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Colony Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were two of the main reasons why many colonies were founded?

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

Money

c)

They were bored

d)

To grow corn

2.

Who was the Virginia colony named after?

a)

Queen Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen

b)

The King of England

c)

Duke of York

d)

John Winthrop

3.

Who founded the colony of Massachusetts?

a)

King Charles

b)

John Winthrop

c)

Roger Williams

d)

Thoms Hooker

4.

What year was Maryland founded?

(a)  

5.

Rhode Island had many natural resources because of its access to the ___________.

a)

Churches

b)

Sea

c)

Forests

d)

Corn Fields

6.

Which colony was founded by the Dutch Duke of York?

a)

New York

b)

California

c)

New Jersey

d)

North Carolina

7.

Thomas Hooker founded this colony that was known for its fur trading, ship building, and whaling.

a)

New Jersey

b)

Connecticut

c)

Rhode Island

d)

New Hampshire

8.

What year was New Hampshire founded and by whom?

a)

1638, John Mason

b)

1638, John Hancock

c)

1653, John Mason

d)

1636, Thomas Hooker

9.

Why was the colony of Delaware founded?

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

Freedom to make its own laws

c)

To grow corn

d)

To grow Tobacco

10.

Delaware had a long growing _____ and fertile _____.

a)

season, soil

b)

soil, season

c)

season, corn

d)

season, tobacco

11.

Which colony was founded in 1633 to make money?

a)

New Hampshire

b)

Delaware

c)

North Carolina

d)

New Jersey

12.

This colony was broken into two colonies because it was too large to govern.

a)

Georgia

b)

North Carolina

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

New Jersey

13.

Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret founded the colony of __________.

a)

New Hampshire

b)

North Carolina

c)

New Jersey

d)

South Carolina

14.

Pennsylvania was named after _____________ in _____.

a)

William Penn, 1685

b)

James Penn, 1685

c)

William Penn, 1681-1682

d)

James Penn, 1681-1682

15.

Georgia was founded as a place for __________.

a)

poor people and criminals

b)

Corn growing

c)

Religious people

d)

people to have fun

16.

THREE foods that would have been found on the Mayflower were?

a)

Hard Bread

b)

Dried Pies

c)

Oatmeal

d)

In-n-Out

17.

What did the master use to keep the ship on course?

a)

The quadrant and cross staff

b)

Google Maps

c)

Map

d)

Luck

18.

The Mayflower was built as a passenger ship.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Nobody Knows

19.

Pilgrim homes had a ________ roof.

a)

metal

b)

no roof

c)

thatch

d)

corn

20.

The Wampanoag made their clothing from __________.

a)

Clothes? Who made clothes

b)

Deerskin

c)

Corn parts

d)

Fish Skin