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My world lesson 1 New England, Middle and Southern Colonies

Total questions: 87

Worksheet time: 22hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a region?

a)

an area defined by common features

b)

an area or division usually in a country

c)

a place that people own

d)

an area with people living there

2.

Define climate?

a)

weather of a place over a long time

b)

pattern of weather in a place over a long period of time

c)

weather of a region over a long period of time

d)

weather in a certain place

3.

Define dissent?

a)

Getting along

b)

Behaving well

c)

disagreement

d)

fighting

4.

Define proprietor?

a)

an owner

b)

a person who owns property or businesses

c)

holder of property

d)

owner of a business

5.

What does diverse mean?

a)

many cultures

b)

mixed nationationalities

c)

lots of culture

d)

showing much variety

6.

Geography of the English Colonies

a)

cut and harvested timber

b)

traded more than they farmed due to thin rocky soil

c)

fished and hunted whales

d)

dug iron

e)

Built boats and ships

7.

Geography of the middle colonies

a)

rocky soil

b)

rich soil

c)

planted cash crop

d)

warm climate

e)

planted wheat and dug iron from the ground

8.

Geography of the southern colonies

a)

planted cash crops of tobacco

b)

planted wheat

c)

good climate

d)

planted cash crops of rice

e)

bad climate

9.

What is the difference between proprietary and royal colonies?

a)

both run by a person or family

b)

both are run by a king

c)

proprietary colonies were run by a person or a family who owned property or land but royal colonies were run by a king

d)

proprietary colonies were run by a king but royal colonies were run by a person or family

10.

Who is Georgia linked to?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

George Carteret

c)

Lord Baltamore

d)

William Penn

e)

James Oglethorpe

11.

Who is Maryland linked to? (hint it has to do with names of catholic figures Mary, Our Lord ect.)

a)

George Carteret

b)

Thomas hooker

c)

Roger Williams

d)

Lord Balimore

12.

Who is Connecticut linked to?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

William Penn

c)

Thomas Hooker

d)

James Oglethorpe

13.

Who is Rhode Island linked to?

a)

William Penn

b)

Roger Williams

c)

James Oglethorpe

d)

Lord Baltimore

14.

Who is Pennsylvania linked to?

a)

Lord Baltimore

b)

George Carteret

c)

William Penn

d)

Thomas Hooker

15.

Who is New Jersey linked to?

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

Roger Williams

c)

Lord Baltimore

d)

George Carteret

16.

How did geography help shape New England?

a)

farmed the thin rocky soil, but farming wasn't the regions main business, instead traded good with England and other colonies, earned their living by cutting timber, built ships, fished & hunted whales

b)

had rich soil, warmer climate, raised wheat to sell, another key source, dug iron from the ground

c)

warmer climate, flat land,rich soil, farmers planted cash crop, such as tobacco, and rice

d)

none of the above

17.

How did geography help shape Middle Colonies

a)

warmer climate, flat land, rich soil, farmers planted cash crops, such as tobacco, and rice

b)

had rich soil, warmer climate, raised wheat to sell, another key source, dug iron from the ground

c)

farmed the rocky soil, but farming wasn't the regions main business, instead traded goods with England and other colonies, earned their living by cutting timber, built ships, fished, & hunted whales

d)

none of the above

18.

How geography help shape the Southern Colonies?

a)

warmer climate, flat land, rich soil, farmers planted cash crop, such as tobacco, and rice

b)

farmed thin rocky soil, but farming wasn't the regions main business, instead traded goods with England and other colonies earned a living by cutting timber, built ships, fished, hunted whales.

c)

had rich soil, warmer climate, raised wheat to sell, another key resource, dug iron from the ground.

19.

The 13 English colonies were shaped by geography.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

In New England, the ocean and forest provided key resources.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

In the Middle Colonies, farming was a major economic activity.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

In the Southern Colonies, conditions were ideal for rice and tobacco.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

What did settlers in Jamestown have to face?

a)

freezing winter

b)

swarms of mosquitoes from nearby swamps

c)

flooding

d)

none of the above

24.

What type of suffering did the Pilgrims at Plymouth Plantations have to go through?

a)

flooding

b)

swarms of mosquitoes from nearby swamps

c)

freezing winter weather

25.

Did the Dutch in New Amsterdam use their location to become a center for trade?

a)

Yes

b)

No

26.

Would Geography continue to shape life as the colonies grew

a)

Yes

b)

No

27.

How many colonies were there by the 1730's?

a)

12

b)

9

c)

10

d)

13

28.

