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Day 1 Synch Exploration/Colonization Drill

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were 3 reasons why the Europeans decided to explore and colonize the new world?

a)

Social-God

b)

Democracy- Goals

c)

Economic- Gold

d)

Political- Glory

2.

This region had rocky soil, harsh winters, harbors, and swift rivers. People there did whaling, traded furs, and harvested lumber

a)

Middle (Mid-Atlantic) colonies

b)

Southern Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

3.

This region had a moderate climate with fertile soil. This region farmed grains and it would become the breadbasket of the colonies. Quakers lived here.

a)

Middle (Mid-Atlantic) Colonies

b)

Southern Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

4.

This region had flat, fertile soil and a long growing season. Agriculture was very important to the region. Plantation owners would use slaves to cultivate cash crops like cotton.

a)

Middle (Mid-Atlantic) Colonies

b)

Southerner Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

5.

What is another term for representative institutions, self-rule, town hall meetings general assembly, and colonial legislatures?

a)

Self-Government

b)

Communism

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Monarchy

6.

What 3 documents or institutions are examples of self-government in the colonies?

a)

Constitution

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Virginia House of Burgesses

d)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

7.

When was the Mayflower Compact signed?

a)

1607

b)

1619

c)

1620

d)

1639

8.

What 4 colonies were established for religious reasons?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Georgia

c)

Maryland

d)

Pennsylvania

e)

Rhode Island

9.

What name or group is associated with that Massachusetts?

a)

Quakers

b)

Puritans

c)

Catholics

d)

Debtors

10.

What name or group is associated with that Pennsylvania?

a)

Quakers

b)

Puritans

c)

Catholics

d)

Debtors

11.

What name or group is associated with that Rhode Island?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

William Penn

c)

Thomas Hooker

d)

James Oglethorpe

12.

What 2 characteristics of cities like New York, Boston, Charleston, and New Orleans made them important to the colonial economy?

a)

Cliffs and Ports

b)

Flat lands and Harbors

c)

Ports and Harbors

d)

Ports and Hills

13.

What colony was the 1st permanent English settlement and founded in 1607?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Plymouth

c)

Jamestown

d)

Williamsburg

14.

Self- government developed in the colonies for these 2 reasons:

a)

distance from Britain

b)

King was a tyrant

c)

colonist had no vote in Parliament

d)

protective tariffs