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Unit 3: Colonial America Vocab and Content

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which vocab word is shown here?

a)

Culture

b)

Norms

c)

Colony

d)

Colonization

2.

Which vocab words are shown here? (3 answers)

a)

colonist

b)

congress

c)

delegate

d)

Militia

3.

Which vocab words are shown/hinted at here? (multiple answers)

a)

delegate

b)

taxes

c)

commodity

d)

commerce

e)

government

4.

Which vocab words are shown here? (2 answers)

a)

Congress

b)

government

c)

militia

d)

rebellion

5.

Which vocab words are shown (or hinted at) here? 2 answers.

a)

rebellion

b)

delegate

c)

taxes

d)

militia

6.

Which vocab word is shown here?

a)

government

b)

resources

c)

commerce

d)

economy

7.

Which vocab word is shown here?

a)

commodity

b)

economy

c)

commerce

d)

agriculture

8.

Which vocab word is shown here?

a)

agriculture

b)

commerce

c)

commodity

d)

resources

9.

Which vocab word is shown here?

a)

commerce

b)

farming

c)

commodities

d)

agriculture

10.

All of the following vocab words are shown or hinted at here EXCEPT... (tell me which one isn't shown here)

a)

rebellion

b)

taxes

c)

colonists

d)

government

11.

Which word is shown here?

a)

colony

b)

colonist

c)

colonization

d)

congress

12.

All of the following vocab words are shown here EXCEPT... (which one is not shown in the picture?)

a)

Delegate

b)

colonization

c)

congress

d)

government

13.

This pictures most accurately represents this vocab word...

a)

delegate

b)

government

c)

congress

d)

rebellion

14.

This is money that people pay to the government so that it can provide things like schools, roads, and emergency services.

a)

taxes

b)

commerce

c)

commodity

d)

delegate

15.

This is when a group of people organize to take control over something.

a)

resistance

b)

rebellion

c)

renaissance

d)

revolution

16.

Which colonial region includes Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire?

a)

Northern colonies

b)

New England colonies

c)

Middle colonies

d)

Southern colonies

17.

Which colonial region includes New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware?

a)

Northern colonies

b)

New England colonies

c)

Middle Colonies

d)

Southern colonies

18.

Which colonial region includes Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?

a)

Northern Colonies

b)

New England Colonies

c)

Middle Colonies

d)

Southern Colonies

19.

What was the basis of the New England economy?

a)

plantation farming of tobacco, cotton, and rice

b)

agricultural trade in wheat, barley, and other grains

c)

subsistence farming

d)

lumber, ship-building, and international trade

20.

What was the basis of the Middle colonies economy?

a)

plantation farming of tobacco, cotton, and rice

b)

agricultural trade in wheat, barley, and other grains

c)

small businesses

d)

lumber, ship-building, and international trade

21.

What was the basis of the Southern colonies economy?

a)

plantation farming of tobacco, cotton, and rice

b)

agricultural trade in wheat, barley, and other grains

c)

small towns

d)

lumber, ship-building, and international trade

22.

This colonial region's culture was based on religious principles and values

a)

Northern colonies

b)

New England colonies

c)

Middle Colonies

d)

Southern colonies

23.

This colonial region's culture was based upon religious freedom, equality for all (including women).

a)

Northern colonies

b)

New England colonies

c)

Middle colonies

d)

Southern colonies

24.

This colonial region's culture revolved around agriculture, whether it was on a plantation run by a wealthy family with slaves performing the work or in the backcountry with small subsistence farmers.

a)

Northern colonies

b)

New England colonies

c)

Middle colonies

d)

Southern colonies

25.

Which colonial region's geography included many forests, cold climate, rocky soil (made it difficult to plant), and a large port for trading goods?

a)

Northern colonies

b)

New England colonies

c)

Middle colonies

d)

Southern colonies

26.

Which colonial regions geography included warm summers, cold winters, rolling hills, mountains further inland, thick forests, and good soil for farming

a)

Northern colonies

b)

New England colonies

c)

Middle colonies

d)

Southern colonies

27.

Which colonial region's geography included fertile soil (excellent for farming cash crops), forests, long rivers, and swamp areas.

a)

Northern colonies

b)

New England colonies

c)

Middle colonies

d)

Southern colonies

28.

True or False: Slavery was legal in the original 13 colonies

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Which colonial region was the BEST place for women and Africans to live because they had the most freedom/equality?

a)

New England colonies

b)

Middle colonies

c)

Southern colonies

30.

The Salem Witch trials, with took place in the New England colonies, demonstrated a major conflict that took place during colonial America (multiple answers)

a)

conflict about unfair treatment of women (lack of rights for women)

b)

conflict about supernatural beliefs (superstition and religion)

c)

conflict over capital punishment (Death penalty);100 were tried as "witches" and over 20 were killed.

d)

conflict involving a question about the power of the church, religious laws, and whats considered a fair trial.