By the 1730's, colonies stretched from present day Maine to what is now Georgia.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Colonies can be grouped into three geographic regions

a)

New Amsterdam, North America, Jamestown

b)

New England, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies

c)

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

30.

Where did colonist live?

a)

New England, Mid-Atlantic Region, and the South

b)

North Carolina, South Carolina, New York

c)

none of the above

31.

How did the Land Shape Settlement?

a)

water for transportation

b)

climate to depend which crop to grow

c)

sunny days made them happy

d)

land did not shape settlement

32.

In all regions, water as a key means of transportation and trade.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know

33.

How did Settlers Change the Land?

a)

cleared trees for farming

b)

Harvested timber

c)

they changed the soil by growing crops year after year

d)

built roads and bridges

e)

built ships and boats

34.

In New England what led to conflict with the Native Americans, and Puritans settlers?

a)

settlers built home and farms on land they saw vacant because it wasn't fenced in

b)

Native Americans didn't fence their land or used the land the way English people did so it was assumed to by colonist, and settlers, as vacant land

c)

Colonist assumed the land was available

35.

In New England what was the center of town life?

a)

farming area

b)

land by the coast

c)

meeting house

36.

What was the meetinghouse used for?

a)

religious services

b)

town meetings

c)

animal circus

d)

playing soft ball

37.

Who was allowed to vote at town meetings where government decisions and actions were decided?

a)

everyone who lived there

b)

men and women

c)

only church men who owned property

38.

Who DID NOT have a say in government?

a)

male settlers had a say in government

b)

Puritan Leaders

c)

Thomas Hooker

d)

none of the above

39.

Which church leader believed in freedom of religion?

a)

Anne Hutchinson

b)

Roger Williams

c)

Thomas Hooker

40.

William argued that civil leaders didn't have the right to require everyone to worship in exactly the way, who disagreed with Roger Williams?

a)

Thomas Hooker

b)

Anne Hutchinson

c)

Puritan leaders in Boston

41.

Puritan leaders in Boston called _________ideas "new and dangerous",so in 1636 he was forced to leave the colony and started a new settlement called Providence, where settlers could practice religion their own way, which later became Rhode Island

a)

Thomas Hooker

b)

Anne Hutchinson

c)

Roger Williams

d)

George Carteret

42.

Who else was forced to leave Massachusetts when they offended Puritan leaders by speaking out on religious matters and insisting that faith in God was more important than church rules and in 1638 went to Rhode Island?

a)

Thomas Hooker

b)

Roger Williams

c)

Anne Hutchinson

43.

Who was a Puritan minister that wanted more political freedom, felt all men should vote, not just church members or property owners and whose ideas led him to leave Massachusetts in 1636 to start a colony that became Connecticut?

a)

George Carteret

b)

Thomas Hooker

c)

Roger Williams

d)

King George

44.

How are the town residents using the common area?

a)

grazing of animals

b)

town meetings

c)

social gatherings

d)

lighting up fireworks

e)

talking to neighbors

45.

After its founding by the Dutch in the 1620s, New Netherland became a thriving trade center. The colony soon included a settlement made by the Swedes in the New Jersey area in the 1630's.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

In 1664 , England sent a fleet to capture New Netherland. The colonist refused to fight, so governor Peter Stuyvesant surrendered to the English without firing a shot.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

Did the Dutch later try to recapture the colony of England?

a)

Yes

b)

No

48.

By 1674, was England in full control after the Dutch tried to recapture England?

a)

Yes

b)

No

49.

Who did England's king give New York's colony to?

a)

William Penn

b)

Thomas Hooker

c)

his brother, the Duke of York

50.

What was the new name of the colony that England's king gave to his brother the Duke?

a)

the colony was renamed New York

b)

the colony was renamed New Jersey.

51.

What city also received the new name New York?

a)

New Jersey

b)

New Amsterdam

52.

To which two friends did The Duke of York give some of his land to? The land they received would become the colony of New Jersey.

a)

Thomas Hooker, and Roger Wiiliam

b)

George Carteret, and John Berkeley

53.

Who were 3 proprietors of the colony of New Jersey?

a)

Anne Hutchinson, Roger William, Thomas Hooker

b)

The Duke of York, Carteret and Berkeley

54.

What tasks might a worker (enslaved people) have done in the kitchen, the house, or barn of the plantation?

a)

Barn: care for & feed the animals, pick chicken eggs.

b)

Kitchen: maintenance of the kitchen, cooking and cleaning.

c)

Planter's House: sew and repair clothing for the masters family, clean their house, care for the masters children.

