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colonialism part 2

Total questions: 139

Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Indentured servant would be free once a (a)   finished.

2.

Which cash crop led to the spread of slavery in the southern colonies?

a)

tobacco

b)

rice

c)

indigo

d)

all of these are true

3.
Had a master
a)
Slave
b)
Indentured Servant
c)
Both
4.
Originally from West Africa
a)
Slave
b)
Indentured Servant
c)
Both
5.
Signed a contract agreeing to work for a specific length of time
a)
Slave
b)
Indentured Servant
c)
Both
6.
Worked mostly in the Southern Colonies
a)
Slave
b)
Indentured Servant
c)
Both
7.
Were not required to be paid for their work
a)
Slave
b)
Indentured Servant
c)
Both
8.
Originally from England and other parts of Europe
a)
Slave
b)
Indentured Servant
c)
Both
9.
Captured, sold, and forced to work their whole life
a)
Slave
b)
Indentured Servant
c)
Both
10.
Worked mostly in the Middle and New England Colonies
a)
Slave
b)
Indentured Servant
c)
Both
11.
Were considered someone's property
a)
Slave
b)
Indentured Servant
c)
Both
12.
Commonly used on plantations
a)
Slave
b)
Indentured Servant
c)
Both
13.

What was it called when you paid off your boat ticket by working for another family?

a)

slacve

b)

indentured servant

c)

apprentice

d)

good deal

14.
What is a colony?
a)
A country that controls another country.
b)
Land controlled by another country.
c)
Land with tons of natural resources.
d)
A nickname for a part of the human body.
15.
An indentured servant is...
a)
a person who works in the colonies.
b)
a person who works for someone for 4-7 years.
c)
a poor person in England during the 1600s.
d)
someone who owned land in America.
16.
In order to get more power, European powers realized they needed more...
a)
power.
b)
wealth.
c)
soldiers.
d)
tobacco.
17.
American colonies could only buy goods from...
a)
European countries.
b)
England.
c)
France.
d)
the colonies.
18.

A government ruled by a king or queen

a)

democracy

b)

oligarchy

c)

republic

d)

monarchy

19.

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

a)

Debtors

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Catholics

d)

Indentured Servants

20.

farm crop raised to be sold for money

a)

products

b)

agriculture

c)

exports

d)

cash crop

21.

An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Communism

d)

Imperialism

22.

A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Atlantic Passage

c)

Africa Passage

d)

New World Passage

23.

Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights.

a)

slave codes

b)

colonist codes

c)

indentured servants code

d)

religious code

24.

an account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event

a)

biography

b)

secondary source

c)

primary source

d)

credible source

25.

a document or written work created after an event

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

c)

biography

d)

credible source

26.

Trade routes that connected North America, Europe, and Africa

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

Middle Passage

c)

Indentured Servants

d)

Slaves

27.

Because of the Triangular Trade, ______ were exchanged between Africa and North America.

a)

Indentured Servants

b)

Slaves

c)

Colonists

d)

Eskimos

28.

Europeans who signed a contract with an American colonists to gain passage to North America.

a)

Native Americans

b)

Slaves

c)

Indentured Servants

d)

Colonists

29.

This was known as the slave's' journey from Africa to North America.

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

Gullah

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Middle Passage

30.

Where were indentured servants from?

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

31.

How are indentured servants and slaves similar?

a)

Came from Europe

b)

Some were likely mistreated by colonists

c)

Came from Africa

d)

Were paid by colonist

32.

How are indentured servants and slaves different?

a)

Indentured servants came from Europe

b)

Indentured servants were not paid

c)

Slaves came from Europe

d)

Slaves were paid

33.

This is a chart that diagrams the differences between two different sources of labor in early American history.

Which title would best match the second column?

a)

Explorers

b)

Royale High

c)

Colonists

d)

Indentured Servants

34.

worked for life

a)

slaves

b)

indentured servants

35.

Passed on their condition to their children

a)

slaves

b)

indentured servants

36.

Agreed to work for around 7 years in exchange for passage to the New World

a)

slaves

b)

indentured servants

37.

Came by boat

a)

slaves

b)

indentured servants

38.

Which colonial region had rocky soil and a cold climate?

a)

New England colonies

b)

Middle colonies

c)

Southern colonies

d)

New France

39.

Which colonial region was settled by Puritans and Pilgrims?

a)

New England

b)

the Middle Colonies

c)

the Southern Colonies

d)

New France

40.

Slavery was less used in the New England colonies than in the Southern colonies because

a)

they were behind the South in business and industry

b)

they did not rely heavily on cash crops

c)

they were religiously opposed to slavery

d)

the above statement is incorrect

41.

