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Middle Colonies

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the major natural resource that helped the middle colonies prosper?

a)

lumber

b)

gold

c)

fertile soil

2.

The Duke of York gave Berkley and Carteret which colony?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

New York

c)

New Jersey

3.

some of the jobs in the middle colonies were________

a)

plumber, computer tech, and store clerk

b)

teacher, nurse, and doctor

c)

carpenter, blacksmith, baker, tailor

4.

Someone who trains to learn a new skill is called

a)

trainee

b)

apprentice

c)

indentured servant

5.

Artisans were______________

a)

craftworkers

b)

religious ministers

c)

factory workers

6.

The middle colonies had religious tolerance, they accepted all religions.

True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The renewal of interest in religion was called__________

a)

The Great Awakening

b)

The Great Religious Awakening

c)

The Religious Renewal

8.

immigrants came to the middle colonies for_________

a)

gold and riches

b)

religious freedom and better opportunities

c)

to get land

9.

True or False:

Some of the slaves in the middle colonies were freed.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The largest port city was in ________________

a)

New York

b)

Philadelphia

c)

Delaware

11.

True or False: Ben Franklin had many important jobs like: writer, inventor, printer, and scientist.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The most famous man from Pennsylvania was_______________

a)

George Washington

b)

John Kennedy

c)

Ben Franklin

13.

King Charles gave what is now Pennsylvania to this man.

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

William Penn

c)

Duke of York

14.

True or False: The English treated the dutch settlers unfairly .

a)

True

b)

False

15.

King Charles took over the middle colonies by__________

a)

signing a charter with the Dutch

b)

Winning a war with the dutch

c)

The dutch giving up and surrendering without even fighting

16.

The middle colonies were very diverse. (many cultures)

True or False

a)

True

b)

False

17.

King Charles wanted the middle colonies for England because___

a)

he wanted more land, resources and control of the trading

b)

he wanted to live there

c)

he wanted to go to war with the Dutch

18.

The rivers were important because ______________

a)

The provided fish

b)

They allowed the ships to come in for trading

c)

They were good for travel

19.

The river that was important in New York was ______________

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Delaware

River

c)

Hudson River

20.

The nickname for the middle colonies is____________

a)

The breadbasket colonies

b)

The puritan colonies

c)

The harbor colonies