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WorksheetsCh. 4: European Colonies review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the Roanoke Colony now called?
Plymouth Colony
New England Colony
Lost Colony
What was the first permanent (successful) English colony?
Jamestown
Roanoke
Plymouth
John Smith's rule was...If you don't work, you don't ____
sleep
eat
stay
What Native American helped the Jamestown colony keep peace with the Powhatan tribe for awhile?
Samoset
Pocahontas
Tisquantum
Who paid the way for colonists of both Jamestown and Plymouth to come to North America to settle?
Virginia Company
New England Company
King James
What was the purpose of the Jamestown legislature called the House of Burgesses?
self-government
majority rule
to make laws
Tobacco became a crop grown for selling and making money. This means it was a ______ crop.
raw materials
cash
profit
Who owns a royal colony?
governor
king
colonists
People who agreed to work several years without pay but then were free are called______________________
indentured servants
enslaved workers
colonists
Why did the Pilgrims want to go to North America?
religious freedom
to get rich
to find spices
The Pilgrims signed an agreement called the _________________ so they had the right to govern themselves.
Majority Rule
Peace Treaty
Mayflower Compact
What Native American from the Wampanoag tribe helped the Pilgrims with farming and trading?
Tisquantum
Pocahantas
Samoset
The colonists who settled the Plymouth Colony came on a ship called the _____________.
Discovery
Mayflower
Santa Maria
What state was named after Louis XIV?
Louisiana
California
Mississippi
Which word means partners
Levees
Propriety
Allies
Name the 2 groups of French settlers who often lived with Native Americans.
tobacco growers and fisherman
missionaries and fur traders
farmers and trappers
What word means earthen walls used to stop flooding.
propriety
allies
levee
Which word means a colony that is owned by one person
proprietary colony
supply
levees
What item was in high demand and caused the creation of many French and Dutch settlements?
tobacco
gold
fur
What caused a rise in conflict between Native Americans and colonists in the late 1630's?
Colonists were hunting too many animals
Colonists were clearing land for farming
Colonists were stealing from tribes
What was the first colony England attempted in North America
Jamestown
Roanoke
Plymouth
What kind of land was Jamestown settled on?
rich and grassy
desert
swampy
What is the word that means the amount of a good that is offered for sale
demand
levee
supply
What does Mississippi mean?
Father of rivers
Father of waters
Father of land
What word means a desire to have
demand
supply
purchase
A record or source of an event made by someone who was not there at the time
primary source
secondary source
A record, artifact or source of an event made by someone who was actually there and saw or took part in the event
primary source
secondary source
Who could vote and be members of the House of Burgesses?
only men
only members of the Jamestown Colony
only men who owned land
Which word means a colony's right to govern themselves?
proprietary
self-government
compact
What word was written on a post and was the only clue of what may have happened to the Roanoke colony?
croatoan
powhatan
tisquantum
