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WorksheetsUnits 1 & 2 DEOC REVIEW - Exploration and Colonies
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
Which of the following was America's first PERMANENT English settlement?
Jamestown
St. Augustine
Plymouth
Roanoke
An example of colonial self-government is:
The Continental Congress
The House of Representatives
Parliament
The House of Burgesses
The Middle Colonies had more diversity than New England or Southern colonies because:
Their climate was diverse.
Political systems varied.
They tolerated different groups of people
Their geography was diverse.
Early colonists who worked off their debt in exchange for passage to America were called:
Indentured servants
Bond servants
Sharecroppers
Slaves
Characteristics of the New England colonies include all of the follow EXCEPT:
Small towns and self-government
Intolerance of religion
Large farms for growing cash crops
Political freedom
Who traded in the Columbian Exchange?
Australia and the Americas
Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Antarctica and the Americas
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
What did the French trade for with Native Americans?
Gold
Silk
Fur
Spices
Which explorer discovered Florida?
Pedro Menendez de Aviles
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
The _________ is an all water route through the Americas (Atlantic to Pacific).
Strait
Carrack
Northwest Passage
Caraval
__________ is the idea that the mother country benefits from colonization.
Reformation
Mercantilism
Exploration
Monarchy
During the Columbian Exchange, what caused the most Native American deaths?
Disease
Warfare with other Natives
Natural disasters
Warfare with Europeans
When was St. Augustine founded?
1607
1492
1513
1565
What was the first free African American settlement in the US?
Fort Caroline
Castillo de San Marcos
Fort Matanzas
Fort Mose
Which cash crop did John Rolfe introduce to the Jamestown settlement?
Rice
Indigo
Tobacco
Sugar Cane
Why did Puritans settle in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630?
England had a drought
Puritans wanted to get rich from gold and the fur trade
Puritans escaped those who practiced witchcraft against them
Puritans were persecuted against and wanted religious freedom
Which of the following is NOT an example of COLONIAL representative government?
Magna Carta
House of Burgesses
New England Town Meetings
Maryland Act of Toleration
Which colonial region was very tolerant and "welcomed with open arms?"
Middle
Southern
New England
Frontier
Which colonial region focused on its religion, was very strict, and focused on education?
New England
Middle
Southern
Frontier
Which colonial region focused primarily on its economy and "the rich came to get richer?"
Middle
Southern
New England
Frontier
What was the MAJOR effect of Bacon's Rebellion?
It increased the gap between the wealthy and the poor
Colonists felt a closer alliance with England
Colonists stopped growing tobacco
Colonies began to use slavery instead of indentured servants
Which colonial region had good harbors, thin and rocky soil, and a short growing season?
Middle
New England
Southern
Frontier
"We must consider that we shall be a City upon a Hill. The eyes of all people are upon us."
~John Winthrop, 1630
What did John Winthrop mean by a "City upon a Hill?"
Puritans must fight to expand their power
Puritans must build their city on the highest land
Most colonists do not approve of the Puritan lifestyle
Puritans must be an example to others
What was the significance of King Philip's War?
Natives and colonists learned to share the land and live peacefully
The natives killed all of the Puritans
It created a friendly trading relationship
An alliance of native tribes working together to stop colonial expansion
Who founded Pennsylvania as a place for differences to be accepted?
James Oglethorpe
Lord Baltimore
William Penn
Roger Williams
"The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us ..."
What is the main idea of the quote above?
Treatment of Natives
Slavery in the colonies
Examples of Puritan rituals
Life along the Middle Passage
Why did colonists resist the Navigation Acts?
They resented the King for not giving them a voice in Parliament
Colonists wanted to manufacture their own goods and sell them to other markets
England preferred resources from Africa instead of their own American colonies
The Navigation Acts gave power to only the New England colonies
In what year did the first African slaves arrive in Jamestown?
1619
1776
1807
1865
"He who works not, eats not."
What civic virtue does John Smith suggest?
Everyone has a responsibility to their community
The harder you work, the more food you get
The more food you eat, the harder you can work
Communities must feed all citizens
A three way trade relationship between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is called ____.
Middle Passage
Triangular Trade
Bacon's Rebellion
Columbian Exchange
People who refuse to fight are called ___.
Pacifists
Indentured Servants
Patroons
Puritans
What THREE struggles did early Jamestown settlers face? (Check all that apply)
Lack of settler skills
Problems with their environment
Conflict with the Powhatan
Lack of representative government
Which of the following is the name for the route in which slaves were brought to the Americas in Triangular Trade?
Columbian Exchange
Northwest Passage
Mercantilism
Middle Passage
Which of the following is an inference about the political cartoon above?
Colonies benefited the most from mercantilism.
Mercantilism decreased the demand for slave labor.
Mercantilism led to competition for resources among European countries
Colonies were not worth the trouble for mother countries.
What did Thomas Hooker and Anne Hutchinson have in common?
They founded St. Louis, Missouri
They established a new government in Massachusetts
Both became leaders of the Puritans
Both disagreed with the Puritans and left Massachusetts
Why did children in New England learn how to read and write?
To help them get jobs outside of the home
So that they did not get punished in schools
To be able to read the Bible
So they could read and write for their families
Which of the following is an example of colonial self-government?
Parliament
Town hall meetings
Magna Carta
Salem Witch Trials
Which group lived in the Middle Colonies and believed all people were equal?
Catholics
Pilgrims
Puritans
Quakers
What did the Great Awakening represent?
New ideas about freedom
Scientific equations
Renewed belief in civic virtue
A religious revival
Which of the following is true based on the excerpt above?
Settlers had to leave Jamestown because there was no rainfall.
Disease spread at Jamestown because of waste trapped in the water.
There was an abundance of rainfall at Jamestown which allowed cash crops to grow.
The tides at Jamestown provided adequate water supply.
According to the chart, what happened to the Jamestown colony from 1607-1611?
Abundant rainfall
Drought
Fish were abundant
Native attacks
What problems does this chart suggest about the Jamestown colony?
Jamestown settlers included a variety of jobs to accomplish building a colony
The first settlers did not know what sort of people to bring for a successful colony
Men and women arrived in Jamestown by 1808
Gentlemen made up the smallest group of first settlers
How did Francis West contribute to deaths at Jamestown?
The colonists stole food from the Natives and left Jamestown, leaving the colonists without enough food
Francis West and his crew were killed by the Natives
The Natives did not trade with West leading to a shortage of food
Francis West refused to trade with the Natives leading to a shortage of food
