WorksheetsColonization Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins
The Southern Colonies had a hot climate and ___________________ soil, which allowed colonists to have large farms called plantations.
fertile
rocky
cold
muddy
The main economic activity in the Southern Colonies was _____________________.
fur trading
ship building
agriculture
livestock
The Middle Colonies had a _________________ climate (not too hot, not too cold) which allowed colonists to have large grain farms.
cold
moderate
hot
freezing
1. The colony of Pennsylvania was established by William Penn as a safe haven for _______________. (religious reasons)
Puritans
Catholics
Quakers
Native Americans
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was the first written _________________________ in the colonies. It was written by Thomas Hooker.
shipping laws
religion
agreement
constitution
The following colonies were established for religious reasons...check all that apply:
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Georgia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Representative government is where people select a person to represent them in the ___________________, and to make laws on their behalf.
shipping yards
jail house
government
White House
The Virginia House of ___________________ was the first representative legislature in the colonies.
Burgers
Connecicut
Rights
Burgesses
1. The colony of Maryland was established a place _______________________ could escape religious persecution.
Baptists
Catholics
Puritans
Quakers
What are the reasons for exploration? Check all that apply
find new places to shop
economic--gold
expand empires and claim new territory--glory
religious freedoms--God
The Mayflower Compact led to the growth of representative government because it was a social contract that created the first type of ________ government in the colonies.
terrible
monarchy
bossy
self
The Magna Carta limited the King’s power and guaranteed certain _____________________ to citizens.
rights
goals
paychecks
land grants
The British _____________________ was a group chosen by people to represent them in the government
King
parliament
Queen
judicials
The English _______________________ guaranteed certain rights to English citizens.
Burgesses
Carta
Bill of Rights
Fundamental Orders
During the First Great Awakening, preachers emphasized the notion that people were ________________ in God’s eyes.
equal
unequal
Which of the following colonies were established for economic reasons? Check all that apply
Virginia
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Rhode Island
The New England Colonies had a cold climate and rocky __________________, which caused most settlers to have subsistence farms.
houses
shoreline
soil
roads
The first anti-slavery group in the Colonies was the _________________________.
Quakers
Puritans
Pilgrims
Catholics
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson founded the colony of Rhode Island based on the idea of _______________ toleration.
political
religious
economics
The ___________________ Era was motivated by expanding empires and claiming new territory.
Colonization
Exploration
Westward Expansion
American Revolution
1. The settlement of Jamestown was created for __________________ purposes in 1607.
economic
religious
political
1. The Pilgrims and Puritans were motivated by _____________________ reasons to settle Plymouth in 1620 and Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
political
economic
religious
What are some of the economic economies of the New England colonies? check all that apply
large farms
fur trapping & fishing
ship building
plantations
lumber
French colonists (France) focused on which economic activity?
ship building
fur trapping/trading
plantation life
grain farms
Britain and France were motivated to claim land in the Americas after witnessing ______________ grow is wealth and power from claiming land in the Americas.
Russia
Germany
Brazil
Spain
Countries became better at exploring the world thanks to several _________________________ advances such as the astrolabe.
technological
medical
economic
political
The Columbian Exchange is responsible for the movement of which of the following? check all that apply
plants
animals
diseases
cultures
The famous journey to Asia and back to Europe made _________________________ famous, and led to countries wanting to search for routes to trade with Asia.
Cabeza de Vaca
John Smith
Marco Polo
Hernan Cortez
James Oglethorpe settled _________ as a place for ___________.
Virginia, fish markets
Georgia, debtors and convicts to start new lives
Rhode Island, living theatrically in normal life
Maryland, industrial development
Which of the following describes a representative government?
A small group of religious clerics making key decisions
One leader delegating specific tasks to assistants
A government made up of people chosen by their towns to represent them
Keeping power in one family for centuries
What was significant about the Magna Carta (1215)?
It appointed Benjamin Franklin as the first inventor in America
It promised certain rights to citizens
It forbid the king from being all powerful
It created a group of people to make laws in the New World
What is the British Parliament?
A department store in England
A new religion to arise in the 1700s
A Civil Rights Group
A group of elected officials who help make laws
Which option best describes the English Bill of Rights?
Promised certain rights to citizens
Clearly described which direction is left and which is right
Outlines how to have a traditional English tea party
Outlines the powers of the King
Which of the following is NOT a trait of the First Great Awakening?
Preachers like Jonathan Edwards became popular
People asked forgiveness for their sins to go to Heaven
It meant everyone had to wake up early in the morning to attend sunrise church service
All people are created equal in God’s eyes
What are some factors that helped build up the idea of a representative government (self-government)? Check all that apply
The Great Awakening idea of equality
The distance from the colonies to Great Britain
Salutary Neglect
'Merica
Europeans desired to find a water way to Asia because...
Many thieves were found along the land routes
You could travel faster by water than by land
Ships were easier to construct than wagons
Water travel was slower
Columbus landing in the Americas is so important because...
he was the first person to ever set foot on that land
it led to the discovery of gold, which Europeans had never seen before
all the natives in the Americas became Christian
Europeans did not know that the continents of North and South America existed
A key difference between the settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth is -
the reasons why they were established
the country the settlers came from
one settlement located on the coast and another settlement located in the mountains
one settlement encountered Native Americans, while the other settlement did not encounter Native Americas
Which best encompasses the economy in the Middle Colonies?
Fishing supported the economy
Grain harvests brought money to the Middle Colonies
plantation system
candle making supported the Middle Colonies
What was the first cash crop in America and who planted it?
cotton, John Smith
tobacco, John Rolfe
corn, Pocahontas
rice, Roger Williams
