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Pearson My World - Chapter 3

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 6hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A crop that is grown to sell, rather than to be used by the grower is called...

a)

encomienda

b)

cash crop

c)

commerce

d)

investor

2.

The buying and selling of products on a large scale is called...

a)

encomienda

b)

cash crop

c)

commerce

d)

investor

3.

A gift of land by the king of Spain, which gave a person control over the land and the people living there is called...

a)

encomienda

b)

cash crop

c)

commerce

d)

investor

4.

A person who risks money in a business, hoping to earn a profit is called...

a)

encomienda

b)

cash crop

c)

commerce

d)

investor

5.

A person sent to a new land to spread his or her religion is called...

a)

monarch

b)

missionary

c)

class structure

d)

House of Burgesses

6.

The first legislative body in the American colonies; in Virginia, this body included representatives elected by the colony's landowners was called...

a)

monarch

b)

missionary

c)

class structure

d)

House of Burgesses

7.

The organization of people in a society according to wealth and power is called...

a)

monarch

b)

missionary

c)

class structure

d)

House of Burgesses

8.

A ruler is called...

a)

monarch

b)

missionary

c)

class structure

d)

House of Burgesses

9.

A person who agrees to work for a set period of time without pay, in exchange for necessities such as transportation, food, clothing, and shelter is called...

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

investor

c)

House of Burgesses

d)

indentured servant

10.

Three ways the Spaniards harmed Native Americans...

a)

Forced religion on them

b)

Overworked them

c)

Spread disease to them

d)

All of the above

11.

This is a large colony that Spain created in the Americas...

a)

New Amsterdam

b)

New Spain

c)

New France

d)

New England

12.

Money used to pay for ships and supplies was provided by....

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Squanto

c)

Puritans

d)

investors

13.

A long period without rain is called a ______________.

a)

cash crop

b)

summer

c)

drought

d)

Thanksgiving

14.

A person who makes a journey for religious reasons is called a _________________.

a)

representative

b)

missionary

c)

Puritan

d)

Pilgrim

15.

The daughter of Chief Powhatan who helped John Smith and colonists, and married John Rolfe was named...

a)

Squanto

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

Pocahontas

d)

Puritan

16.

A person chosen to act on behalf of others is a representative.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Sir Walter Raleigh's failed colonial settlement off the coast of North Carolina where it appeared that the Native Americans took the colonists was called...

a)

New England

b)

The Lost Colony

c)

New Amsterdam

d)

New Spain

18.

A mythical shortcut by water from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean was called the ...

a)

New Spain

b)

New Netherlands

c)

Lost Colony

d)

Northwest Passage

19.

One Native American who helped the Pilgrims was...

a)

Puritan

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

John Rolfe

d)

Squanto

20.

An early settler who left England so he or she could practice religion freely...

a)

Puritan

b)

missionary

c)

Pilgrim

d)

Powhatan

21.

An agreement made by the Pilgrims to govern themselves and make just laws was the...

a)

indentured servants

b)

Northwest Passage

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

encomienda

22.

The buying and selling of products on a large scale is called Mayflower Compact.

a)

True

b)

False