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Chapter 5: The Struggle to Found Colonies

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a person whose views differ than those held by most people

a)

Proprietor

b)

Dissenter

c)

Debtor

d)

Separatist

2.

the first law making assembly in an English colony

a)

House of Burgesses

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Cash Crop

d)

Northwest Passage

3.

it said that the Pilgrims' government would make "just and equal" laws

a)

Charter

b)

Stock

c)

Puritan

d)

Mayflower Compact

4.

shares in a company

a)

Charter

b)

Debtor

c)

Stock

d)

Cash Crop

5.

these people wanted to "purify" or reform the Church of England

a)

Puritan

b)

Charter

c)

Northwest Passage

d)

Indentured Servant

6.

this group wanted to "separate" from the Church of England"

a)

Puritan

b)

Charter

c)

Separatist

d)

Debtor

7.

a waterway connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

a)

Stock

b)

Northwest Passage

c)

Debtor

d)

Mayflower Compact

8.

an owner

a)

Debtor

b)

Proprietor

c)

Dissenter

d)

Charter

9.

a document that permitted colonists to settle on land claimed by their ruler

a)

Debtor

b)

Stock

c)

Indentured Servant

d)

Charter

10.

unjust treatment

a)

Indentured Servant

b)

Debtor

c)

Persecution

d)

Separatist

11.

a crop grown for profit

a)

Stock

b)

Cash Crop

c)

Charter

d)

House of Burgesses

12.

people who owe money

a)

Debtor

b)

Cash Crop

c)

Dissenter

d)

Charter

13.

people who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the ocean voyage to America

a)

Separatist

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Indentured Servant

d)

Puritan

14.

James Oglethorpe founded which colony?

a)

Georgia

b)

Maryland

c)

The Carolinas

d)

Pennsylvania

15.

Thomas Hooker founded which colony?

a)

Maryland

b)

New Hampshire

c)

Connecticut

d)

Georgia

16.

Lord Baltimore founded which colony?

a)

New York

b)

Maryland

c)

New Jersey

d)

The Carolinas

17.

William Penn founded which colony?

a)

Massachusetts Bay

b)

New Jersey

c)

Georgia

d)

Pennsylvania

18.

the English Queen during the Spanish Armada

a)

Queen Elizabeth II

b)

Queen Victoria

c)

Queen Elizabeth I

d)

Queen Mary

19.

the man that helped lead the settlers at Jamestown

a)

John Rolfe

b)

James Bradford

c)

John Smith

d)

William Smith

20.

the leader of the pilgrims

a)

John Rolfe

b)

William Bradford

c)

Charles Smith

d)

James Duke

21.

the man who helped Jamestown by planting tobacco

a)

Anikin Kenobi

b)

John Smith

c)

Harrison Ford

d)

John Rolfe

22.

the ship that carried the Pilgrims to the Americas

a)

Nina

b)

Mayflower

c)

Pinta

d)

Santa Marina

23.

England's first attempt at a colony

a)

Roanoke Island

b)

Jamestown

c)

Quebec

d)

New England

24.

the French founded colony along the St. Lawrence River

a)

New Amsterdam

b)

New Netherland

c)

Quebec

d)

Jamestown

25.

the colony that later became New York City

a)

New Netherland

b)

Dutchland

c)

New Amsterdam

d)

Quebec

26.

who won the battle against the Spanish Armada?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

27.

what was the outcome of the battle against the Spanish Armada?

a)

The English lost and were overthrown by Spain

b)

The English overtook Spain and all their territories

c)

The English could focus on growth in America

d)

The English's fleet was ruined

28.

Thin, rocky soil. Hard to farm, Had thick woods. Costal waters for fishing

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

29.

Warm climate. Fertile soil. Grew a lot of wheat. Could transport goods with channels and rivers.

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

New England Colonies

c)

Middle Colonies

30.

Warm climate. Grew tobacco and rice.

a)

Middle Colonies

b)

Southern Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

31.

What was the purpose of the first Thanksgiving?

a)

To celebrate freedom from England

b)

To thank the Wampanoag people for their help

c)

To show all the crops they grew

d)

For surviving the trip from England

32.

Isaac Joques said that in New Amsterdam there were how many languages spoken?

a)

42

b)

18

c)

7

d)

1

33.

Roger Williams founded which colony?

a)

Massachusetts Bay

b)

New Jersey

c)

Georgia

d)

Rhode Island

34.

In what year was the first Thanksgiving held?

a)

1621

b)

1492

c)

1977

d)

1873

35.

Name this state

a)

South Carolina

b)

Oklahoma

c)

North Carolina

d)

Ohio

36.

Name this state

a)

South Carolina

b)

South Dakota

c)

Oregon

d)

Rhode Island

37.

Name this state

a)

South Carolina

b)

Ohio

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

North Dakota

38.

Name this state

a)

Oregon

b)

South Dakota

c)

Pennsylvaina

d)

North Carolina

39.

Name this state

a)

South Carolina

b)

Oklahoma

c)

North Dakota

d)

Ohio

40.

Name this state

a)

Oklahoma

b)

Oregon

c)

Rhode Island

d)

South Carolina

41.

Name this state

a)

Ohio

b)

Oklahoma

c)

North Carolina

d)

South Dakota

42.

Name this state

a)

North Crolina

b)

Oregon

c)

Ohio

d)

Rhode Island

43.

Name this State

a)

North Dakota

b)

Rhode Island

c)

Pennsylvaina

d)

Ohio