55.

In the South, the Virginia Company

controlled Virginia at first. Then in 1624. King James I took over the colony.

a)

True

b)

False

56.

One big change occurred in 1632. Charles I, England's new king, gave part of Virginia to who?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

William Penn

c)

Lord Baltimore

57.

Did Lord Baltimore belong to a Catholic Church?

a)

Yes

b)

No

58.

Did Maryland welcome Catholics, that weren't always accepted in other colonies?

a)

Yes

b)

No

59.

Did Carolina begin a proprietary colony?

a)

Yes

b)

No

60.

In 1663. King Charles II granted land to 8 of his supporters. The colony was split in 1729 into which 2 states?

a)

North and South Carolina

b)

New York and New Jersey

61.

What good things did the Carolinas have?

a)

Good soil for farming

b)

Growth of valuable crops at plantations, especially rice.

62.

Was Charleston an important Carolina city with fine harbors and a key trading center?

a)

Yes

b)

No

63.

When was Georgia founded?

a)

1732

b)

1632

c)

1624

64.

Who did King George allow to start a colony for English people jailed for debt?

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

Lord Baltimore

65.

Who was Oglethorpe welcomed by?

a)

Tomochichi, chief of the Yamacraws

b)

Lord Baltimore

c)

King George

66.

Was George known for his good relations with Native Americans?

a)

Yes

b)

No

67.

Did George's good relationship with Native Americans serve as a key military role, standing between Spain Florida colony and other English colonies?

a)

Yes

b)

No

68.

Did New York and New Jersey have a diverse population?

a)

Yes

b)

No

69.

Did New York and New Jersey have people from different countries, backgrounds, and religious groups?

a)

Yes

b)

No

70.

Were people of different religions also accepted in the colony of Pennsylvania and did this colony begin in 1681?

a)

Yes

b)

No

71.

Who did England's King give land for the colony?

a)

George Carteret

b)

Roger Williams

c)

William Penn

72.

William Penn was a Quaker, what were his beliefs?

a)

Opposed to war felt people could pray in their own way

b)

Believed strongly in protecting each person's right, freedom, to practice his or her religion.

c)

Believed in the rights of Native Americans living on the land he had been given. He promised to pay them a fair price for it.

73.

Delaware was also one of the Middle Colonies. It was part of Pennsylvania until _______which year, when it became a separate colony.

a)

1620

b)

1664

c)

1674

d)

1704

74.

In 1664 English take over New Netherland from the Dutch and what happened?

a)

The colony was renamed New York

b)

The colony was renamed New Jersey

75.

In 1664 Duke of York gives part of his new colony to friends who ______

a)

Creates the colony of New Jersey

b)

Creates the colony of New York

c)

None of the above

76.

In 1681 English King gives land to who?

a)

The colony to New York

b)

The colony of William Penn who started Pennsylvania

77.

In 1704 Delaware is formed from what?

a)

Parts of New Jersey

b)

Parts of New York

c)

Parts of Pennsylvania

78.

It became a royal colony when King James I took over

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

North and South Carolina

d)

Georgia

79.

It was a proprietary colony that welcomed Catholics.

a)

Virginia

b)

Maryland

c)

North and South Carolina

d)

Georgia

80.

Many rice plantations were located there.

a)

Maryland

b)

North and South Carolina

c)

Virginia

d)

Georgia

81.

Colonist there had good relationships with Native Americans.

a)

Virginia

b)

Maryland

c)

North and South Carolina

d)

Georgia

82.

Main Ideas and Details:

Provide details to back up the main idea that several new colonies were formed from existing ones.

a)

King Charles I, gave part of Virginia to Lord Baltimore to start Maryland.

b)

Part of New York became New Jersey

c)

Parts of Pennsylvania became Delaware.

83.

As a colonial sailor on a merchant ship, you make a stop in Boston. Before you sail away, you walk to the town common. How is the common used, and what did you find there?

a)

The common was probably used for social events.

b)

Physical activities.

c)

Possibly, sheeps grazing the grass

d)

Meetings

84.

Enslaved people did much of the work on plantations.

a)

True

b)

False

85.

What is a region?

a)

an area defined by common features

b)

an area or division usually in a country

c)

a place that people own

d)

an area with people living there

86.

Did King James appoint a governor under his control to run Virginia?

a)

Yes

b)

No

87.

Becoming a royal colony under king's rule did not really change Virginia much. Self-rule continued. The governing body, the House of Burgesses, continued to meet.

a)

True

b)

False