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Social Studies Unit 1 Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these groups was at the bottom of the class system in New Spain?

a)

Indians/Africans

b)

mestizos

c)

criollo

d)

peninsular

2.

The land masses of North America, Central America, and South America

a)

Canada

b)

Great Britain

c)

East Indies

d)

the Americas

3.

A person who travels to new places in search of new land or resources

a)

explorer

b)

colonist

c)

archeologist

d)

king

4.

A crop that is grown in large quantities for sale

a)

potatoes

b)

gold

c)

cash crop

d)

astrolabe

5.

What item symbolically claimed land for a country?

a)

coin

b)

flag

c)

Bible

d)

cash crop

6.

What is one reason Europeans wanted to travel to America?

a)

to build wealth

b)

to conquer the Indians

c)

to colonize France

d)

to find potatoes

7.

What is a tool that missionaries used?

a)

Bible

b)

compass

c)

astrolabe

d)

map

8.

A settlement is a

a)

small, newly built community

b)

place ruled by another country

c)

group of people who travel together

d)

town whose residents agree to govern themselves

9.

Why is Roanoke called the "lost colony"?

a)

John White could not find his way back to it

b)

It lost a contest with Jamestown

c)

Everyone went back to England

d)

All the settlers disappeared

10.

What was a problem with the original site of Jamestown?

a)

It was high in the hills.

b)

It was too rocky to farm.

c)

It was a marsh with poor land.

d)

It was too near the American Indians.

11.

The first settlers to arrive at Plymouth came in search of

a)

good farmland and fishing

b)

natural riches such as gold

c)

independence from England

d)

freedom to practice their religion

12.

What did the pilgrims travel on to Plymouth?

a)

the railroad systems

b)

the Mayflower

c)

the Roanoke ship

d)

an unnamed vessel

13.

Compared with Jamestown and Plymouth, the Roanoke settlement was

a)

earlier

b)

larger

c)

longer lasting

d)

wealthier

14.

The name of the island where the first English settlement was started in North America in 1587

a)

Roanoke

b)

Jamestown

c)

Plymouth

d)

marsh

15.

The first successful English colony in North America: it was founded in 1607 in present-day Virginia

a)

Roanoke

b)

Jamestown

c)

Plymouth

d)

settlement

16.

A town started in 1620 by early English settlers called Pilgrims

a)

settlement

b)

Roanoke

c)

Jamestown

d)

Plymouth

17.

A person who settles in a colony

a)

conquistador

b)

colonist

c)

pilgrim

d)

pioneer

18.

Which settlement did Squanto the American Indian help by showing the settlers how to plant corn and other crops?

a)

Roanoke

b)

Plymouth

c)

Jamestown

d)

North Carolina

19.

Tobacco became Virginia's

a)

"gold"

b)

burden

c)

export

d)

government

20.

Which of these means that a company provided money for something?

a)

rigid

b)

class system

c)

financed

d)

conditioned

21.

What was signed by the Pilgrims?

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Constitution

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Pledge of Allegiance

22.

"New World" was a name given to the Americas by

a)

spice traders

b)

shipbuilders

c)

American Indians

d)

European Explorers

23.

What colony did the Puritans start?

a)

Roanoke

b)

Plymouth

c)

Massachusetts Bay

d)

Jamestown

24.

William Bradford was an influential leader in which colony?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Massachusetts Bay

d)

Roanoke

25.

Why did the explorers plant flags?

a)

to teach Christianity

b)

to help American Indians

c)

to find their way back again

d)

to claim land for their new country

26.

What do farmers do with a cash crop?

a)

sell it for money

b)

feed it to animals

c)

eat it as soon as possible

d)

freeze it to store for winter

27.

How is a colony different from other places in which people settle?

a)

It is ruled by another country.

b)

It was started many years ago.

c)

It is designed to be temporary.

d)

It has a very simple way of life.

28.

A Spanish leader who came to the Americas in the 1500s that is chosen to be in charge by the king of Spain

a)

viceroy

b)

colony

c)

pilgrim

d)

pioneer