whether or not their children were sold.
d)
Both enslaved and free AFricans could move from colony to colony whenever they wanted.
5.
Choose the BEST description of colonial life with regard to indentured servants.
a)
They owned small self-sufficient farms.
b)
They specailized in a skill and traded with other colonists.
c)
They were hired by colonists on small farms.
d)
They were hired by wealthy landowners to work for a set number of years.
6.
The Virginia House of Burgesses was important to the development of democracy in the thirteen colonies because it
a)
provided an example of a representative form of government.
b)
created the first written constitution in America.
c)
provided for direct election of senators.
d)
began the practice of legislavtive override of executive vetos.
7.
What drew people to settle in the Southern Colonies?
a)
Slave trade and religion
b)
Large plantations and fertile soil
c)
Short growing season and rich soil
d)
Coastline, trees, and rocky soil
8.
In the Middle Colonies, what was the ECONOMIC pull factor?
a)
Fertile farmland
b)
Freedom of religion
c)
Diverse cultural population
d)
Slavery
9.
Which words are associated with the Southern Colonies?
a)
Market towns, diversity, church run schools
b)
Fishing, whaling, Puritan laws, town meetings
c)
few towns, plantations, slave codes
10.
Which words are associated with the New England Colonies?
a)
Few towns, plantations, slave codes
b)
Fishing, whaling, Puritan laws, town meetings
c)
Market towns diversity, church run schools
11.
Which words are associated with the Middle Colonies?
a)
Market towns, diveristy, church run schools
b)
Fishing, whaling, Puritan laws, town meetings
c)
Few towns, plantations, slave codes
12.

What are the names of the three colonial regions?

a)

New England, West Virginia, and South

b)

New England, Middle, and Southern

c)

American Colonies 1,2, and 3

d)

None of the Above

13.
The New England Colonies were known for...
a)
building ships, fishing, and hunting whales
b)
selling wheat
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Plantations
14.
What are a few of the ways the colonist changed the land?
a)
Burned the Forests
b)
Cut down trees and Built roads and bridges
c)
Dug Rivers
d)
Built Forts
15.
What type of climate was in the Southern Colonies?
a)
Cold 
b)
Very Warm
c)
Mild
d)
Not Sure 
16.
The south had more slaves than the north?
a)
True 
b)
False
17.
Why did colonists prefer slaves over indentured servants?
a)
Slaves worked faster
b)
Indentured servants could earn their freedom
c)
indentured servants were older
d)
None of the Above
18.
What was the war fought by Metacom against the colonists nicknamed?
a)
King Metacom's War
b)
King Phillip's War
c)
The King's War
d)
King of the War
19.
Hub of shipping and trade in the colonies
a)
New England
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Jamestown
20.
The "breadbasket" colonies, where wheat was the major cash crop
a)
New England
b)
Southern Colonies
c)
Middle Colonies
d)
West Indies
21.
The colonial region with the most ethnic diversity
a)
New England
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Canada
22.
Region of large plantations which grew tobacco, indigo, and rice
a)
New England
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Back Country
23.
The theory that a nation's power comes from trade
a)
Navigation
b)
Colonialism
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Balance of trade
24.
People who could vote in colonial legislatures
a)
All adults
b)
White male landowners
c)
All men
d)
White men and free black men
25.

Which is not a Middle Colony?

a)

New York

b)

Georgia

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Delaware

26.

Quakers are a religious group that

a)

hates women.

b)

goes to war often.

c)

is very peaceful.

d)

kills Native Americans.

27.

William Penn founded

a)

Virginia

b)

Massachusetts

c)

New York

d)

Pennsylvania

28.

The word "haven" means

a)

a safe place.

b)

a scary place.

29.

Quakers believe Native Americans should be treated with care.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Quakers left England because they were ___________ for their beliefs.

a)

persecuted

b)

applauded

c)

rewarded

31.

The first colony settled was _________________ in 1607.

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Georgia

d)

Anne Hutchinson

32.

The __________________ colony was founded on religious freedom.

a)

Jamestown

b)

New Netherland

c)

Plymouth

d)

Mayflower Compact

33.

The ____________________________ was a set of self-governing rules for the settlers in Plymouth.

a)

William Penn

b)

Theocracy

c)

Jamestown

d)

Mayflower Compact

34.

________________________was a Puritan spiritual advisor and religious reformer who challenged male authority figures in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

a)

Roger Williams

b)

Anne Hutchinson

c)

Thomas Hooker

d)

Mayflower Compact

35.

___________________ was the founder of Rhode Island.

a)

Thomas Hooker

b)

William Penn

c)

Roger Williams

d)

Anne Hutchinson

36.

_________________ was the founder of Connecticut.

a)

Roger Williams

b)

Anne Hutchinson

c)

William Penn

d)

Thomas Hooker

37.

________________________________ was located in present day Manhattan, New York.

a)

New Netherland

b)

Georgia

c)

Plymouth

d)

Mayflower Compact

38.

_____________________________ founded Pennsylvania as a place for Quakers to have religious freedom and tolerance.

a)

William Penn

b)

Theocracy

c)

Roger Williams

d)

Anne Hutchinson

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