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13 Colonies Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Why did the Puritans come to America?
a)
For religious freedom.
b)
Searching for better farmland.
c)
Looking for gold.
2.
Which colonial region was settled by Puritans and Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
3.
Which colonial region was settled by people with many different cultural and religious backgrounds?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
4.
Which colonial region contained rocky soil and cold climate?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
5.
Which colonists were farmers and plantation owners who grew cotton and tobacco?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
6.
Large farms, called ___________________, were spread throughout the Southern colonies.
a)
Trade centers
b)
Plantations
c)
Settlements
d)
industrial centers
7.
Why were the Mid-Atlantic colonies nicknamed "The Bread Basket?"
a)
They grew many types of grain.
b)
Making bread was a great economic opportunity.
c)
They ate bread with every meal.
d)
They imported many types of grain
8.
Most of the work on large, southern plantations was done by ___________ and ___________
a)
Native Americans and slaves
b)
women and children
c)
slaves and indentured servants
d)
Frenchmen and Mexicans
9.
Why was slavery LESS important in the Middle Colonies and the New England Colonies than in the Southern Colonies?
a)
They were far behind the South in business and industry.
b)
They did not rely heavily on cash crops.
c)
Slavery was important in all of the colonial regions. 
10.
Which region relied mostly on cash crops to make their money?
a)
New England
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
11.
The first permanent English settlement in North America was
a)
Werowocomoco
b)
Yorktown
c)
Richmond
d)
Jamestown
12.
In what year was Jamestown settled?
a)
1492
b)
1607
c)
1608
d)
2081
13.

What was the agreement which bonded Pilgrims called?

a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Napoleonic Code
d)
Geneva Conventions
14.

Who was the scientist, inventor, writer that was a well known resident of the Middle Colonies?

a)

William Penn

b)

John Smith

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Walter Raleigh

15.
1st representative governing body in the American colonies.
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Virginia House of Burgesses
d)
Congress
16.
What is the major industry of the New England Colonies?
a)
Cash Crops
b)
Metalwork
c)
Slavery
d)
Shipbuilding and Fishing
17.

Who was the founder of Pennsylvania?

a)
John Winthrop
b)

Ben Franklin

c)
James Olgethorpe
d)
William Penn
18.
The middle colonies were known for 
a)
Poor farm land
b)
Diverse populations
c)
Plantations
d)
Whaling Industry
19.
The main reason most of the early settlers came to the colonies of Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island was to
a)
Obtain better jobs
b)
Seek religious freedom
c)
Search for gold
d)
 Help win the war against the Native Americans
20.
The success of large plantations in the Southern Colonies was dependent on?
a)
Native Americans
b)
Debtors
c)
Slaves
d)
Pacifists
21.

Who was the leader of Jamestown?

a)

John Smith

b)

Walter Raleigh

c)

William Penn

d)

John White

22.

From which country did the Roanoke settlers arrive?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

England

23.

True or False: Roanoke was the very first PERMANENT settlement in "The New World."

a)

True

b)

False

24.
Who did the Queen of England send out from 1584-1585 to find places in the New World to Colonize?
a)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
b)
Sir Elton John
c)
Sir Walter Raleigh
d)
Sir Mixalot
25.
Who was the founder of Roanoke?  
a)
John White
b)
John Rolfe
c)
King James
d)
John Smith
26.

Roanoke is also called

a)

The Mysterious Island

b)

The Amazing Disappearing Colony

c)

North Carolina

d)

The Lost Colony

27.
What word did John White find carved in a tree when he returned?
a)
Roanoke
b)
Crowman
c)
Help
d)
Croatan
28.
Why was colony of Roanoke called the lost colony?
a)
The people returned to England.
b)
The colonist were gone when the other colonists came back.
c)
They moved to Jamestown.
d)
The colonist kept losing supplies and couldn't find anything!
29.

What was the name of Ben Franklin's first book?

a)

The Inventor's Handbook

b)

Poor Richard's Almanac

c)

What to Do About Nothing

d)

The Rights of All Men

30.

This region was known for wheat farming.

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

31.

Why did it take John White so long to return to Roanoke with new supplies?

a)

sickness

b)

his boat sank

c)

England was at war with Spain

d)

natives captured him

32.

What was one way Jamestown survived?

a)

fought disease

b)

bought squash

c)

learned to hunt from the natives

d)

whales

33.

This region had rivers and streams that could not be navigated, but they were fast enough to produce power on a water mill.

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

34.

When was the first Thanksgiving?

a)

1607

b)

1621

35.

Who taught the pilgrims how to grow food?

a)

Squanto

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

Pocahontas

d)

Walter Raleigh

36.

Who already lived where the British established Jamestown?

a)

The French

b)

The Powhatans

c)

The Portuguese

d)

The British Soldiers

37.

1. How was Pocahontas connected to the Powhatan Confederacy?

a)

a. She was kidnapped by them.

b)

b. She was a spy for them.

c)

c. She was a member of a rival tribe.

d)

d. She was the daughter of their leader.

38.

Pocahontas helped to keep peaceful relations with the Native Americans and

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Dutch

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