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European Colonization & Life in the Colonies

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I am a Middle Colony that did NOT develop like the colony of New York because I have no natural harbors.

a)

New Hampshire

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

New Jersey

d)

Maryland

2.

cold climate and rocky soil

a)

describes the New England Colonies

b)

describes the Middle Colonies

c)

describes the Southern Colonies

d)

describes all 3 colonial regions

3.

I am a colony that got its start by Swedish settlers though I still remained under the authority of William Penn.

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Delaware

c)

Maryland

d)

New Jersey

4.

Puritanism

a)

I am the religion practiced by the settlers in Massachusetts Bay Colony.

b)

I am the religion practiced by all Christians who were not Catholic.

c)

I am the religion practiced by those of the Catholic faith.

d)

None of these answers are correct.

5.

In which colonial region was religion a unifying (uniting - bringing together) feature?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

All of the answers had religion as a unifier.

6.

What document was the first written plan of self-government of an American colony?

a)

Exeter Compact

b)

Fundamental Order of Connecticut

c)

Portsmouth Compact

d)

Mayflower Compact

7.

Which region enjoyed the greatest diversity of religion and ethnic backgrounds?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

8.

Georgia

a)

Colony started by James Oglethorpe

b)

Colony started by eight English nobles

c)

Colony started by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon

d)

Colony started by Cecil Calvert (Lord Baltimore)

9.

What region had the LEAST amount of religious tolerance?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

B

10.

What region contained two of the largest cities in colonial American, New York City and Philadelphia?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

11.

I was a proprietary colony given to eight English nobles by King Charles II and had a constitution written by John Locke.

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

Carolina

d)

Georgia

12.

What name was given to the 1609-1610 period in Jamestown when many settlers died of hunger, disease, and Native American attacks?

a)

The Starving Time

b)

The Hunger Time

c)

The Suffering Time

d)

The Abandoned Time

13.

I am one of the Native Americans who helped the Pilgrims by teaching them to catch fish and grow corn.

a)

Squanto

b)

Pocahontas

c)

Powhatan

d)

Manteo

14.

What act was passed in the colony of Maryland which granted to all Christians religious freedom to worship as they wished?

a)

The Awakening Act of 1649

b)

The Religious Act of 1649

c)

The Puritan Act of 1649

d)

The Toleration Act of 1649

15.

What cash crop was instrumental in bringing about economic stability in the early years of the Virginia colony?

a)

cotton

b)

indigo

c)

rice

d)

tobacco

16.

What colonial region was well suited for farming (agriculture) because of its fertile soil and warm, temperate climate?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

17.

In what region did colonists live the most isolated lives because they were spread out on large farms (plantations)?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

18.

Slavery, while it existed in all three regions, took the greatest hold in what region because of the need for farm labor?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

19.

What term below means "large farms?"

a)

subsistence farms

b)

plantations

c)

crop sharing

d)

livestock farms

20.

What was the name of the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland?

a)

Dixon-Mason Line

b)

Calvert-Berkeley Line

c)

Bacon's Line

d)

Mason-Dixon Line

21.

I was the first financially successful in English colony in the New World.

a)

Roanoke, North Carolina

b)

Jamestown, North Carolina

c)

Roanoke, Virginia

d)

Jamestown, Virginia

22.

What rebellion showed that the government could not ignore the demands of the people?

a)

Berkeley's Rebellion

b)

Bacon's Rebellion

c)

James' Rebellion

d)

Nathanial's Rebellion

23.

A reviving of religious faith and beliefs that began in the 1730's was known as the ____.

a)

Great Revival

b)

Great Migration

c)

Great Movement

d)

Great Awakening

24.

A ____ wanted to stay with the Church of England but cleanse it while a ____ wanted to completely break from the Church of England.

a)

Quaker; Puritan

b)

Separatist; Puritan

c)

Separatist; Quaker

d)

Puritan; Separatist

25.

Which of the following was NOT a type of colony during the colonial era?

a)

parliamentary

b)

royal

c)

proprietary

d)

charter

26.

The Mayflower Compact

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

town meetings

The above are examples of the colonists determination to ___.

a)

keep indentured servants from coming to the colonies

b)

exercise self-government and govern themselves

c)

be peaceful with Native Americans

d)

prevent movement up the social ladder

27.

I helped Jamestown survive by adopting the motto "If you don't work, you don't eat."

a)

John White

b)

John Smith

c)

John Winthrop

d)

John Rolfe

28.

I was known as the "breadbasket" colonial region.

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

29.

I am the colonial region you would want to settle in if you were interested in economic opportunities and making a profit.

a)

Southern

b)

New England

c)

Middle

30.

If you were coming to the New World for religious freedom to practice Puritanism, I would be the colonial region in which you would want to settle.

a)

Middle

b)

New England

c)

Southern

d)

W

31.

If you were coming to the New World for both religious freedom and economic opportunities, in what colonial regions would you want to settle?

a)

Southern

b)

New England

c)

Middle

d)

W

32.

The ____ was a time when 15,000-22,000 people left England during the 1630's and 1640's.

a)

Great Migration

b)

Great Awakening

c)

Mass Migration

d)

English Transference

33.

Why did Virginia replace indentured servants with African slaves?

a)

It was required by English law.

b)

Africa was closer than Europe.

c)

Africans were more willing to work.

d)

It provided a permanent source of labor.

34.

Which of these made the laws in most of the colonies?

a)

the church leaders

b)

the King of England

c)

the English governor

d)

an elected assembly

35.

What are examples of cash crops grown in the Southern colonies?

a)

wheat, corn, barley

b)

rice, citrus fruit, wheat

c)

grain, tobacco, wheat

d)

rice, indigo, tobacco

36.

I was the first English colony in the New World though I was abandoned and nicknamed the "Lost Colony."

a)

Plymouth

b)

Jamestown

c)

Massachusetts Bay

d)

Roanoke