As the number of indentured servants brought to the colonies to work on plantations DECREASED, where did colonists go to find workers?

a)

France

b)

Africa

c)

Spain

42.

Which three continents (North America, Europe, Africa) were involved in the Triangular Trade system in the 1500s-1800s?

a)

North America, Europe, and Africa

b)

Europe, Africa, South America

c)

Asia, Europe, North America

43.

Compare the life of an indentured servant to the life of a slave. Be sure to include at least one way they were alike AND one way they were different. Write in complete sentences.

4 lines
44.

A person whose voyage to America was paid for by a colonial landowner. The servant had to work off their debt for a period of 7 years.

a)

Slave

b)

Voyager

c)

Sailor

d)

Indentured Servant

45.

1st Permanent English Settlement

a)

Plymouth

b)

Massachusetts Bay

c)

Jamestown

d)

Pennsylvania

46.

In which region of the colonies were there many plantations?

a)

New England

b)

Sounthern

c)

Mid Atlantic

47.

Which region featured the coldest winters?

a)

New England

b)

Mid Atlantic

c)

Southern

48.

Which Colony were fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding important jobs?

a)

Mid Atlantic

b)

Southern

c)

New England

49.

Massachusetts is located in which region?

a)

Southern

b)

Mid Atlantic

c)

New England

50.

These people who were given free passage to the New World and then worked for a period for time to pay off their journey.

a)

Slaves

b)

Indentured Servants

c)

Maids

51.

New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delware

a)

New England

b)

Southern

c)

Mid-Atlantic

52.

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

a)

Southern

b)

Mid-Atlantic

c)

New England

53.

What country ruled the 13 colonies?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Russia

54.

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut formed which group of colonies?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Atlantic

55.

Why were the Middle Colonies nicknamed the "Bread Basket?"

a)

They ate tons of sandwiches

b)

They made lots of baskets

c)

There were lots of bread baskets sold there

d)

They grew lots of grain

56.

What items were mostly grown on Plantations?

a)

squash, beans, potatoes, cucumbers

b)

bananas, grapes, strawberries, oranges

c)

tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton

d)

peanuts, soybeans, corn, tomatoes

57.

People who were owned by the master of a plantation and made to work for life were called

a)

indentured servants

b)

maids

c)

butlers

d)

slaves

58.

I voluntarily signed a contract to work in the 13 Colonies. Who am I?

a)

An Indentured Servant

b)

An Enslaved African

59.

I am of European descent (lineage). Who am I?

a)

An Indentured Servant

b)

An Enslaved African

60.

My status was lifelong. Who am I?

a)

An Indentured Servant

b)

An Enslaved African

61.

a settlement controlled by a separate country

a)

state

b)

colony

c)

fort

d)

country

62.

This caused conflict between settlers and American Indians.

a)

trading goods

b)

teaching them how to plant crops

c)

sharing land

d)

population growth of the Europeans

63.

What was the major impact of conflict between European settlers and the American Indians?

a)

They worked together

b)

They shared the land and materials

c)

The American Indians were forced to leave their homes

d)

The Europeans were forced to return to Europe

64.

Who would say this? "Their numbers keep increasing, I fear this might end badly."

a)

Native Americans

b)

European settlers

65.

How did the European exploration of North America have a NEGATIVE impact on the Native Americans?

a)

New diseases destroyed much of the Native American population.

b)

New ideas about land ownership led to alliances

c)

Farming increased the Native American population

66.

The original 13 colonies were located along what geographical feature?

a)

Caribbean Islands

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Pacific Coast

d)

Atlantic Ocean

67.

Why did the Virginia Company send colonists to start Jamestown?

a)

To find wealth and make a profit

b)

To increase the glory of the Spanish King

c)

To teach Christianity to the American Indians

d)

To discover what happened to the Roanoke colony

68.

Which group of American Indians lived near Jamestown?

a)

Croatoan

b)

Iroquois

c)

Pawnee

d)

Powhatan

69.

Which caused many settlers to die in colonial Jamestown?

a)

storms

b)

disease

c)

contaminated water

d)

civil war

70.

Which was a primary reason why the Virginia Company settled the colony at Jamestown?

a)

to grow tobacco and rice

b)

to search for gold and silver

c)

to educate the native peoples

d)

to seek religious freedom

71.

A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s where Africa sent slaves to America, America sent raw materials to Europe, and Europe sent guns and rum to Africa.

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Triangular Trade

c)

Mercantilism

72.

European settlers exposed natives to _______ and wiped out entire settlements.

a)

Weapons

b)

Disease

c)

Education

d)

Money

73.

Which colonial region was made up of Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia?

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

d)

Northern Colonies

74.

Which colonial region was made up of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island?

