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Colonial America Test Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Age of Discovery

c)

Age of Exploration

d)

Colonization

2.

Theological leader who kick-started the protestant reformation with his 95 theses.

a)

Martin Luther

b)

Nicklaus Copernicus

c)

C.S. Lewis

d)

Pope John Paul

3.

This famous astronomer and mathematician, discovered the sun was the center of the universe.

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Aristotle

d)

Hubble

4.

Name of the movement that would cause many to turn away from the Catholic Church, due to corruption.

a)

Protestant Reformation

b)

Great Awakening

c)

Revival

d)

Spanish Inquisition

5.

This council established in 1478, would lead to the persecution of Jews, Muslims, and Protestants to reaffirm Catholic supremacy in Spain.

a)

Spanish Inquisition

b)

Council of Nicea

c)

Council of Trent

d)

House of Burgesses

6.

The practice of _______ ________, made it possible for all faiths to live in the middle colonies

a)

religious tolerance

b)

ship building

c)

political expression

d)

free speech

7.

This religious group, now a famous oatmeal brand, settled in Pennsylvania.

a)

Quakers

b)

Religious Society of Friends

c)

Kodiak

d)

Great Value

8.

Given as a repayment of a debt to William Penn, Pennsylvania was what type of Colony?

a)

Proprietary Colony

b)

Royal Colony

c)

Plantation Colony

d)

Collective

9.

This was the nickname given to the middle colonies, due to their ability to grow wheat and rye.

a)

The Breadbasket Colonies

b)

The Fertile Hills

c)

Cash Crop Colonies

d)

The Crusty Colonies

10.

This Famous Founding Father, associated with the city of Philadelphia, instilled Quaker beliefs into the U.S. Constitution.

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Francis Bacon

d)

John Winthrop

11.

The name of the group who landed at Plymouth Rock and gave Americans a reason to feast every November.

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Quakers

c)

Separatists

d)

Colonists

12.

The name of the religious group that fled England and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

a)

Puritans

b)

Separatists

c)

Royals

d)

Loyalists

13.

While there was no wizards in this town, they sure did think they had a witch problem.

a)

Salem, MA

b)

Roanoke, VA

c)

Jamestown, VA

d)

Halloweentown, Disney Channel

14.

This colonial leader wished to make the Massachusetts Bay Colony a “City Upon a Hill”

a)

John Winthrop

b)

John Smith

c)

John White

d)

William Clinton

15.

This agreement among men, set up a self government in the New England Colonies that would be one part theocracy and one part oligarchy.

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

House of Burgesses

d)

Church of England Treaty

16.

Established in 1607, this was the first successful British colony.

a)

Jamestown

b)

Roanoke

c)

Plymouth

d)

Massachusetts Bay Colony

17.

What is “Brown Gold”

a)

Gold

b)

Tobacco

c)

Mud

d)

Corn

18.

Jamestown was plagued by colonists who believed they were above labor. John Smith changed all of that with this policy.

a)

“You don't work, you don't eat”

b)

Slave Labor

c)

Indentured Servitude

d)

"You don't pay, you don't live"

19.

This colony was set up as a buffer state, between Spain and the English colonies.

a)

South Carolina

b)

North Carolina

c)

Georgia

d)

Cuba

20.

The Catholic refuge of Maryland would pass this act, requiring the fair treatment of all Christian religions.

a)

Toleration Act

b)

Religious Freedom Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Religious Society of Friends

21.

This fictional waterway was said to be a direct route to Asia.

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

Silk Road

c)

West Indie Passage

d)

Bermuda Triangle

22.

The movement of people, goods, animals, and disease between the old and new world.

a)

Colombian Exchange

b)

Triangle Trade

c)

Northwest Passage

d)

Globalization

23.

Labor system created by poor Europeans financing their journey to the colonies.

a)

Indentured Servitude

b)

Slavery

c)

Manual Labor

d)

Blue Collar Work

24.

During the early colonial period rice, indigo, and tobacco were worth their weight in gold. They are what is known as what?

a)

Cash Crops

b)

Household Plants

c)

Plantation Crops

d)

Weeds

25.

This colony mysteriously disappeared after its leader would go on a 3 year supply run.

a)

Roanoke Colony

b)

Plymouth Colony

c)

Jamestown

d)

Massachusetts Bay Colony

26.

Which factor contributed most to tensions between early English settlers in New England and Native Americans?

a)

Colonists need for more land.

b)

Religious differences.

c)

The aggressive "warlike" natives.

d)

Unwillingness to trade by colonists.