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Colonization Review

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who settled Roanoke?

a)

Virginia Dare

b)

Walter Raleigh

c)

John Smith

d)

John Rolfe

2.

What was the name of the first English child born in the Colonies?

a)

Sarah Keller

b)

Mary English

c)

Virginia Dare

d)

Connie English

3.

After Walter Raleigh left to get more supplies he returned to Roanoke and found what?

a)

All of the settlers he left behind had disappeared

b)

All of the settlers were doing great

c)

He found things just as they were when he left

4.

What word did Walter Raleigh find on a tree as the only clue that happened to the Settlers?

a)

HELP

b)

Croatan

c)

bye

5.

In what year and colony was Jamestown founded?

a)

2007, Missouri

b)

1607, Massachuttes

c)

1620, Virginia

d)

1607, Virginia

6.

England hoped the settlers at Jamestown would find what?

a)

Gold

b)

Love

c)

good farm land

d)

a route to the West Indies

7.

What is the name of the company that founded Jamestown?

a)

Virginia Company

b)

The Keller Company

c)

Massachusetts Bay Company

8.

What type of people did England send to start Jamestown?

a)

families who were in search of religious freedom

b)

men who were very well-trained in survival skills

c)

men who lacked basic survival skills

9.

Jamestown was built on a ......

a)

mountain

b)

swamp

c)

island

d)

valley

10.

During the "Starving Time," the settlers at Jamestown resorted to what to survive?

a)

cannibalism

b)

they would order McDonalds

c)

they would have big parties together

11.

John Smith started what rule to get the settlers at Jamestown to work?

a)

"Work or Starve" rule

b)

"Starve" rule

c)

"Get up and doing something" rule

d)

"Stop being Lazy" Rule

12.

Who was the Native American leader near Jamestown?

a)

Squanto

b)

Powhatan

c)

John Smith

13.

John Rolfe grew what crop that ened up saving Jamestown?

a)

cotton

b)

rice

c)

indigo

d)

tobacco

14.

Before Slave Labor Jamestown used a lot of what kind of labor to work in their tobacco fields?

a)

child labor

b)

indentured servants

c)

maids

d)

enslaved labor

15.

What type of laborer chose to sign a contract to work and were given free passage to the colonies and received food, shelter, and clothing during their contract that could last on average from 4-7 years?

a)

child laborer

b)

enslaved laborer

c)

indentured servant

16.

Once an indentured servant's contract was over they could receive what to help them in their new lives?

a)

a trip back to England

b)

money or supplies

c)

nothing

d)

a new contract to sign

17.

Indentured servants as well as enslaved people could be treated in what way?

a)

They were treated poorly and harshly

b)

They were treated with kindness and respect

18.

Pilgrims were also known as what?

a)

Puritans

b)

Separatists

c)

Religious People

19.

Who were the Separatists?

a)

a group of people who like to live separately from everyone else

b)

a religious group that left the Church of England

c)

a religious group that was Catholic

20.

The Pilgrims and Puritans moved to the Colonies to find

a)

religious freedom

b)

gold

c)

good farm land

21.

The Pilgrims came to Plymouth, Massachuttes in

a)

1620

b)

1607

c)

1630

d)

2020

22.

Before leaving the ship the Pilgrims signed what document that was created as a set of rules on how to govern themselves?

a)

The Constitution

b)

The Colonies Compact

c)

The Mayflower Compact

d)

The Pilgrim Compact

23.

What did the Pilgrims lack that caused over half of them to die during their first winter in Plymouth?

a)

They lacked

b)

they lacked survival skills

c)

They lacked kindness to others

24.

Who helped the Pilgrims learn how to survive and learn how to farm?

a)

John Rolfe

b)

Squanto

c)

Powhatan

d)

John Smith

25.

What group of people established the Massachuttes Bay Company and settled in present-day Boston in 1630?

a)

Jamestonians

b)

Puritans

c)

Pilgrims

d)

Separatists

26.

Who gave the famous sermon called "City on a Hill?"

a)

John Winthrop

b)

John Smith

c)

John Rolfe

27.

What does John Winthrop's famous sermon, "City on a Hill" encourage the Puritans to do?

a)

He encourages the Puritans to set an example for the rest of the world on how to live

b)

He encourages the Puritans to work hard

c)

He encourages the Puritans to farm corn

28.

Did the Puritans struggle when they arrived in the Colonies

a)

yes, over half of them will die during the first winter

b)

no, they were wealthy and brought everything they needed to survive with them

c)

yes, they received help from Squanto

29.

During the Salem Witch Trials around 200 people were accused of practicing what?

a)

witchcraft

b)

the piano

c)

how to play football

30.

The Salem Witch Trials show us how quickly ......

a)

the trees in Salem grow

b)

accusations and hysteria could spread

c)

Covid could spread

31.

Which of these statements is true for New England?

a)

Colonies- New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,

Known for shipping and whaling

b)

Colonies-New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware

Known as the breadbasket of the colonies

c)

Colonies-Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia

Known for rice and indigo and using slave labor

32.

Which of these statements is true for the Middle Colonies?

a)

Colonies- New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,

Known for shipping and whaling

b)

Colonies-New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware

Known as the breadbasket of the colonies

c)

Colonies-Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia

Known for rice and indigo and using slave labor

33.

Which of these statements is true for the Southern Colonies?

a)

Colonies- New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,

Known for shipping and whaling

b)

Colonies-New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Deleware

Known as the breadbasket of the colonies

c)

Colonies-Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia

Known for rice and indigo and using slave labor

34.

All of the colonies supplied raw materials to England.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

What is the trade between the 3 ports called? (England, the Colonies, and Africa)

a)

The Triangle Trade

b)

The 3 Port Trade

c)

A Pyramid Scheme

36.

England benefited from trade with the colonies by importing raw materials and exporting finished goods. This is called what?

a)

Trade

b)

Business

c)

Mercantilism

37.

The colonies existed to serve whom?

a)

Italy

b)

Themselves

c)

England

d)

Spain

38.

The capturing, selling, and buying of enslaved persons is called the what?

a)

The Slave Trade

b)

The Triangle Trade

c)

The Mean and Horrible thing to do trade

39.

Africans were often captured by other Africans- called the capturing.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Europeans decreased the number of enslaved people being captured in Africa.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Enslaved people were taken to the coast to be sold to slave ships and were packed tightly and often could not stand.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

The Middle Passage is the trip from the Americas to Africa.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Sick slaves were sometimes thrown overboard so that others would not get sick, causing sharks to follow the ships.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

The captains of the Slave Ships did not want the enslaved people to survive.

a)

True

b)

False