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WorksheetsTopic 1 Practice Test
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Someone who agreed to work for an employer for a set period of time in order to pay off a debt was called
an enslaved person
a colonist
an apprentice
an indentured servant
The first colonists to arrive at Plymouth came in search of
good farmland and fishing.
natural riches such as gold.
independence from England.
freedom to practice their religion.
Plantations specialized in producing
A. fine food.
B. cash crops.
C. dairy cattle.
D. wood furniture.
A settlement is a
A. small, newly built community.
B. place ruled by another country.
C. group of people who travel together.
D. town whose residents agree to govern themselves.
What type of work might a person who was enslaved be forced to do?
A. field work
B. cooking
C. carpentry
D. all of the above
On ships in the Middle Passage, people who were enslaved
A. had a lot of living space.
B. were able to move freely.
C. developed many serious illnesses.
D. revolted successfully frequently.
Why is Roanoke called the “lost colony?”
A. John White could not find his way back to it.
B. It lost a contest with Jamestown.
C. Everyone there went back to England.
D. All the settlers disappeared.
Enslaved people on a slave ship experienced all of these EXCEPT
A. daily exercise
B. hot, smelly air
C. crowded spaces
D. fear about the future
The economies of the colonial regions differed because they had different
A. governments.
B. languages.
C. origins.
D. resources.
When Africans who had been captured and enslaved arrived in the American colonies, they were first
A. reunited with family members.
B. sold at scrambles or auctions
C. given a full medical examination.
D. taught English so they could follow orders.
Why was Rhode Island founded?
A. to be a trade center
B. to offer religious freedom
C. to have large tobacco farms
D. to home many poor people
What was an overseer’s main job?
A. to evaluate the price of people who were being sold
B. to teach people who were enslaved to use tools
C. to supervise the work of people who were enslaved
D. to help people escape slavery and go to the North
