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Colonization/Colonial Life

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which statement describes the GEOGRAPHY of the New England region?
a)
Rich soil, mild winter, flowing rivers
b)
Eskimos and polar bears
c)
Very rich soil, long growing season
d)
Rocky soil, very short growing season
2.
Which colonies are associated with the Southern region?
a)
Texas, California, Alaska
b)
N.Carolina, S.Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and Maryland
c)
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
d)
New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania 
3.
Which colony was established as a debtors colony?
a)
North Carolina
b)
New York
c)
Georgia
d)
Texas
4.
Which region had slavery as an economy?
a)
Southern
b)
New England
c)
Middle
d)
United States
5.
What is a characteristic of a Quaker?
a)
Strict religious practices
b)
Puritans and Pilgrams
c)
No religious practices
d)
Religious Tolerance
6.
Which Southern Colony was established as a refuge for Catholics?
a)
N. Carolina
b)
Maryland
c)
Georgia
d)
S. Carolina
7.
Which region was know for its strict religious groups?
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
d)
United States
8.
What type of economic system existed between Great Britain and the 13 colonies?
a)
Free trade
b)
Communism
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Salutary Neglect
9.
Which of the following was NOT a reason for European Colonization?
a)
Fur trade
b)
Spread Christianity
c)
Religious freedom
d)
Economic reasons
10.
The most significant thing about the Virginia House of Burgesses was that it was the first what of The New World?
a)
Established home in Jamestown
b)
English parliament established by the King 
c)
Representative assembly elected by the people
d)
Safe haven for escaped slaves 
11.
Which of the following was authored by Thomas Hooker?
a)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
Pennsylvania's 1st constitution
d)
Peace treaty between Pilgrims and Native Americans
12.
Which of the following was the first document written to establish a form of self-government?
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
d)
The New England Constitution
13.
Regardless of where the colony was located, all 13 colonies were by this bed of water.
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean
14.
Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania?
a)
William Penn
b)
Peter Stuyvesant
c)
King Charles II
d)
Tamanend
15.
What religious group founded the Maryland Colony with Lord Baltimore?
a)
Catholics
b)
Quakers
c)
Puritans
d)
Christians
16.
James Oglethorpe founded what colony for debtors?
a)
Georgia
b)
Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
17.

Place the events in order:

A. mayflower compact

B. Virginia house of Burgesses

C. Jamestown

D. Fundamental Order of Connecticut

a)
C,B,A,D
b)
A,B,C,D
c)
D,C,B,A
d)
C,B,D,A
18.
another word for Representative government and democracy-
a)
communism
b)
self- government
c)
monarchy
d)
dictatorship
19.
Why did the PILGRIMS and PURITANS come to America?
a)
gold
b)
slaves
c)
tobacco
d)
escape religious persecution
20.
Name a current state from the Southern Colonies. 
a)
New York
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Georgia
d)
New Jersey 
21.
Who wanted to reform and/or purify the church? 
a)
Puritans
b)
Quakers
c)
African Slaves 
d)
Separatists 
22.
Who wanted to break away from the church? 
a)
Dutch 
b)
Separatist 
c)
puritans 
d)
Pacifists 
23.
African Slaves were used heavily in the Southern Colonies because of the 
a)
immigration laws
b)
climate 
c)
Cash crops and plantations 
d)
pay 
24.
What cash crop was introduced to the colonists creating huge plantations and thousands of new settlers? 
a)
Tea
b)
corn 
c)
watermelon 
d)
tobacco 
25.
Who paid for their passage to the new world by agreeing to work without pay for a certain period of time? 
a)
students 
b)
African Slaves 
c)
Indentured Servants 
d)
Native Americans 
26.
This colony was the first attempt at a settlement, but failed. The members vanished.
a)
Jamestown 
b)
Jacksonville 
c)
Roanoke
d)
Washington DC
27.
This colony had a poor life expectancy. Colonists had little to no knowledge of farming and did not plant crops in anticipation of needing food long term. There was tension with Native Americans as well as diseases that decreased the colonists numbers by more than half. 
a)
Jamestown 
b)
Jacksonville 
c)
Roanoke 
d)
Washington DC
28.

The first governing document for the Pilgrims in America was the

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Declaration of Rights of Man

d)

Constitution

29.

Which of the following was the MAIN reason the Puritans left England?

a)

to develop new crops

b)

to establish a new monarchy in America

c)

to seek religious freedom

d)

to spread Catholic beliefs to American Indians

30.

Maryland and Pennsylvania were mainly founded for _____________ purposes.

a)

religious

b)

political

c)

economic

d)

isolation

31.

Which policy controlled colonies for all the MAJOR European trading countries in the 16th - 18th centuries?

a)

mercantilism

b)

revolution

c)

globalism

d)

democracy

32.

Economic Activities of Colonial America


New England Colonies ----- Merchant trade, shipbuilding, naval supplies, small farming, forestry, fishing


Middle Colonies ------ Dairy farming, wheat and grain farming


Southern Colonies ---- Rice, tobacco, indigo farming


Backcountry --- Small farming, hunting and fur trapping


Which factor most contributed to different patterns of economic activity among the colonies?

a)

differences of religion among colonial areas

b)

differences of culture among European settlers

c)

differences of physical geography and resources

d)

differences of the length of time a colony had existed

33.
All three colony areas (New England, Middle and Southern) were basically the same in how they made money and how their colonies ran. 
a)
True
b)
False 
34.
Name a current state from the Middle Colonies. 
a)
Virginia 
b)
North Carolina 
c)
Georgia 
d)
New York 
35.
Name a current state from the New England Colonies. 
a)
Georgia
b)
New Jersey
c)
North Carolina 
d)
Massachusetts 
36.
What cash crop was introduced to the colonists creating huge plantations and thousands of new settlers? 
a)
Tea
b)
corn 
c)
watermelon 
d)
tobacco 

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