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1st Six Weeks Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which characteristic correctly matches with a number in the table?

a)

4: Ships

b)

3: Rocky Soil

c)

2: Moderate

d)

1: Indigo

2.

Which factor most encouraged the growth of the Colonial Transatlantic Slave Trade?

a)

The invention of the steam engine

b)

The profitability of cash-crop agriculture

c)

The development of the factory system

d)

The establishment of protective tariffs

3.

Which of these contributed to growth of REPRESENTATIVE government in the colonies? (Select all that apply)

a)

Distance from Great Britain

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Town hall meetings

d)

Sugar Act

4.

Which statement accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth and Jamestown?

a)

Both colonies were established to bring wealth to stockholders.

b)

Plymouth’s founders intended to produce raw materials, while Jamestown’s founders expected to

discover gold.

c)

Both colonies were established to limit the expansion of other European empires.

d)

Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while Jamestown was founded for

commercial profit.

5.

Massachusetts was a refuge for English Puritans as _________ was a refuge for English CATHOLICS.

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

South Carolina

d)

Georgia

6.

Which of these describes the primary reason for French colonization?

a)

To convert American Indians in the Southwest to Catholicism

b)

To cultivate cash crops in the Chesapeake Bay area

c)

To extract precious metals from mines in present-day Mexico

d)

To profit from fur trading in the Great Lakes Region

7.

1. The Puritans established communities in colonial New England.

2. The Puritans held town meetings to deal with community issues.

3. ____________________________________________

a)

The Puritans developed a form of representative self-government.

b)

The Puritans outlawed slavery in Massachusetts.

c)

The Puritans refused to obey the appointed governor.

d)

The Puritans allowed women to participate in government.

8.

What was significant about the VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES?

a)

The assembly served as a model for other colonial legislatures.

b)

Colonists used the assembly to overrule decisions of the royal governor.

c)

The assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent Virginia.

d)

The king revoked Virginia’s charter because the assembly became too powerful.

9.

For was reasons did a group of colonists agree to the MAYFLOWER COMPACT?

a)

To establish trade relations with other colonies

b)

To demonstrate goodwill toward local American Indians

c)

To form a social contract among themselves

d)

To declare independence from all European nations

10.

Primary Motives for European Exploration of the Americas:

- To increase wealth

- To spread Christianity

- ??????????

a)

To promote free enterprise

b)

To extend democracy

c)

To expand empires

d)

To found utopian communities

11.

Industries of the New England Colonies

- Shipbuilding

-Fishing

-Fur trapping and trading

-Lumber milling

Which physical characteristics made these economic activities possible?

a)

Tall mountains, a long shoreline, and fertile soil

b)

A temperate climate, vast grasslands, and plentiful lakes

c)

Dense forests, natural harbors, and swift rivers

d)

Natural harbors, an arid climate, and rocky soil

12.

What influence did the FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS of CONNECTICUT have on the colonies?

a)

It helped establish the tradition of self-government.

b)

It was the first attempt to combine political and religious laws.

c)

It established the concept of unalienable rights.

d)

It outlined a plan for independence from British rule.

13.

Which colony had an economy based primarily on SHIPBUILDING and FISHING?

a)

Virginia

b)

Maryland

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Georgia

14.

How did MERCANTILISM create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

a)

By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

b)

By requiring colonists to enlist in the military

c)

By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have

d)

By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries

15.

The first European Explores searched for the Northwest Passage in order to get to?

a)

Africa

b)

Canada

c)

Russia

d)

Asia

16.

In which colonial region would a farmer have the most success growing tobacco?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Eastern

17.

What is mercantilism? (Select all that apply)

a)

An economic system where a Mother Country gains profit and power.

b)

Colonies provide raw materials to the mother country

c)

A country spreads Christianity.

d)

Colonies are forced to purchase goods from the Mother Country.

18.

What allowed for the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade to expand?

a)

Demand for slaves on southern plantations

b)

Demand for sugar from the west indies.

c)

Demand for Lumber from Africa.

19.

The trade system developed by the colonies between Europe, the West Indies and Africa was called...(Select all that apply)

a)
Mercantilism 
b)
Triangular Trade
c)
Navigation Acts
d)

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

20.

Why did the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade expand so rapidly? (Select all the apply)

a)

Southern colonies demanded more laborers

b)

The need for more labor on plantations

c)

Slave labor was required in cottage industries.

d)

To profit from cash crops in the Southern Colonies

21.

Dense forests, natural harbors, and swift rivers made which of the following economic activities possible?

a)

shipbuilding, fishing, fur trapping, and lumber milling.

b)

grains, wheat, and dairy farming

c)

whaling and fur trading

d)

planting of cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar, and indigo.

22.

The profitability of cash crop agriculture encouraged the growth of --

a)

Invention of the steam engine

b)

Indentured Servants

c)

Colonial Transatlantic Slave Trade

d)

The establishment of protective tariffs

23.

Distance from Great Britain, Mayflower Compact, and townhall meetings all contributed to --

a)

alliances between the Indians and England

b)

election of British colonists

c)

growth of representative government in the British colonies

d)

expansion of British trade

24.

Jamestown and Plymouth were established for the following reasons--

a)

Jamestown was established for commercial profit and Plymouth for religious persecution

b)

Jamestown for religious persecution and Plymouth for commercial profit

c)

Jamestown and Plymouth for commercial profit

d)

Jamestown and Plymouth for religious persecution

25.

The Pilgrims decided to sign the Mayflower Compact in 1620 because--

a)

they were declaring independence from all European nations

b)

to form a social contract among themselves

c)

demonstrate goodwill towards the Indians

d)

establish relations with other colonies

26.

The primary reason France established their colonies was--

a)

cash crops

b)

to convert the American Indians

c)

to profit from the Fur trading

d)

to extract precious metals from mines

27.

Which of the following were the primary motives for European exploration of the Americas?

a)

to increase wealth, spread Christianity, and expand empires

b)

to find utopian communities, find gold, spread Christianity

c)

to extend democracy, promote free enterprise, expand empires

d)

find utopia, expand empire, increase wealth