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

d)

Northern Colonies

75.

Which colonial region was made up of Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania?

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

d)

Northern Colonies

76.

Fishing, Shipbuilding, and Whaling were a huge part of which of the followings economy?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

New England

d)

Middle

77.

Industries and grain crops were a huge part of which of the followings economy?

a)

Middle

b)

Southern

c)

New England

d)

Georgian

78.

Cash Crops on big plantations were a huge part of which of the followings economy?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Southern

c)

Middle

d)

New England

79.

Which section of colonies survived on the labor of mostly slaves?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

80.
Which region had an economy based off agriculture and grew mainly cash crops like Tobacco, Indigo, and Rice?
a)
Northern
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
81.
Which region did the Quakers, who practiced religious toleration, settle in?
a)
Northern
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
82.

What was the FIRST successful British colony in North America?

a)

Jamestown, Virginia

b)

Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts

c)

Massachusetts Bay Colony, Massachusetts

d)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

83.

True or False: The Europeans started to arrive after the Native Americans were already here & well established;

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

84.

TRUE OR FALSE: The British founded the 13 Colonies;

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

85.

The route that brought enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic. The conditions aboard these slave ships were cruel and inhumane.

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Slave Trade

d)

African Exchange

86.

According to the map, which items were introduced to the Americas from Europe and Africa?

a)

horses, disease, bananas

b)

pumpkins, squash, corn

c)

pumpkins, grapes, vanilla

d)

cattle, turnips, pineapples

87.

What is mercantilism?

a)

A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

b)

where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

c)

Wars that start over money.

d)

Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

88.

European settlers exposed natives to _______ and wiped out entire settlements.

a)

Weapons

b)

Disease

c)

Education

d)

Money

89.

Which colonial region was made up of Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia?

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

d)

Northern Colonies

90.

Which colonial region was made up of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island?

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

d)

Northern Colonies

91.

Which colonial region was made up of Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania?

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

d)

Northern Colonies

92.

1st English attempt at Colonization in the New World was known as

a)

The Perfect Colony

b)

The First Colony

c)

The Last Colony

d)

The Lost Colony

93.

In a way to replace Indentured Servants, this institution was brought to the New World in 1619?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Joint-Stocks

c)

Slavery

d)

Socialism

94.

What is the most appropriate title for this map?

a)

The Industrial Revolution

b)

Imperialism in America

c)

The Age of Discovery

d)

Triangular Trade

95.

Which of the following is NOT true of the trade pattern shown on the map above?

a)

Colonies provided natural resources for the mother country

b)

Captives from Africa were transported to North America

c)

England was home to more natural resources than North America

d)

England had colonies in North America

96.

The belief that colonies exist to benefit the economy of the mother country (Old World) is known as....

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Free Trade

d)

Nativism

97.

After contact with Europeans, the vast majority of Native Americans died of...

a)

disease

b)

famine

c)

drought

d)

dehydration

98.

The term "mother country" refers to...

a)

the country of indigenous people

b)

the country importing (receiving) manufactured goods

c)

the country using its colonies for profit

d)

the land being colonized

99.

 

A belief that a country’s security depended on selling more products than it bought (maintaining a positive trade balance); establishing colonies who would sell raw materials to the home country at low prices and who would in turn buy what they needed ONLY from the mother country

a)

Navigation Acts

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Middle Passage

100.

. 

A trade route that developed between Britain, Africa and British colonies in the Americas during the colonial era

a)

Navigation Acts

b)

Middle Passage

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Colonization

101.

Farm crop raised be sold for money

a)

Navigation

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Back Country

d)

Cash Crop

102.

A person under contract to work, usually without pay, in exchange for free passage to the colonies.

a)

African Slave

b)

Separatist

c)

Indentured Servants

d)

Self-governance

103.

A material or substance found in nature that can be used to sustain a society or exploited for economic gain, such as trees, minerals or living things.

a)

Natural Resource

b)

Charter

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Cash crop

104.

Transatlantic trade network formed by Europe, West Africa and the Americas for the transport and trade of goods and enslaved Africans.

a)

Navigation Acts

b)

Joint-Stock Company

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Economic Activity

105.

What is a raw material?

a)

A completed product

b)

A resources used to make a product

106.

What did the European countries do with the raw materials?

a)

Turn them into finished products

b)

Re-sell them to other Colonies

c)

Re-sell them to other Countries

d)

Trade them away

107.

Which three continents were involved in the Triangular Trade Route?

a)

North America, South America and Africa

b)

North America, Africa and Europe

c)

North America, South America and Europe

d)

North America, Africa, and Asia

108.

