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Unit 1 - Colonization Test Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When the Colonists landed in Jamestown, what Native American tribe was living in the area?

a)

Cahokians

b)

Hohokam

c)

Anasazi

d)

Powhatan

2.
The first permanent English settlement in North America was
a)
Werowocomoco
b)
Yorktown
c)
Richmond
d)
Jamestown
3.
What led to war between the natives and Jamestown settlers?
a)
Tensions increased as colonists pushed the Powhatan from their land.
b)
Indians and settlers did not agree on trade routes.
c)
Indians and colonists were able to work alongside each other.
d)
Powhatan punished all colonists by blocking trade routes.
4.
What brought the original colonists from England to Jamestown?
a)
the search for food
b)
the search for gold and silver
c)
the search for tobacco
d)
the search for religious freedom
5.

The winter of 1609-1610 became know as the ________________ because food supplies ran out.

a)

The dying time

b)

The great famine

c)

The starving time

d)

white winter

6.

A document that grants a person or company the right to form a colony is called

a)

Burgess

b)

Joint Stock Company

c)

Constitution

d)

Charter

7.

Who PAID for the settlement of Jamestown?

a)

King of England

b)

Powhatan

c)

Virginia Company of London

d)

John Smith

8.

The New England Colonies contain which group

a)

Delaware, Carolina, Massachusetts, Virginia

b)

New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey

c)

Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Carolinas

d)

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut , Rhode Island

9.

Define Theocracy

a)

System of government where politics and religion are closely related

b)

type of government run by a king or queen

c)

type of government run by a small group of people

d)

the lack of government

10.
Who was the leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
a)
John Smith
b)
John Winthrop
c)
William Bradford
d)
Squanto
11.

Which New England colony believed in religious tolerance and separation of church and state?

a)

Connecticut

b)

New Hampshire

c)

Massachusettes

d)

Rhode Island

12.
When investors buy ownership in a company.
a)
Corporation
b)
Tax lien
c)
Joint-stock Company
d)
Mortgage
13.
Fifty acres of land given to white men who paid their way to America.
a)
Headright
b)
Passage pass
c)
Voyage allowance
d)
Homestead
14.

The hardships the colonists in Jamestown faced were.

a)

hunger, disease, drought, Native Americans

b)

Overcrowding, Dysentery, Typhoid

c)

Mutiny, Diphtheria, Measles

d)

Small Pox, Extreme Heat, Mumps

15.

What played a key role to the creation of the New England colonies?

a)

Settlers wanted to gain large amounts of farm land to grow tobacco

b)

Settlers were mainly focused on gaining wealth in the new world

c)

Settlers wanted the freedom to practice their religion without persecution

d)

Settlers wanted to gain positions of power in the new world

16.
___ founded Providence, Rhode Island.
a)
John Winthrop
b)
Roger Williams
c)
Thomas Hooker
d)
John Wheelright
17.
___ founded Hartford, Connecticut.
a)
John Winthrop
b)
Roger Williams
c)
Thomas Hooker
d)
John Wheelright
18.

_________ is the Native American who helped the Pilgrims learn how to farm, hunt, and fish.

a)

Sacagawea

b)

Massasoit

c)

Squanto

d)

Wampanoag

19.
The Mayflower Compact is considered an important step in the development of American democracy because it
a)
provided a basis for self-government in the Plymouth Colony 
b)
established the principle of separation of church and state 
c)
defined relations with local Native American Indians
d)
outlawed slavery in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
20.

What are the differences between separatists and Puritans?

a)

Puritans wanted to reform the Anglican Church and the Separatists wanted to form their own Church

b)

Puritans were being persecuted by the Separatists for not attending church

c)

The Separatists were the leaders of the Anglican Church and the Puritans wanted to purify the church

d)

The Puritans believed in government and the Separatists were

anarchist.

