WorksheetsChapter 5 Social Studies Quiz Colonies
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Document that permitted colonists to settle on land claimed by their ruler
a)
stock
b)
persecution
c)
dissenter
d)
charter
2.
Person who journeys for religious reasons
a)
Separatist
b)
Pilgrim
c)
debtor
d)
dissenter
3.
A person whose views differ from others
a)
Puritan
b)
dissenter
c)
debtor
d)
indentured servant
4.
Unjust treatment to a person because of his or her beliefs
a)
dissenter
b)
Puritan
c)
Persecution
d)
stock
5.
shares in a company often sold to raise money for the company
a)
proprietor
b)
stock
c)
dissenter
d)
charter
6.
Pilgrim's written plan of government for their colony
a)
charter
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
stock
7.
crop grown for profit
a)
proprietor
b)
charter
c)
cash crop
d)
stock
8.
person who owes money
a)
Separatist
b)
proprietor
c)
debtor
d)
pilgrim
9.
Unjust treatment to a person because of his or her beliefs
a)
Puritan
b)
Separatist
c)
Persecution
d)
stock
10.
Waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific
a)
charter
b)
stock
c)
Mayflower Compact
d)
Northwest passage
11.
A person who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the ocean voyage to North America
a)
dissenter
b)
Puritan
c)
indentured servant
d)
Pilgrim
12.
Group from England who wanted to purity or reform the Church of England
a)
Pilgrim
b)
Separatist
c)
proprietor
d)
Puritan
13.
Person who wanted to be separate for the Church of England
a)
Separatist
b)
Puritan
c)
Pilgrim
d)
debtor
14.
The first law-making assembly in an English colony
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
House of Burgesses
c)
charter
d)
stock
15.
Why did the English want colonies in North America?
a)
They wanted to find gold and other resources.
b)
They wanted to raid Spanish ships.
c)
They wanted to visit new lands.
d)
They wanted to meet the Indians.
16.
Where was the first English colony?
a)
Jamestown
b)
Plymouth Rock
c)
Roanoke Island
d)
Raleigh
17.
Which of the following greatly angered the Spanish?
a)
White returned to England.
b)
Raleigh offered to organize the colony.
c)
The colony failed at Roanoke
d)
Francis Drake raided Spanish ships.
18.
Which BEST describes the type of government established in Jamestown?
a)
rule by a president
b)
rule by a dictator
c)
self-government
d)
no government
19.
How did the Jamestown settlers avoid starvation?
a)
The men panned for gold and washed and refined it.
b)
They sold their land.
c)
They purified the water and used it for irrigation.
d)
They farmed the land and dug wells for water.
20.
Which of the following contributed most to the growth and success of Quebec?
a)
fishing the waters
b)
trading beaver fur
c)
good relations with the Indians
d)
a thriving harbor
21.
Which of the following BEST summarizes why the Pilgrims chose to leave their homeland?
a)
to practice their religious beliefs
b)
to explore new lands
c)
to gain wealth
d)
to live on land of their own
22.
Why did the Pilgrims go to Plymouth?
a)
A storm blew their ship off course.
b)
They didn't want to be indentured servants.
c)
Plymouth did not have a colony yet.
d)
They liked winter weather.
23.
Which of the following is NOT one of the difficulties the Pilgrims faced at Plymouth?
a)
winter
b)
disease
c)
hunger
d)
drought
24.
What grouped helped the Pilgrims survive at Plymouth Colony?
a)
the Separatists
b)
the Wampanoag
c)
the Dutch
d)
the French
25.
Why did the Puritans send a small group of colonists ahead of the others?
a)
to become immune to new diseases
b)
to build a church so all could worship
c)
to get a colony started for the others
d)
to begin a shipbuilding business
26.
Which region had the longest growing season?
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Rhode Island Colony
d)
Southern Colonies
27.
What made one New England colony different from another?
a)
nationality of the colonists
b)
cold winters
c)
different religious belifs
d)
strict laws
28.
What happened to dissenters of Puritan rules in Massachusetts?
a)
They changed their views.
b)
They were forced to leave their colony.
c)
They were sent back to England.
d)
They had religious discussions.
29.
How did many of the Middle and Southern Colonies get started?
a)
Religious groups faced persecution in the first colonies built.
b)
The colonists spread out to claim more land for England.
c)
The English took the land from the Spanish.
d)
King Charles II gave away large plots of land.
30.
Anne Hutchinson
a)
A pilgrim on the Mayflower
b)
forced to leave Massachusetts because of her beliefs
c)
famous Puritan woman
d)
Married to William James
31.
Known as the breadbasket of the colonies
a)
South
b)
Middle
c)
North
d)
New England
32.
Helped the English Settlers at Plymouth
a)
Sacajewea
b)
Powhatan
c)
Pocohontas
d)
Squanto
33.
The first permanent English colony
a)
Jamestown
b)
Roanoke
c)
Jameston
d)
Georgia
34.
Gave Jamestown settlers corn to survive
a)
Sacajewea
b)
Squanto
c)
Powhatan
d)
Colonel Sanders
35.
Teacher with the best personality and singing voice
a)
Ms. S
b)
Ms. Strizich
c)
Hey you
d)
Gemma
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