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Unit 1 (8.01-8.12)

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is considered the first permanent English settlement in the Americas? [8.01]

a)

Santa Fe

b)

Jamestown

c)

Massachusetts Bay

d)

Plymouth

2.

Jamestown had "early struggles." Which two best characterize Jamestown's struggle to survive? [8.01]

a)

cold, harsh winter of 1609-1610

b)

the French kept attacking them

c)

didn't find gold, so no way to make money

d)

"the starving time"

3.

The economic structure of Jamestown relied on the success of which of the following? [8.01]

a)

textiles

b)

gold

c)

cotton

d)

tobacco

4.

As far as politics go, how were laws made in Jamestown? [8.01]

a)

voted on by property owners in the Virginia House of Burgesses

b)

established by the Virginia Company of London

c)

decreed by King James the I of England

d)

created by British Parliament

5.

What is the primary reason for the founding of the Plymouth colony? [8.02]

a)

to set up a religious colony separate from the Church of England

b)

to make money off of gold discovered there

c)

to establish a debtor colony

d)

to expand Jamestown and grow more cash crops

6.

Select all that accurately describe the Mayflower Compact. [8.02]

a)

set up an organized, democratic government

b)

instructed men to work for seven years before becoming free

c)

agreed to create laws for the "general good of the colony"

d)

an agreement to host Thanksgiving each year

7.

Which of the following is not associated with Massachusetts Bay Colony? [8.03]

a)

Anne Hutchinson

b)

Theocratic Government

c)

Salem Witch Trials

d)

"Town Meetings"

e)

Pocahontas

8.

Who founded Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630? [8.03]

a)

Separatists for religious purposes

b)

Puritans for religious purposes

c)

Entrepreneurs for economic purposes

d)

Gentlemen for political gain

9.

Who was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony because of her religious beliefs and actions? [8.03]

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Anne Hutchinson

c)

Sacagawea

d)

Abigail Adams

10.

What is a theocracy? [8.03]

a)

a daughter of a native american chief

b)

a market where Africans were sold into slavery

c)

government directed by religious principles

d)

a government that exists to serve another country

11.

What do Connecticut and Rhode Island have in common? [8.04]

a)

both were founded by people that disagreed with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts Bay

b)

both were founded in the same year

c)

both were founded by the same person

d)

both colonies are in the South and relied on growing cotton

12.

Which man founded Rhode Island because he opposed theocracy and advocated for separation of Church and State? [8.04]

a)

Roger Williams

b)

John Winthrop

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

David Crockett

13.

Thomas Hooker was unhappy with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts Bay. As a result, he founded: [8.04]

a)

Salem

b)

Jamestown

c)

Connecticut

d)

New York

14.

What was the motivation of the Dutch for founding New Netherlands? [8.05]

a)

environmental; to find new land for potato crop

b)

economic; to make money

c)

religious; to form a religious safe haven

d)

political; to start a new country

15.

New Netherlands was eventually renamed New York after ownership was transferred to: [8.05]

a)

the British

b)

the French

c)

the Spanish

d)

the Russians

16.

What was characteristic of the population in New York colony? [8.05]

a)

there were no women living there

b)

it didn't have slaves

c)

it had more children than adults living there

d)

it was diverse with people from different countries

17.

Quakers established a religious haven colony known as: [8.06]

a)

North Carolina

b)

New York

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Georgia

18.

Pennsylvania colony was founded for: [8.06]

a)

military reasons

b)

religious reasons

c)

economic reasons

19.

Who founded Pennsylvania colony? [8.06]

a)

William Penn

b)

John Winthrop

c)

Roger Williams

d)

Anne Hutchinson

20.

Select ALL that characterize the Pennsylvania Colony: [8.06]

a)

tolerant of different groups of people

b)

respectful of and peaceful with Native Americans

c)

women were viewed as equal to men

d)

made up of mostly Puritans

21.

This British colony was designated as a "debtor colony" where people in England could be sent instead of to prison: [8.07]

a)

Virginia

b)

North Carolina

c)

South Carolina

d)

Georgia

22.

The British colony functioned as a "buffer colony" to protect southern colonies from Spanish attacks: [8.07]

a)

Ohio

b)

Georgia

c)

Florida

d)

Tennessee

23.

Which individual founded Georgia colony in 1733? [8.07]

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

Thomas Hooker

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

John Smith

24.

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia are all classified as: [8.08]

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

25.

Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York are all classified as: [8.08]

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

26.

Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts Bay are all classified as: [8.08]

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

27.

Select ALL that characterize the geography of the New England colonies: [8.08]

a)

Rocky and sandy soil

b)

cold winters

c)

ethnic diversity

d)

short growing seasons

e)

long growing seasons

28.

Select ALL that characterize the geography of the Middle colonies: [8.08]

a)

included good harbors and port cities

b)

had diverse populations of people (ethnic diversity)

c)

developed large plantations

d)

economy based on cereal crops like wheat, corn, and barley

e)

made little money due to poor soil

29.

Select ALL that characterize the geography of the New England colonies: [8.08]

a)

economy based on shipbuilding and fishing

b)

developed small, family farms (subsistence farming)

c)

developed large plantations

d)

had relatively few indentured servants or slaves

e)

profited on cash crops like tobacco and cotton

30.

Spain’s goals of settling in North America [8.09]

a)

Gold, Glory, God

b)

Gold, Glory, Guilds

c)

Fur, Trade, Gold

d)

Fur, Trade, God

31.

Which of the following best summarizes the goals of settling in North America for the British? [8.09]

a)

Power, Glory, God.

b)

Power, Glory, Mercantilism, Opportunity, Religious Freedom.

c)

Mercantilism and Religious Freedom.

d)

God, Glory, Gold.

32.

French goals of settling in North America included - [8.09]

a)

The northwest trade route, fur, and religion.

b)

God, Gold, glory

c)

Mercantilism, Religious Freedom, and glory

d)

Glory, fur, and mercantilism

33.

___________________ in the southern colonies had come to rely heavily on slave labor. [8.10]

a)

plantations

b)

minutemen

c)

loyalists

d)

patriots

34.

What do we call the part of the Atlantic slave trade where African slaves were brought to the Americas on slave ships? [8.10]

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Northwest Passage

c)

Southern Passage

d)

Atlantic Passage

35.

What was the name of the Evangelical/Christian revival that swept Britain and the 13 colonies between 1730's and 1740's? [8.11]

a)

The First Great Awakening

b)

The American Revolution

c)

The Albany Plan of Union

d)

The Age of Enlightenment

36.

The Great Awakening inspired _________________ and led to the formation of many new types of churches. [8.11]

a)

religious freedom

b)

abolition

c)

unalienable rights

d)

a national church

37.

Under the Navigation Acts, who could the colonists ONLY trade with? [8.12]

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Italy

38.

the theory that a nation's economic strength or wealth, came from selling more than it bought from other nations. Export > Import [8.12]

a)

mercantilism

b)

communism

c)

capitalism

d)

socialism

39.

The Navigation Acts also listed certain products, such as ______________ and ______________, that colonial merchants could ship only to England [8.12]

a)

cotton

b)

tobacco

c)

tea

d)

molasses