America provided ____ material Europe needed to produce products like furniture and tools.

a)

iron

b)

metal

c)

agricultural

d)

raw

109.

Goods sold to other countries

a)

export

b)

import

c)

mercantilism

d)

triangle trade

110.

Goods brought in from other countries

a)

export

b)

import

c)

mercantilism

d)

triangle trade

111.

A person who makes money by selling goods.

a)

commerce

b)

merchant

c)

charter

d)

joint stock company

112.

Combining raw materials and processed goods into finished products

a)

manufacturing

b)

triangle trade

c)

intolerant

d)

charter

113.

The impact of mercantilism was that

a)

The rate of slavery in the Americas went down

b)

Trade was limited in the Atlantic

c)

The Colony grew wealthy

d)

The Mother Country grew wealthy

114.
Based on the political cartoon, how does mercantilism benefit the mother country?
a)
The mother country always has something to eat.
b)
The mother country can get rich from the colonies.
c)
The colonies provide everything to the mother country.
115.

What is a example of a raw material

a)

cars

b)

clothes

c)

computers

d)

cotton

116.

Mercantilism benefited which country the most

a)

Mexico

b)

England

c)

Colombia

d)

Indonesia

117.

Who benefitted from mercantilism?

a)

The Colonies

b)

Spain

c)

Africa

d)

Mother Country (Great Britain)

118.

Why did the Transatlantic Slave Trade develop?

a)

Slaves were needed to grow cash crops

b)

Slaves were needed to build a rail road

c)

Slaves were needed for textile manufacturing

d)

Slaves were used in shipyards

119.

Where were slaves forced to work?

a)

Manufacturing in the New England colonies

b)

Fishing in the harbors of Boston

c)

Plantations in the southern colonies

120.

Were the colonies allowed to manufacture their own products?

a)

Yes

b)

No

121.

What was the most accurate description of the conditions on the slave ship?

a)

moderate to clean

b)

clean and comfortable

c)

filthy and disease infested

d)

very clean

122.
New England's economy was based on ______.
a)
Plantations
b)
Trade with the other colonies
c)
Fishing, ship building, whaling and more
d)
religious retreats
123.
The portion of triangular trade that brought slaves across the atlantic was called
a)
trail of tears
b)
The death trail
c)
The final passage
d)
the Middle passage
124.
Slaves were brought to the New World to work on _________
a)
Plantations
b)
Factories
c)
building ships
d)
becoming traders
125.
Slaves were mainly brought to which colonial region?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
126.
Mercantilism was ________.
a)
taking resources to the colonies to sell
b)
Trading with the french and Spanish
c)
Had nothing to do with trade
d)
Taking resources from the colonies to make money
127.

Which geographic feature allowed the Mid-Atlantic (Middle Colonies) colonies to have a longer growing season than the New England colonies?

a)

thick forests

b)

flat lands with rocky soil

c)

navigable rivers (Able to travel)

d)

milder climate

128.

What was the reason labor needed more workers in the colonies?

a)

to keep up with the French colonies

b)

to keep up with the Spanish colonies

c)

to keep up with agricultural demand

d)

to keep up with manufacturing demand

129.

 

What was the Middle Passage?

a)

A sea route from Africa to the Americas carrying slaves

b)

A bridge over the Mississippi River to help westward expansion

c)

A trail through the Appalachian Mountains to open up the fur trade

d)

A route in the colonies for trade along the rivers

130.

Small farms, rocky soil, cold winters, short growing season describes

a)

Western Colonies

b)

Southern Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

d)

Middle Colonies

131.

Which became the most profitable agricultural crop of colonial Virginia?

a)

Tobacco

b)

Corn

c)

Wheat

d)

Cotton

132.

The economy of the Southern colonies was based on?

a)

Grains, "The Bread Basket"

b)

Ship building, fishing, and metal products

c)

Plantations, cash crops

d)

Iron ore and the whaling industry

133.

According to the theory of Mercantilism, colonies existed to

a)

provide luxury goods

b)

provide new trade routes

c)

provide a place to rehouse convicts

d)

provide raw materials

134.

Laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America

a)

Apprentice

b)

Indentured Servant

c)

Slave

d)

Patricians

135.

Which colonial region is nicknamed "The Bread Basket"?

a)

Middle

b)

New England

c)

Southern

d)

None

136.

Which colonial region was known for its plantation system and large cash crops?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Western

137.

Which colonial region is known for shipbuilding and fishing industry?

a)

Southern

b)

New England

c)

Middle

d)

New York

138.

Which colonial region was the most culturally and religiously diverse?

a)

New England

b)

New Southern

c)

Middle

d)

Eastern

139.

Which economic system/idea impacted the economic development of the colonies?

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Communism

d)

Glorious Revolution

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