WorksheetsUnit 1 Test Study Guide
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 24mins
I am the explorer that worked for Spain. I am credited with "discovering" America. Who am I?
Magellan
Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Pizarro
Which of these is NOT one of the major reasons for European exploration?
God
Glory
Gold
Goods
True or False: The "Columbian Exchange" was the movement of plants and animals between the "Old World" and the "New World".
True
False
After the arrival of Christopher Columbus and other explorers, Native Americans were dying in large numbers because of _________________.
Food Shortage
Fighting with Europeans
Diseases Brought by Europeans
Lack of Living Space
What was the "starving time"?
A time on the Mayflower where they had no food.
A time on the Middle Passage where they had no food.
A winter in Jamestown when everyone was starving because they had no food.
This image shows which historic event?
The Mayflower Voyage
The Middle Passage
Puritans at Plymouth
Barbary Pirates
The creation of the Virginia House of Burgesses was an important step towards the development of democracy in Colonial America because it...
Adopted a bill of rights for women.
Allowed citizens to vote directly on laws.
Established a representative government.
I am the region full of ship building, trade, and fishing. Which region am I?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
I am the region with the tidewaters, a long growing season and lots of plantations. Which region am I?
New England Colonies
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
I am the region with a moderate growing season, large farms that grow tobacco, trade, and navigable rivers.
Which region am I?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Which economic term is illustrated in the image above?
Mercantilism
Triangular Trade
Imperialism
Supply and Demand
What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?
The British lost most of their colonies in the Americas.
French colonies expanded westward.
Native Americans were given land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
England decided to make the American colonists pay their war debts.
People who live in the New England colonies mostly did what type of work?
Fishing, Ship Building, Trade
Farming
Planting Cash Crops
What were some of the positive effects of the Columbian Exchange?
Diseases were spread to Native Americans.
New foods, land, and plants were discovered.
Enslaved persons were brought to the Americas.
New homes were built in the colonies.
What cash crop helped the Virginia Colony to grow?
Rice
Cotton
Tobacco
Lumber is an example of a ________, which can be used to make a product.
Raw Material
Demand
Stock
What was England’s first successful permanent settlement in North America?
Roanoke
Plymouth
Jamestown
Quakers
What agreement did the Pilgrims sign on their way to North America? (Sets up a government in America)
The Constitution
The House of Burgesses
The Magna Carta
The Mayflower Compact
Which colony is known as “The Lost Colony”?
Jamestown
Plymouth
Roanoke
Puritans
Why were Africans brought to Jamestown in 1619?
To work on tobacco Plantations
To seek religious freedom
To fight the Native American tribes.
What is the Middle Passage?
The horrible journey taken by slaves to the New World.
The route taken by raw materials.
The route taken by finished materials.
The movement of goods and services between continents.
True or False: Many of the European explorers wished to spread Christianity to native people.
True
False
True or False: The slave trade, or triangular trade, ran from the 1500’s to the 1800’s.
True
False
Mercantilism is when __________.
Countries sell more (and for higher value) than they buy.
Colonists are forced to buy things for higher prices.
Raw materials are sold to colonies for high prices.
People who lived in the Middle colonies mostly did what type of work?
Farming, shipping, clothing production, and paper-making.
Farming, planting cash crops.
Fishing, whaling, trapping, shipbuilding, and logging.
People who lived in the Southern colonies mostly did what type of work?
Farming and owning plantations.
Ship building and trade.
Starting religious revivals.
Which of these is NOT a negative trait of the Columbian Exchange?
Diseases were spread to Native Americans.
Fighting between tribes and European colonists.
Native Americans and Africans were enslaved.
New foods, plants, and animals were discovered and brought to Europe.
Who were the first people to live in the "New World" ?
French
Spanish
Native American Tribes
British
What was one of the reasons England wanted to start colonies in North America?
To gain wealth.
To stop slavery.
To gain independence.
The Treaty of Paris 1763 ended which war?
The American Revolution
The French and Indian War
The Crusades
The French Revolution
The French and Indian War was between which two countries?
Britain and Spain
Britain and France
France and Spain
France and Indians
Who was the young military leader from Virginia who fought in the French and Indian war?
Edward Braddock
King George III
George Washington
William Pitt
What was the main cause of the French and Indian War?
The French and the British both wanted the Ohio River Valley.
The French and the Indians wanted the Ohio River Valley.
The Spanish and the British both wanted the same land.
The Americans and the British both wanted the same land.
Why do you think the Indians helped the French during the war?
The French forced them to fight because the Indians were enslaved by them.
The British attacked the Indians first, and the French decided to help the Indians.
The French and Indians cooperated with one another often; traded furs with one another.
The French were fighting the Indians in the war.... The Indians didn't help the French at all.
Which land area in North America was the French and Indian war fought over?
The Ohio River Valley
Canada
The East Coast
The West Coast
What other name was the French and Indian War called?
The American Revolution
The Seven Year's War
The War of the Roses
The French Revolution
According to the map, what was a result of the French and Indian War?
France lost its territory in North America to the British
France took over all of Canada
Native-Americans successfully kicked out the British and French from North America
France defeated the British
As a result of the cost of the war, what did King George III do to the colonists?
Killed them.
Removed them from the land like Native Americans.
Imposed taxes to help pay the war debt.
Paid for the war out of his own pocket.
How was the land divided after the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763?
Britain got it all.
Spain got everything west of the Mississippi and Britain got most of New France.
The Native Americans got half and Britain got half.
Spain got half and Great Britain got half.
What impact did the French and Indian War have on the Native Americans?
The Native Americans' traditional lands were now part of the British Empire.
The British and the Native Americans united to form one land.
The British and the Native Americans were allies after the war.
They were not affected by the war at all.
