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WorksheetsCBA #1 2021
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
The Mayflower Compact was the representative government for which of the early colonies?
Jamestown
Plymouth
Roanoke
Virginia
What was John Smith best known for?
He helped in founding Plymouth.
He helped in founding Jamestown.
He helped fight in the American Revolution.
He helped in founding Roanoke.
Who helped create Plymouth colony and served as the governor five times?
Anne Hutchinson
John Smith
John White
William Bradford
Which of the following was the leading industry of the New England colonies?
shipbuilding
wheat and barley
tobacco
rice
Which colonial region contained rocky soil and a cold climate?
Backcountry
New England
Southern
Middle
What was the WEST side boundary of the 13 Colonies?
Appalachian Mountains
Mississippi River
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
What is the EASTERN side boundary of the 13 colonies?
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Appalachian Mountains
Mississippi River
Who might have said, " I taught the Pilgrims how to fish and grow corn."?
Rolfe
Squanto
Williams
John Smith
Which of the following was England’s first permanent colony?
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Virginia
What is the name of the group that might have said, "Our people came to the New World in search of religious freedom and when we arrived we established Plymouth colony."?
Quakers
Pilgrims
Spanish
French
Which of the following created a form of representative government?
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
Queen
Free Enterprise
Why were the Middle Colonies nicknamed “The Breadbasket” of the colonies?
They ate bread every day.
They were forced to make bread.
They bought grains from other countries.
They grew many different types of grains.
The economy of the Southern Colonies was based primarily on which of the following?
shipbuilding
cash crops
whaling
wheat
Who was leader and founder of the Pennsylvania colony?
Roger Williams
William Penn
John Wise
John Smith
Whose colony was a safe place for the Quakers?
William Bradford
John Smith
Roger Williams
William Penn
What type of government is established based on their heritage or birthright?
Self government
Representative
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Who was a Native American who befriended the English settlers at Jamestown?
Rolfe
John Smith
Pocahontas
Roger Williams
Which colonial region was settled by people with many different (diverse) cultural and religious backgrounds?
Middle Colony
Southern Colony
New England Colony
Virginia
Which colonists were farmers AND plantation owners who grew tobacco?
New England
Southern
Middle
Virginia
Which of the following is considered “The Lost Colony?”
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Virginia
Which is NOT a reason explorers wanted to explore the New World?
They wanted to spread their religion.
To gain more land for their country.
To find gold and other riches
To create new trades
Many European explorers decided to cross the Atlantic Ocean in order to –
Discover better farmland
Find new plants and animals
Become a leader of their own country
Discover new sources of wealth
Which of the following explorers is best known for his exploration to discover the fountain of youth and being the first European to discover Florida?
Henry Hudson
Juan Ponce de Leon
Robert de La Salle
Christopher Columbus
Which explorer conquered the Aztec’s?
Henry Hudson
Robert de La Salle
Hernando Cortes
Juan Ponce de Leon
Which French explorer explored the Great Lakes, Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico?
Robert de La Salle
Hernando Cortes
Juan Ponce de Leon
Henry Hudson
Which explorer had a bay, strait and a river named after him?
Henry Hudson
Robert de La Salle
Juan Ponce de Leon
Christopher Columbus
Which explorer was looking for the Northwest Passage?
Juan Ponce de Leon
Robert de La Salle
Henry Hudson
Hernando Cortes
Which is an example of a push factor?
disease
jobs
opportunity
land
Which is NOT an example of a pull factor?
opportunity
religious freedom
land and resources
harsh government
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Which is NOT a reason for explorers to explore the New World?
God
glory
gold
Garfield
Who started Providence, Rhode Island after being expelled from the Massachusetts colony?
Anne Hutchinson
William Penn
Roger Williams
Squanto
What was the prominent religion in the Southern colonies?
Catholics
Puritans
Quakers
They had no religion.
Which colony was known to welcome many diverse people and groups?
New England colony
Middle colony
Southern colony
Virginia
What did the New England colonies trade with Europe?
raw materials
tobacco
wheat
cars
What did Europe trade with the Colonies?
fish
manufactured goods
wood
rice
What is the oldest continuous occupied settlement in the United States?
St. Augustine
Jamestown
St. Elsewhere
Mansfield
Who was the woman who angered Puritan leaders and was forced to leave Massachusetts?
Pocahontas
Anne Hutchinson
Jane Doe
Paula Pilgrim
