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Settlements in North America Test

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Spain's main reason for establishing colonies in the Americas?

a)

gold

b)

religion

c)

furs

d)

diamonds

2.

Why were Protestants persecuted by Spain?

a)

Spain wanted everyone to be Catholic

b)

Protestants were mean people

c)

Protestants didn't obey laws

d)

There were too many Protestants

3.

Who governed the Spanish colonies?

a)

They made their own laws

b)

President

c)

Viceroys

d)

The Spanish Queen

4.

Who was the first to use slaves (Both Native and African)?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Dutch

5.

Why did France want to establish colonies?

a)

religions reasons

b)

gold and jewels

c)

fur trade

d)

cedar wood

6.

Who controlled the religious life of the French colonies?

a)

Protestants

b)

Viceroys

c)

Missionaries

d)

Catholics

7.

Louisiana was a proprietary colony for France. What does this mean?

a)

ruled by the king

b)

ruled by the settlers

c)

rule by one owner appointed by the king

d)

ruled by the Catholics

8.

What helped France with fur trading?

a)

Making fur factories

b)

creating plantations

c)

becoming allies with indigenous peoples

d)

becoming allies with Spain

9.

Why did England establish new colonies in America?

a)

religious freedom

b)

gold and jewels

c)

fur

d)

cedar wood

10.

What was England's government like in the colonies?

a)

ruled by the king

b)

it was a royal colony

c)

governed by an appointed ruler

d)

They set up their own government

11.

What helped the economy in the England colonies?

a)

mining for gold

b)

fur trade

c)

farming, fishing, trading

d)

wool from sheep

12.

colony

a)

They wanted to purify the Church of England

b)

A settlement far from the country that rules it.

13.

Columbian Exchange

a)

Ruled by one owner appointed by the king.

b)

Movement of people, animals, plants, and diseases between the Old World and New World

14.

People who were taken against their will

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Puritans

c)

slaves

d)

missionaries

15.

They wanted to convert natives to Christianity

a)

Pilgrims

b)

missionaries

c)

Puritans

d)

slaves

16.

They wanted to get away from the Church of England

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Puritans

c)

slaves

d)

missionaries

17.

They wanted to purify the Church of England

a)

Puritans

b)

slaves

c)

Pilgrims

d)

missionaries