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Mr. Cook Social Studies Ch 5 Test Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the English want colonies in North America?

a)

They wanted to find gold and other resources.

b)

They wanted to visit new lands.

c)

They wanted to raid Spanish ships.

d)

They wanted to meet the Indians.

2.

Where was the first English colony?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Roanoke Island

c)

Plymouth Rock

d)

Raleigh

3.

Which of the following greatly angered the Spanish?

a)

White returned to England.

b)

The colony at Roanoke failed.

c)

Raleigh offered to organize the colony.

d)

Francis Drake raided Spanish ships.

4.

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

5.

How did the Jamestown settlers avoid starvation?

a)

The men panned for gold and washed and refined it.

b)

They sold their land.

c)

The purified the water and used it for irrigation.

d)

They farmed the land and dug wells for water

6.

What colonies did the French found as a result of searching for the Northwest Passage?

a)

St. Lawrence and Quebec

b)

St. Lawrence and Champlain

c)

Quebec and Champlain

d)

Quebec and Montreal

7.

Which of the following contributed most to the growth and success of Quebec?

a)

Fishing the waters

b)

good relations with the Indians

c)

trading beaver fur

d)

a thriving harbor

8.

What river did the Dutch take control of as a result of searching for the Northwest Passage?

a)

Champlain

b)

Hudson

c)

St. Lawrence

d)

Huron

9.

Which of the following BEST summarizes why the Pilgrims chose to leave homeland?

a)

to practice their religious beliefs

b)

to gain wealth

c)

to explore new lands

d)

to live on land of their own

10.

Why did the Pilgrims go to Plymouth?

a)

a storm blew their ship off course

b)

Plymouth did not have a colony yet.

c)

They didn't want to be indentured servants.

d)

The liked the winter weather.

11.

Which of the following is NOT one of the difficulties the Pilgrims faced at Plymouth?

a)

winter

b)

disease

c)

hunger

d)

drought

12.

What group helped the Pilgrims survive at Plymouth Colony?

a)

the Separatists

b)

the Dutch

c)

the Wampanoag

d)

the French

13.

Why did the Puritans send a small group of colonists ahead of the others?

a)

to become immune to new diseases

b)

to get a colony started for others

c)

to build a church so all could worship

d)

to begin a shipbuilding business

14.

Which region had the longest growing season?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Rhode Island Colony

c)

Middle Colonies

d)

Southern Colonies

15.

What made one New England colony different from another?

a)

nationality of the colonists

b)

different religious beliefs

c)

cold winters

d)

strict laws

16.

What happened to dissenters of Puritan rules in Massachusetts?

a)

The changed their views

b)

They were sent back to England.

c)

They were forced to leave their colony

d)

The held religious discussions

17.

How did many of the Middle and Southern Colonies get started?

a)

Religious groups faced persecution in first colonies built.

b)

The English took the land from the Spanish.

c)

The colonists spread out to claim more land for England.

d)

King Charles II gave away large plots of land.