WorksheetsColonization Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
Which crop was one of the first to be grown and sold to Europe by the South Carolina farmers?
cotton
peaches
rice
tobacco
What religion were the first people who settled Massachusetts?
Quaker
Catholic
Anglican
Puritan
From which part of Africa were most slaves captured?
North Africa
East Africa
South Africa
West Africa
What animal did Native Americans trade for the most?
dogs
wolves
bears
horses
Where did the English establish the 13 Colonies in North America?
along the Pacific coast
along the Atlantic coast
along the Mississippi River
along the Rocky Mountains
How did the Native Americans help the early European colonists in North America?
They invaded Asian colonies
They helped colonists grow new crops
They joined colonial militaries
They taught English to the colonists
The Netherlands created colonies in which present day state?
Georgia
Maine
New York
Virginia
What was one reason why Europeans moved to the North American Colonies?
to defend the Native Americans
to go to war with the Native Americans
to end the slave trade
to gain religious freedom
Which social group made these contributions to the culture of South Carolina:
sweetgrass basket weaving
fried cooking styles
storytelling methods
African Slaves
European Colonists
Native American Tribes
South American Explorers
The Cherokee people lived in _____________.
grass huts
longhouses
clay houses
wigwams
Which Native American tribe was known as the "River People"?
Cherokee
Catawba
Yemassee
Seminole
From which country did South Carolina adopt the plantation system?
Barbados
France
Hati
Portugal
What was the first capital of South Carolina?
Charles Town
Columbia
Greenville
Sumter
Which culture was formed from the traditions of African slaves?
plantation
Elite
Gullah
Native American
In what region of South Carolina did slavery first become important?
backcountry
Blue Ridge
Low Country
Piedmont
Cash crops such as tobacco, rice and indigo used the following resource to help transport and trade.
rivers
mountainous regions
dirt roads
Appalachian Mountains
The part of triangular trade that brought slaves across the Atlantic Ocean was called ______________________.
Trail of Tears
The Triangular Route
The Final Passage
The Middle Passage
The large farm in the Southern colonies with enslaved people from Africa that grew tobacco, rice, and/or indigo is called a ____________________________.
plantation
staple crop
Middle Passage
immigrant
What is the middle passage?
the trip from England to Africa
the trip from England to the Americas
the trip from Africa to the Americas
the trip from Africa to England
What is mercantilism?
the mother country gains money from natural resources that come from its colonies
where colonies trade gold and silver with each other
wars that start over money
plantation colonies trading slaves for money
Why were the Middle, or Mid-Atlantic, Colonies nicknamed "The Bread Basket" of the New World?
They grew many types of grain
Making baskets made them rich
They ate bread with every meal
They imported many types of grain
New England's economy was based on ______.
Plantations
Trade with the other colonies
Fishing and ship building
religious retreats
A highly desirable product made from this crop was used to dye fabric, particularly the cloth of royalty.
Yellow
Gold
Periwinkle
Indigo
Highly desirable product made from this crop was used to dye fabric, particularly the cloth of royalty
Yellow
Gold
Periwinkle
Indigo
What was the Columbian Exchange?
a system of trade in Colombia
an exchange between the Old World and New World
the name for the holiday that celebrates Incan king
the exchange of cultures and ideas between the ancient civilizations of Latin America
Which colony attracted a greater atmosphere of TRUE religious freedom?
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
Georgia Colony
Which colonial region had a long growing season and fertile soil?
Middle Atlantic
Southern
New England
Texas
What need resulted in slaves being brought to the colonies from Africa?
Blacksmiths and timber mills wanted to hire workers for their businesses.
The planters (plantation owners) needed more workers to plant and harvest the crops.
Fur traders were in need of people they could hire to set traps in the area.
At first, colonists attempted to enslave Native Americans to work on their fields. Which of the following is one reason this plan didn’t succeed?
Native Americans were moving to the west to settle on new lands.
Local tribes went to war with colonists living in the south.
The number of Native Americans was declining due to the impact of disease.
As the number of indentured servants brought to the colonies to work on plantations DECREASED, where did colonists go to find workers?
France
Africa
Spain
What motivated most people to become indentured servants?
They were skilled servants
They had land in the New World (America)
They could earn passage to come to the New World (America)
African slaves brought the knowledge of how to farm which cash crop to South Carolina?
wheat
rice
tobacco
corn
