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Unit 1 and 2 Quiz 9/16/22

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d

2.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

3.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

4.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

5.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

6.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

7.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

8.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

9.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

10.

What kind of climate was in the middle colonies?

a)

freezing cold weather

b)

moderate

c)

warm/ tropical

d)

plantations

11.

First Permanent Colony established in North America

a)

Massachusets

b)

Virginia

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Connecticut

12.

The New England Colonies of Massachusetts, Maryland and Pennsylvania were all established for________

a)

Religious Purposes

b)

Economic Purposes

c)

Political Reasons

d)

empire expansion

13.

This person created a colony that allowed any religion to freely be practiced.

a)

William Penn

b)

John Smith

c)

Lord Baltimore

d)

James Oglethorpe

14.

You could describe the middle colonies this way because of the many countries settlers came from.

a)

Identical

b)

Diverse

15.

William Penn established the colony of Pennsylvania as a safe place for whom?

a)

Catholics

b)

Puritains

c)

Pastafarians

d)

Quakers

16.

Who was a colonial-era minister known for religious tolerance?

a)

William Bradford

b)

John Winthrop

c)

Roger Williams

d)

Martin Luther

17.

Red region

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

18.

Green region

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

19.

Orange region

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

20.

Diverse and tolerant

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

21.

The first permanent English settlement in North America founded in 1607

a)

Jamestown

b)

Roanoke

c)

Virginia

d)

Baltimore

22.

Colony that began as a colony for Catholics, started by Lord Baltimore

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

Georgia

d)

North Carolina

23.

Colony used to act as a buffer between Spanish Florida and the other English Colonies. Originally settled by debtors, people that were in jail for excessive debts.

a)

North Carolina

b)

South Carolina

c)

Virginia

d)

Georgia

24.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

25.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

26.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

27.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

28.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

29.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

30.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

31.

What did the Stamp Act do to the colonies? (Hint: the colonies didn't like it):

4 lines
32.

Why did the colonists dump the tea in the Boston Tea Party?

4 lines
33.
What caused Britain to tax the colonists?
a)
Debt from the French  & Indian War
b)
They were poor
c)
The Boston Tea Party
d)
Proclimation of 1763
34.
This decree by King George the III moved Georgia’s boundary to the St. Mary’s River and forbade (prohibited) colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
a)
The Line of Demarcation 1773
b)
The Proclamation of 1763
c)
The Treaty of Tordesillas 1770
35.
When colonies were taxed without their input, it was also known as...
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
Taxation w/out Representation
d)
English Proclamation
36.

British colonists object to the Proclamation of 1763 because they -

a)

feared it would provoke attacks from American Indains

b)

did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

c)

resent the limits it imposed on westward expansion

d)

wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

37.

The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area British colonists were allowed to settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as the boundary of approved settlement?

a)

Lake Michigan

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Appalachian Mountains