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WorksheetsStudies Weekly 12: The Middle Colonies
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which colony is #1?
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Which colony is #2?
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Which colony is #3?
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Which colony is #4?
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
True or False: Quakers believed all men should be treated equally.
True
False
What does Pennsylvania mean?
Penn's silver
pencil wood
Penn's wood
pens of silver
This colony was given to the Duke of York.
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
True or False: New York was bought from the Manhattan tribe.
True
False
Land was good for ___________ in the Middle Colonies.
Fishing
Mining
Whaling
Farming
The Middle Colonies were called the __________ colonies because they grew a lot of grains.
Bread
Toast
Wheat
Oat
In what way did the Penn brothers NOT trick the Delaware tribe?
Using a fraudulent deed.
Using a trap.
Using an outdoorsman in an unfair advantage.
Using another Native American tribe.
Philadelphia is known as the city of ______ love.
motherly
sisterly
fatherly
brotherly
How did William Penn feel about the American Indians in Pennsylvania?
He hoped that the American Indians would all move out of the area.
He told the colonists to avoid the American Indians as much as possible.
He believed in treating the American Indians fairly.
He thought that the American Indians needed to be converted to Christianity.
What measurement was used to determine the boundaries of the newly purchased land?
Surveyors would come and mark off the boundaries.
It would be measured by how far a man could walk in a day and a half.
Someone would walk across the land and count their steps
It would be measured by how far a person could see while standing on a hill.
Why did the English want New Amsterdam?
They wanted control of the waterway and port.
They wanted to explore and trade with American Indians.
They wanted to get the Dutch out of the colonies.
They wanted a good place to farm.
In what state do the most Amish people live?
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Rhode Island
The Middle Colonies were different from the New England Colonies because they __________.
had not been settled by a single cultural group
had no English people settled in them
had farms
had sea ports
Compared to the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies __________.
had more laws
punished people who broke religious rules
had more trees
all had policies of religious tolerance
