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Colonial Times Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a colony?

a)

a person living in a colony

b)

an area of land owned by another country

c)

a large farm

d)

a small country

2.

What is a plantation?

a)

an area of land owned by another country

b)

a person living in a colony

c)

a large meeting house

d)

a large farm that used slaves to grow crops

3.

What is a hornbook?

a)

a small schoolhouse

b)

a person living in a colony

c)

a wooden slab with lessons pasted to it

d)

a large farm

4.

What is an apprentice

a)

a young person learning a specific skill from someone who is a master at it

b)

a school student

c)

a wooden slab with lessons pasted to it

d)

a punishment

5.

Which was NOT a reason that colonists came to America?

a)

Some colonists were brought over as slaves

b)

European cities were too crowded so they had to send people over to America

c)

Some people wanted religious freedrom

d)

European countries wanted to claim new land and become wealthier

6.

What were schools like in colonial America?

a)

All children went to school through college.

b)

Schools were very large and had a lot of teachers.

c)

There were no schools in America

d)

Schools were one room buildings

7.

What colonial region was best known for having plantations?

a)

Middle Colonies

b)

New England Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

8.

What building in a colonial village would be used for meetings?

a)

The Meeting House

b)

The Blacksmith's shop

c)

The Tailor's Shop

d)

The Cobbler's Shop

9.

How many original colonies were there?

a)

10

b)

50

c)

12

d)

13

10.

What country owned the original 13 colonies?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

Germany

d)

France