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WorksheetsUnit 2.1 Colonization Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
What is a colony?
Any European town or city
A settlement controlled by a far away country
A Native American village
Any place conquerors destroyed
Who led the colony of Jamestown?
Samuel de Champlain
Hernán Cortez
John Smith
Christopher Columbus
What did conquistadors do?
Tried to help Natives who were sick with disease
Mapped the route from Santa Fe to Monterrey
Conquered Native American empires and established Spanish colonies
Established the southern English colonies and set up first tobacco plantations
In which colony would you most likely find Europeans trading with Native Americans for furs?
A Spanish colony
A Dutch colony
An English colony
A French colony
In which colony would you likely find Native and Black slaves cultivating sugar?
A French colony
A Spanish colony
A Dutch colony
An English colony
In which colony would you likely find Black slaves cultivating tobacco alongside white indentured servants?
A Dutch colony
A Spanish colony
An English colony
A French colony
In which colony might you find a Catholic man, a Protestant woman, and a Native American discussing trade?
A French colony
A Dutch colony
A Spanish colony
An English colony
What cash crop made Jamestown profitable?
Cotton
Tobacco
Sugar
Maize (corn)
Which place used to be a French colony and is now a city famous for jazz music, the French Quarter, and Mardi Gras?
New Orleans, Louisiana
Los Angeles, California
Boston, Massachusetts
Orlando, Florida
Which place used to be a Dutch colony and is now famous for its thriving businesses, busy streets, and diverse population?
New York City, New York
Portland, Oregon
San Francisco, California
Atlanta, Georgia
Which placed used to be a Spanish mission and is now a city with adobe houses, Catholic churches, and Mexican and Native American cuisine?
Boston, Massachusetts
Walla Walla, Washington
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Williamsburg, Virginia
These English colonies were racially homogeneous (all the same) because citizens were mostly white people who came over for religious freedom.
The New England colonies
The Middle colonies
The Southern colonies
These English colonies were racially diverse because citizens emigrated there from many different countries
The New England colonies
The Middle colonies
The Southern colonies
These English colonies were biracial (two races) because its people were either white farmers or African slaves
The New England colonies
The Middle colonies
The Southern colonies
What was the name of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to America?
The Mayflower
The White Lion
The Niña
The Red October
What year did colonists establish Jamestown?
1607
1620
1492
1776
What year did the Pilgrims arrive in America?
1607
1620
1492
1776
Who founded Pennsylvania colony as a "holy experiment"?
William Penn
Hernán Cortez
John Winthrop
Samuel de Champlain
What is a joint-stock company?
A joint-making company where carpenters sold stock to investors
A business owned by investors who sent colonizers to the New World to make a profit
A company where shareholders vote to merge the existing business with a competitor
A business where the board voted to dilute stock holdings of Englishmen
Who were the criollos (creoles)?
Spanish colonists with Spanish parents
Spanish colonists with African parents
Spanish colonists with mixed-race ancestry
Spanish colonists with Native parents
Who were the mestizos?
Spanish colonists with Spanish parents
Spanish colonists with African and Spanish parents
Spanish colonists with Spanish and Native parents
Spanish colonists with African parents
Which of these describes Catholics?
They worship Jesus and are led by the Pope.
They worship God and pray in mosques.
They worship many gods and are led by Brahmin.
They worship God and eat kosher food.
Which of these describes Protestants?
They worship God and pray in mosques.
They worship Jesus and don't drink coffee.
They worship Jesus and belong to churches that separated from the Catholic Church.
They worship many gods and belong to churches that still practice paganism.
Which North American regions did the Spanish dominate?
Northeast and southeast
Midwest
Midwest and northwest
South and southwest
Who took New Amsterdam from the Dutch and made it New York?
The French
The English
The Spanish
The Portuguese
In order to be a French colonist, you had to be...
Catholic
Protestant
Poor
Wealthy
Which of these was NOT a reason Englishmen became colonists?
To flee poverty and war in England
To find a route to the Indies
To practice their religion in peace
To make money as a farmer or businessman
Who was ultimately in charge of the English colonies?
The King of England
The colonial assemblies
The royal governors
The colonial councils
Which English colonists were allowed to make laws for their colony?
Royal governors appointed by the king
Colonists appointed by the governor to serve on colonial councils
Colonists elected by other colonists to serve on colonial assemblies
Only the king of England made laws for colonies
How did British colonists treat natives?
They often traded with them
They often intermarried with them
They joined their tribes
They fought them for land
What joint-stock company funded Jamestown?
The Virginia Company
The Massachusetts Bay Company
The Plymouth Company
The East India Company
Which group first arrived in Virginia in 1619?
African slaves
Indentured servants
Women
Gentry
Which of these is NOT something that happened during Bacon's Rebellion?
Rebels burned Jamestown
Colonists attacked Indian tribes
Women wrote a declaration of rights
An armed mob threatened the governor
Which of these happened as a consequence of Bacon's rebellion?
John Rolfe decided to marry Pocahontas
The Virginia company sponsored John Smith's voyage to Jamestown
The capital of Virginia changed to Richmond
Indentured servitude disappeared and race-based slavery increased
How did Europeans justify their enslaving of Africans?
They argued slavery was natural and condoned by God
They argued that Columbus had slaves so they should, too
They only enslaved people who wanted to be slaves
Europeans never owned any slaves
