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WorksheetsColonial America Quiz 1
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 16mins
What is the first English colony in North America? Also known as the Lost Colony.
Roanoke Island
Jamestown
Plymouth
St. Augustine
When was Jamestown established?
1607
1610
1587
1620
What is the survival rate of settlers at Jamestown in the first few years?
~10%
~15%
~20%
~25%
What colony is established by the Pilgrims with the Mayflower Compact the first self-governing document in North America?
Plymouth
Massachusetts Bay
Hartford
Providence
When was Plymouth established?
1620
1630
1607
1587
What colony is established in present-day Boston by the Puritans?
Massachusetts Bay
Plymouth
Providence
Hartford
Which of the following is NOT a colony of New England?
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
New Jersey
What is it called when an economy, region, or business focuses on producing one or a few products really well?
Economic specialization
Interdependence
Joint-stock company
Independent venture
What is it called when two or more people depend on each other for goods and services?
Interdependence
Independent venture
Private capital
Economic Specialization
What are the economic specializations of the New England colonies?
Fishing/whaling, shipbuilding, and metal tools and equipment
Livestock and grains
Mass production of cash crops and forest products
Textile and shipping
What is the center of social life in New England?
Church and town
Cities with varied and diverse cultures
Plantations
London
Nearly all New England colonists are what kind of Christians?
Protestants
Quakers
Catholics
Orthodox
How are political and civic issues discussed and enacted (made into law) in New England?
Town meetings
Large market cities
County governments
Royal decree
What is unique about the New England colonists?
They value education.
They are diverse and tolerant.
There are two distinct worlds of tide water plantations and mountainous back-country farms.
They negotiate with American Indians.
Which of the following is NOT a colony of the Mid-Atlantic colonies?
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New Hampshire
What series of wars between Great Britain and the Netherlands will ultimately give Great Britain control of New Netherlands (renamed New York)?
Anglo-Dutch Wars
French and Indian War
War of Spanish Succession
Napoleonic Wars
What are the economic specializations of the Mid-Atlantic colonies?
Livestock and grains
Fishing/whaling, shipbuilding, and metal tools and equipment
Mass production of cash crops and forest products
Textile and shipping
What is social life like in the Mid-Atlantic colonies?
Cities with varied and diverse cultures.
Church and town
Plantations
London
What different religious groups live in the Mid-Atlantic colonies?
Protestants, Quakers, Catholics, and Jews
Protestants, Catholics, Occult Mystics, and Jews
Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus
Pentecostals, Jehovah Witness, Mormons, and Free Masons
How are political and civic issues discussed and enacted in the Mid-Atlantic colonies?
In large market cities
Town meetings
County governments and legislative assemblies
Royal decree
What is unique about the Mid-Atlantic colonists?
They are diverse and tolerant.
They value education.
There are two distinct worlds of tide water plantations and mountainous back-country farms.
They negotiate with American Indians.
What are the five Southern colonies?
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
What are the human resources of the Southern colonies?
Free farmers and planters, Enslaved African Americans, Indentured Servants
Fishermen/whalers, skilled craftsman, and merchants
Skilled and unskilled workers, farmers, fishermen, and merchants
Soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines
What are the economic specializations of the Southern colonies?
Mass production of cash crops and forest products
Fishing/whaling, shipbuilding, and metal tools and equipment
Livestock and grain
Textile and shipping
How are political and civic issues discussed and enacted in the Southern colonies?
County governments and legislative assemblies
In large market cities
Town meetings
Royal decree
What is America's first legislative body established in Virginia in 1619?
House of Burgesses
House of Representatives
the Senate
Parliament
What is unique about the Southern colonists?
There are two distinct worlds of tidewater plantations and mountainous back-country farms.
They are diverse and tolerant.
They value education.
They negotiate with American Indians.
Bonus: What English speaking American Indian of the Patuxet-Wamponoag is most responsible for teaching Plymouth how to survive in the New World?
(a)
Bonus: What is the original name of New York City, when founded by the Dutch?
(a)