21.
This crop kept the Jamestown colony from failing.
a)
Wheat
b)
Corn
c)
Cotton
d)
Tobacco
22.

The Outline for the government that would exists in Connecticut.

a)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

New England's Economic Focus

d)

The Constitution

23.
Georgia was started as a colony for which group of people?
a)
planters
b)
debtors
c)
 artisans
d)
shipbuilders
24.
A person who agreed to work with pay for a certain number of years in return for their passage to America; after that time was up they were free 
a)
indentured servant 
b)
cash crop 
c)
debtor
d)
patroon 
25.
Which colonies make up the Middle Colonies?
a)
North Carolina, Delaware, Georgia, South Carolina
b)
New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania 
c)
Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina 
d)
New York, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina 
26.

Who was the founder of Georgia?

a)

Mr. Condit

b)

John Smith

c)

William Penn

d)

James Oglethorpe

27.

The South had ________ where cash crops were grown.

a)

Adobe homes

b)

Plantations

c)

Log Cabins

d)

Wigwams

28.

Which of the following are true of Pennsylvania?

a)

Founded by William Penn

b)

Safe Place for Quakers

c)

Attracted diverse settlers

d)

All of the above

29.

New York, one of the Middle Colonies, was originally called ______.

a)

Duke of York

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

New England

d)

New Amsterdam

30.

Which colonial region had the greatest amount of diversity?

a)

Backcountry

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

New England Colonies

31.

Pennsylvania had a little piece of land hanging off its southeastern corner that would later be known as what colony?

a)

Rhode Island

b)

Delaware

c)

New Jersey

d)

New York

32.

What colony was created as a safe place for Catholics?

a)

New York

b)

New Jersey

c)

Maryland

d)

Delaware

33.

What crops did the settlers in the Carolinas grow?

a)

corn, beans, wheat

b)

tobacco, rice, indigo

c)

rice, potatoes, beans

d)

tomatoes, beans, tobacco

34.
What was the Toleration Act?
a)
a law that allowed Native Americans to live in Maryland
b)
a law the required every one to be Catholic
c)
a law that allowed religious freedom in Maryland
d)
a law that banned Christianity in Maryland
35.

Frontier leader who organized a rebellion because he was unhappy with the colonial government's treatment of poor farmers.

a)

Nathaniel Sausage

b)

Nathaniel Bacon

c)

Nathaniel Williams

d)

Jonah Hex

36.

Was considered a "Buffer" colony to protect the English colonies from the Spanish.

a)

Georgia

b)

South Carolina

c)

Maryland

d)

North Carolina

37.

Each of the following characteristics are true of the economy in New England EXCEPT:

a)

had rocky soil and a colder climate, which made farming difficult.

b)

Lots of trees for lumber

c)

shipbuilding and fishing industries

d)

Growing and selling tobacco

38.

The fertile soil and long growing seasons in this colonial region allowed allowed agriculture to be the main focus of it's economy.

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

39.

Which of the colonial regions had an economy based on both industry and agriculture?

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

New England Colonies

c)

Middle Colonies

40.

What was the route called between W. Africa and America that slaves were transported on?

a)

Center Passage

b)

Second Passage

c)

First Passage

d)

Middle Passage

41.

New England farmers would only plant enough crops for themselves to consume. This type of farming is called _______________.

a)

Cash Crop farming

b)

Subsistence farming

c)

Plantation farming

d)

There was no farming in New England

42.
A cash crop is 
a)
Traded with other crops
b)
Raised to be sold in markets
c)
Planted only for one's family
d)
Only for personal use
43.
Parliament passed these trade laws between 1650 and 1696 that required the English colonies to trade items like sugar only with Great Britain.
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Toleration Acts
c)
Navigation Acts
d)
English Bill of rights
44.
A system in which slaves, manufactured goods, crops, and sugar were exchanged between the Americas, Britain, and Africa
a)
Mercantilism
b)
The Navigation Acts
c)
Triangular Trade
d)
The Middle Passage
45.

The belief that the more wealth and trade a nation has, the more power it will have.

a)

Debt

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Triangular Trade

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