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Unit 1 The 13 Colonies Practice Test

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which colonies do not belong to the Southern Region of the 13 Colonies?

a)

Delaware

b)

Virginia

c)

Massachusetts

d)

South Carolina

e)

Georgia

2.

This person was banished from the Puritan colony of Massachusetts for conducting a bible class in their home.

a)

Bat Man

b)

Jim Winthrop

c)

Anne Hutchinson

d)

Roger Williams

3.

Which of the following colonies does not belong to the New England Region of the 13 Colonies?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Virginia

4.

The economy of this region was based on cash crops (tobacco, indigo, cotton etc.) and slave labor.

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

5.

The economy of this region is based on fishing, ship building and lumber.

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

West Indies

6.

The economy of this region is known as the Bread Basket of the 13 Colonies because of its cash crop of grains, and the work of it's artisans.

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

West Indies

7.

(a)   was banished from the Massachusetts Colony when they spoke out against the Puritan Church, they eventually founded the Colony of Rhode Island.

8.

This region of the 13 colonies contained a Strict Religious Culture that revolved around the church, in what regions was this?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

West Indies

9.

(a)   is a form of democracy in which everyone decides on policy issues

10.

Place a check mark by the colonies that make up the New England Region.

a)

New Hampshire

b)

Massachusetts

c)

Connecticut

d)

New York

e)

Rhode Island

11.

Place a check by the colonies that make up the Middle Colonies Region.

a)

Maryland

b)

New York

c)

New Jersey

d)

Pennsylvania

e)

Delaware

12.

Place a check by the colonies that make up the Southern Colonies Region.

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

Georgia

d)

South Carolina

e)

North Carolina

13.

Two examples of early democracy within the 13 colonies was?

a)

Direct Democracy, Great Awakening

b)

Puritans, Mayflower Compact

c)

House of Burgesses, Quakers

d)

Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses

14.

What region is most recognized for the use of Slave Labor?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

15.

__________________ was an armed uprising of ex-indentured servants in Jamestown fighting for equal rights.

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Great Awakening

c)

Bacon's Rebellion

16.

This well known gentlemen was a Quaker and the founder of Pennsylvania, what is his name?

a)

George Whitfield

b)

William Penn

c)

John Smith

d)

Batman

17.

Quakers a Christian movement that was devoted to the principal of peace and the "inner light" could be found in the (a)   colonies region.

18.

The sea journey by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies was called, by historians, the?

a)

Great Awakening

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Middle Passage

d)

Exploration

19.

Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World (North America) was found in which colonial region?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

20.

(a)   was the region that is known for it's economic and religious freedom and was had the most diverse cultures.

21.

(a)   were rules for self government that was written by the Pilgrims in 1620, prior to them settling in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

22.

This regions was settled by the Puritans and also the region that is associated with the Salem Witch Trials, what region was this?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

23.

John Winthrop, a Puritan, settled a colony that he wanted to be recognized as the "City On The Hill". In which colonial region did he settle?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

24.

The (a)   was a religious revival that changed the thinking of salvation and brought more religious denominations to the 13 colonies

25.

Place a check by the region(s), in the mid 1600's, where we would find examples of Representative Government?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

26.

The (a)   is an example of a Representative Government that was found in the lower house of the Virginia Legislature, and where from many of our founding fathers first served.

27.

What was the name of the group of people that were bound by a forced contract to work off a debt in 4-7 years. Many times this debt was the passage to the 13 colonies.

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Indentured Servant

c)

Puritans

28.

(a)   were English Protestants that came to the New England Colonies because they sought create a community where they could purify the Church of England, which they felt had grown corrupt.