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Review for Hexter 1 test

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the first great city in what would become the United States?

a)

Tenochtitlan

b)

Cusco

c)

Chiapas

d)

Cahokia

2.

What animals were featured in the mounds?

a)

Snakes and birds

b)

fish and deer

c)

bird and dogs

d)

snakes and cows

3.
What group of Europeans reached North America 500 years before Columbus?
a)
Dutch
b)
Spanish
c)
Vikings
d)
Portuguese 
4.

Direct sea route through America that Europeans hoped to find

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Northwest passage

c)

St. Lawrence River

d)

Erie Canal

5.
What were Verrazano, Cartier, and Hudson searching for in North America?
a)
the City of Gold
b)
the Fountain of Youth
c)
the Northwest passage to Asia
d)
all of the above
6.
When Ponce de Leon was searching for the Fountain of Youth, he ended up exploring
a)
Arizona
b)
Florida
c)
Texas
d)
New Mexico
7.
What is the transfer of plants, animals, & diseases called?
a)
European Exploration
b)
Columbian Exchange
c)
Trans Atlantic Shipping
d)
The 3 G's of Exploration
8.
What item did the Europeans bring to the Americas?
a)
small pox
b)
horses
c)
pigs
d)
all of the choices
9.

What is a colony?

a)

a country/area under control by another country

b)

a state

c)

a piece of land that is not controlled by any country

d)

an area in a constant state of war

10.

Roanoke was located off the coast of which current state?

a)

Florida

b)

Michigan

c)

North Carolina

d)

South Carolina

11.
The first permanent English settlement in North America was
a)
Werowocomoco
b)
Yorktown
c)
Richmond
d)
Jamestown
12.

A formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony's geographic boundaries and specified how it was governed

a)

contract

b)

charter

c)

declaration

d)

Constitution

13.
The first permanent English settlement in North America was
a)
Werowocomoco
b)
Yorktown
c)
Richmond
d)
Jamestown
14.
What rule did John Smith make that saved the settlement?
a)
If you do not work, you do not eat.
b)
Treat others as you want to be treated.
c)
If you find gold, you get to keep it.
d)
You cannot have a raccoon as a pet.
15.
Why were Africans brought to Jamestown in 1619?
a)
To work on Sugar Plantations
b)
To seek Religious freedom
c)
To work on tobacco plantations
d)
To fight against American Indians
16.

Which fur was most important to the trading business for the French and the Dutch in New France and New Netherland?

a)

Deer

b)

Beaver

c)

Grizzly Bear

d)

Buffalo

17.

Crops, such as cotton or tobacco, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit.

a)

Colony

b)

Charter

c)

Cash Crop

d)

Civilization

18.

A system in which the king tried to increase his nation's wealth by having colonies only trade with the mother country.

a)

triangular trade

b)

cash crop

c)

joint stock company

d)

mercantilsim

19.

Which region is the Georgia Colony found in?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

20.

Which region is the Massachusetts Colony found in?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

21.

Which region is the Pennsylvania Colony found in?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

22.
People who lived in the New England colonies most likely had which of the following jobs?
a)
Farming
b)
Raising livestock
c)
Ship building and fishing
23.
Large farms, called ___________________, were spread throughout the Southern colonies.
a)
Trade centers
b)
Plantations
c)
Settlements
24.
Which group are the Southern colonies?
a)
Connecticut 
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachuttes
b)
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
New Jersey
d)
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Alabama
25.

Why did the Pilgrims come to a new land and form a settlement?

a)

They wanted to be ruled by a king in England

b)

They wanted freedom to practice their own religion

c)

They wanted to start plantations and earn money

d)

They wanted to learn from the Native Americans

26.

Which are the Middle Colonies?

a)

Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island

b)

Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia

c)

Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and New Jersey

27.

