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Colonial America Practice

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What cash crop was most common in the South region?

a)

tobacco

b)

cotton

c)

sugar

d)

oranges

2.

Which region would people go to for religious freedom?

a)

South

b)

Middle

c)

New England

d)

Stay in Europe

3.

What is indentured servitude?

a)

fake teeth

b)

Become someone's slave

c)

Pay off a debt to someone by working for them

d)

being a servant and never being able to leave

4.

What does the term 'indigineous people' refer to?

a)

the people already living at a location, the original people

b)

people who leave a country

c)

people who move to a country

d)

people who fight the native people

5.

Which of the following is NOT a reason people would go start a new colony?

a)

gold

b)

cash crops

c)

religious freedom

d)

start an army

6.

type of currency of Great Britain?

a)

pound

b)

dollar

c)

franc

d)

euro

7.

This region had slavery.

a)

south

b)

middle

c)

new england

d)

no slavery

8.

This document gave people the right to settle lands in a new country.

a)

google doc

b)

charter

c)

reciept

d)

tax form

9.

Why did the south have slavery?

a)

There were a lot of businesses in the South

b)

Because the slaves were from the South

c)

the type of farming required a lot of people doing miserable jobs

d)

The slaves chose to go there

10.

What continent did the colonists come from?

a)

South America

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

11.

Which region focused on shipping and fishing?

a)

South

b)

Middle

c)

No region did this.

d)

New England

12.

Why would tobacco not be grown in the New England region?

a)

the environment would not allow tobacco to grow

b)

people didn't know how

c)

they didn't care about money

d)

Spain wouldn't let them

13.

This tribe interacted with the people of Jamestown.

a)

Apache

b)

Powhatan

c)

Objibwe

d)

Croatoan

14.

Pocahontas married _______.

a)

John Smith

b)

John Rolfe

c)

John Deere

d)

Jimmy Johns

15.

What allowed Jamestown to prosper?

a)

cash crop of tobacco

b)

cash crop of cotton

c)

struck gold

d)

they stole from Pocahonta's tribe

16.

Where did the "Starving Time" happen?

a)

Roanoke

b)

Jamestown

c)

New England

d)

Did not happen

17.

What was carved on a TREE when John White returned to Roanoke?

a)

The word "Croatoan"

b)

The word "Cro"

c)

The world "Help!"

d)

The phrase "Ready or not, here I come!"

18.

What happened to the colony at Roanoke?

a)

they sailed away and drowned at sea

b)

nobody knows, it's a mystery

c)

They all died of disease

d)

they were attacked by native tribe

19.

What ocean would the colonists have to sail across to get to the new world?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Arctice

d)

Indian

20.

What is is called if something bad happens that causes you to move?

a)

Pull factor

b)

push factor

21.

How many original colonies where there?

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13