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WorksheetsColonization Mid 6 Weeks Test 2021-22
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 20mins
A combination of famine, disease, and harsh winter killed many of the Jamestown settlers between late 1609 and 1610, this was known as the
Boston Tea Party
Black Death
Starving Times
Witch Trials
This group settled in Plymouth to avoid further religious persecution in England.
Indentured servants
slaves
Witches
Pilgrims
Cash crops such as rice, indigo, and tobacco were important to which colonial region?
New England
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
Plymouth
The practice of carefully controlling trade to create and maintain wealth was called
Mercantilism
Brokering
Capitalism
Smuggling
For which group was tobacco considered Virginia Gold?
Jamestown
Plymouth
Massachusetts Bay
New Amserdam
What were two main reasons people left England to settle in the colonies?
glory and God
economics and glory
glory and religious freedom
economics and religious freedom
What allowed people in the New England colonies to make money by building large ships?
The forests covered the colonies, and the colonists built ships using wood from the forest.
The colonies grew cash crops, and colonists used the money to build large ships.
Gold was discovered, and colonists built large ships to transport the valuable resource.
The colonies had a lot of iron ore, and colonists built ships using iron from their mine.
The reasons that European countries wanted to explore and conquer the Americas were:
gold
god
glory
all of the above
This country was the friendliest with the Native Americans?
France
England
Portugal
Spain
The newly discovered "America's" were labeled as the ________ world.
New
Old
Colony
Wealthy
Who are the "Big Three" European nations colonizing the Americas?
England
France
Spain
Greece
Which "G" of Exploration is described below?
"Countries in the 'Old World' were coming to the 'New World' for Wealth and Economic Gain"
God
Glory
Gold
Which "G" of Exploration is described below?
"Nationalism and desire for gold pushed people to want fame and power for their homeland."
God
Glory
Gold
Which "G" of Exploration is described below?
"Explorers wanted to spread Christianity to the 'New World.' "
God
Glory
Gold
What geographic feature formed a natural western boundary for the 13 colonies?
Appalachian Mountains
Hudson River
Atlantic Ocean
Great Lakes
How did geography influence the economic development of Boston, New York and Charleston?
There were large plantations around the cities
The cities were close together so they could trade easily
Large factories in the cities provided lots of jobs
Natural harbors made the cites ideal shipping centers
Which ocean is located on the eastern coast of the United States?
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Southern Ocean