Which region was known as the "Bread Basket"?

a)

Northeastern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

New England Colonies

28.
Which were the New England Colonies?
a)
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
b)
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
c)
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
29.
In the Southern colonies, what was the economy mostly based on?
a)
Shipbuilding
b)
producing iron and textiles in factories
c)
whaling and fishing
d)
producing cash crops on large farms
30.
Which colonial region was settled by Puritans and Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
d)
Backcountry
31.
Which colonial region contained rocky soil and cold climate?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Backcountry
32.

What country ruled the colonies?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

The Netherlands

d)

France

33.

Which statement is true of the Back Country?

a)

They were rich and lived at the base of the Appalachians.

b)

They were poor and lived at the base of the Adirondacks.

c)

They were rich and lived at the base of the Adirondacks.

d)

They were poor and lived at the base of the Appalachians.

34.
What crops did the settlers in Carolina grow?
a)
corn and beans
b)
tobacco and rice
c)
rice and potatoes
d)
tomatoes and beans
35.
What religious group founded the Maryland Colony?
a)
Catholics
b)
Quakers
c)
Puritans
d)
Christians
36.
The majority of slaves that were brought to the American colonies were brought to...
a)
Work on plantations
b)
Work on the railroad
c)
Work building houses
d)
Work building ships
37.

Which is the term described as: a system in which a country attempts to amass wealth through trade with other countries, exporting more than it imports and increasing stores of gold and precious metals. This economic system was used by Britain to make money from the British colonies in America.

a)

mercantilism

b)

socialism

c)

communism

d)

capitalism

38.
What colony did William Penn help found?
a)
New Jersey
b)
New York
c)
Delaware
d)
Pennsylvania
39.

William Penn was part of a religious group known as...

a)

the Quakers

b)

the Puritans

c)

the Pilgrims

d)

the Native Americans

40.
The Quakers lived peacefully with the Native Americans.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
What did the Dutch call their colony in North America? 
a)
New York
b)
Dutch
c)
New Netherland
d)
Delaware
42.
New York was settled by___
a)
Sir George Carteret
b)
Us kids
c)
The Dutch
d)
Soccer players
43.

What was New York City originally called?

a)

New Dutch

b)

Amsterdam Colony

c)

New Amsterdam

d)

Hudson Island

44.

How did the English take New Netherland from the Dutch?

a)

The English won a war.

b)

The Dutch governor surrendered the colony.

c)

The Dutch ran away.

d)

The English paid the Dutch for the colony.

45.
When Britain captured the land of New York from the Dutch, who did the King give the land to?
a)
his brother, the Duke of York
b)
Roger Williams
c)
Anne Hutchinson
d)
William Penn
46.
What nickname was given to the Middle Colonies?
a)
The Breadbasket
b)
The Midlings
c)
The Potbelly
d)
The Topnotcher
47.
Name the Middle Colonies. 
a)
New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts
b)
New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania
c)
New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York
48.

Which of the following documents limited the power of the King of England? 1215!

a)

English Bill of Rights

b)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Mayflower Compact

49.

The Mayflower Compact foreshadows the U.S. Constitution in which of the following ways

a)

It places the source of government power in the people rather than in God or a King. "Governed by the consent of the people"

b)

It ensures both the right to free speech and the separation of church and state

c)

it establishes three branches of government in order to create a system of checks and balances.

d)

It grants equal rights to all residents regardless of race or gender.

50.

Which statement accurately describes the people who were allowed to vote in elections of representatives to colonial assemblies?

a)

they were colonists of means born in America

b)

they white were men who owned property

c)

they were women who were able to read and write

d)

they were colonists born in England

51.

Which statement explains the significance of the House of Burgesses?

a)

the assembly served as a model for other colonial legislatures. Democratic - representative government.

b)

colonists used the assembly to overrule decisions of the royal governor

c)

the assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent Virginia

d)

the king revoked Virginia's charter because the assembly became too powerful

52.
Which of the following provided the model for the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
English Bill of Rights
c)
Magna Carta
d)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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