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Worksheets1st Six Weeks Review
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which characteristic correctly matches with a number in the table?
4: Ships
3: Rocky Soil
2: Moderate
1: Indigo
Which factor most encouraged the growth of the Colonial Transatlantic Slave Trade?
The invention of the steam engine
The profitability of cash-crop agriculture
The development of the factory system
The establishment of protective tariffs
Which of these contributed to growth of REPRESENTATIVE government in the colonies? (Select all that apply)
Distance from Great Britain
Mayflower Compact
Town hall meetings
Sugar Act
Which statement accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth and Jamestown?
Both colonies were established to bring wealth to stockholders.
Plymouth’s founders intended to produce raw materials, while Jamestown’s founders expected to
discover gold.
Both colonies were established to limit the expansion of other European empires.
Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while Jamestown was founded for
commercial profit.
Massachusetts was a refuge for English Puritans as _________ was a refuge for English CATHOLICS.
Maryland
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Which of these describes the primary reason for French colonization?
To convert American Indians in the Southwest to Catholicism
To cultivate cash crops in the Chesapeake Bay area
To extract precious metals from mines in present-day Mexico
To profit from fur trading in the Great Lakes Region
1. The Puritans established communities in colonial New England.
2. The Puritans held town meetings to deal with community issues.
3. ____________________________________________
The Puritans developed a form of representative self-government.
The Puritans outlawed slavery in Massachusetts.
The Puritans refused to obey the appointed governor.
The Puritans allowed women to participate in government.
What was significant about the VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES?
The assembly served as a model for other colonial legislatures.
Colonists used the assembly to overrule decisions of the royal governor.
The assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent Virginia.
The king revoked Virginia’s charter because the assembly became too powerful.
For was reasons did a group of colonists agree to the MAYFLOWER COMPACT?
To establish trade relations with other colonies
To demonstrate goodwill toward local American Indians
To form a social contract among themselves
To declare independence from all European nations
Primary Motives for European Exploration of the Americas:
- To increase wealth
- To spread Christianity
- ??????????
To promote free enterprise
To extend democracy
To expand empires
To found utopian communities
Industries of the New England Colonies
- Shipbuilding
-Fishing
-Fur trapping and trading
-Lumber milling
Which physical characteristics made these economic activities possible?
Tall mountains, a long shoreline, and fertile soil
A temperate climate, vast grasslands, and plentiful lakes
Dense forests, natural harbors, and swift rivers
Natural harbors, an arid climate, and rocky soil
What influence did the FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS of CONNECTICUT have on the colonies?
It helped establish the tradition of self-government.
It was the first attempt to combine political and religious laws.
It established the concept of unalienable rights.
It outlined a plan for independence from British rule.
Which colony had an economy based primarily on SHIPBUILDING and FISHING?
Virginia
Maryland
Massachusetts
Georgia
How did MERCANTILISM create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?
By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies
By requiring colonists to enlist in the military
By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have
By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries
The first European Explores searched for the Northwest Passage in order to get to?
Africa
Canada
Russia
Asia
In which colonial region would a farmer have the most success growing tobacco?
New England
Middle
Southern
Eastern
What is mercantilism? (Select all that apply)
An economic system where a Mother Country gains profit and power.
Colonies provide raw materials to the mother country
A country spreads Christianity.
Colonies are forced to purchase goods from the Mother Country.
What allowed for the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade to expand?
Demand for slaves on southern plantations
Demand for sugar from the west indies.
Demand for Lumber from Africa.
The trade system developed by the colonies between Europe, the West Indies and Africa was called...(Select all that apply)
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Why did the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade expand so rapidly? (Select all the apply)
Southern colonies demanded more laborers
The need for more labor on plantations
Slave labor was required in cottage industries.
To profit from cash crops in the Southern Colonies
Dense forests, natural harbors, and swift rivers made which of the following economic activities possible?
shipbuilding, fishing, fur trapping, and lumber milling.
grains, wheat, and dairy farming
whaling and fur trading
planting of cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar, and indigo.
The profitability of cash crop agriculture encouraged the growth of --
Invention of the steam engine
Indentured Servants
Colonial Transatlantic Slave Trade
The establishment of protective tariffs
Distance from Great Britain, Mayflower Compact, and townhall meetings all contributed to --
alliances between the Indians and England
election of British colonists
growth of representative government in the British colonies
expansion of British trade
Jamestown and Plymouth were established for the following reasons--
Jamestown was established for commercial profit and Plymouth for religious persecution
Jamestown for religious persecution and Plymouth for commercial profit
Jamestown and Plymouth for commercial profit
Jamestown and Plymouth for religious persecution
The Pilgrims decided to sign the Mayflower Compact in 1620 because--
they were declaring independence from all European nations
to form a social contract among themselves
demonstrate goodwill towards the Indians
establish relations with other colonies
The primary reason France established their colonies was--
cash crops
to convert the American Indians
to profit from the Fur trading
to extract precious metals from mines
Which of the following were the primary motives for European exploration of the Americas?
to increase wealth, spread Christianity, and expand empires
to find utopian communities, find gold, spread Christianity
to extend democracy, promote free enterprise, expand empires
find utopia, expand empire, increase wealth
