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SS Unit 1 Test Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the English colonies border?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Mexico

d)

Atlantic Ocean

2.

Native Americans helped the first colonists in Virginia and Plymouth grow crops and survive.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What did Native Americans and colonists DISAGREE about?

a)

growing food

b)

land ownership

c)

trading

d)

the weather

4.

What was a NEGATIVE impact of European colonists coming to the New World?

a)

Native Americans helping colonists

b)

Peaceful trading

c)

Native Americans died from new diseases

5.

What was a POSITIVE impact of European colonists coming to the New World?

a)

Disagreements about land

b)

Peaceful trading

c)

Native Americans died from new diseases

6.

Slavery was introduced in the colonies to provide labor for ____________________.

a)

plantations

b)

factories

c)

ship building

d)

exploring

7.

Rice, cotton, tobacco, and indigo were important _________________.

a)

foods

b)

flowers

c)

cash crops

d)

lumber sources

8.

Why was farming successful in the Southern colonies?

a)

cold climate

b)

rocky soil

c)

snowy winters

d)

warm climate

9.

The trade of goods and slaves between Europe, North America, and Africa is called ___________________.

a)

exploring

b)

triangular trade

c)

the New World

d)

the Middle Passage

10.

Middle Passage referred to the actual journey _____________ took from Africa to the Americas.

a)

explorers

b)

indentured servants

c)

Native Americans

d)

slaves

11.

Many slaves did not survive the Middle Passage because of ________________________.

a)

plenty of food

b)

lots of exercise

c)

horrible, unsafe conditions

d)

fresh air

12.

Which colonies were founded for religious freedom?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

13.

New England colonies depended on ship building and fishing because __________________________.

a)

the climate was too warm for farming

b)

the climate was too cold for farming

14.

Who formed Gullah culture in the Southern colonies?

a)

Puritans

b)

indentured servants

c)

enslaved Africans

d)

Quakers

15.

Enslaved Africans brought knowledge of raising animals and growing ______________ to the New World.

a)

forests

b)

rice

c)

corn

d)

beans

16.

Who were most likely indentured servants?

a)

enslaved Africans

b)

poor English workers

c)

women and children

d)

English royalty

17.

Why did indentured servants agree to work for several years in the New World?

a)

to meet Native Americans

b)

to own slaves

c)

to get out of jail

d)

to get passage to the New World paid for

18.

__________________ depended on slave labor.

a)

The lumber industry

b)

Fishing companies

c)

Plantations

19.

Most enslaved Africans were treated harshly and had to work long hours.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

Enslaved Africans did not help create the culture in South Carolina.

a)

true

b)

false