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13 colonies

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the New England colonies?

a)

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

b)

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

c)

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

d)

Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey

2.

What are the Middle colonies?

a)

New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, South Carolina

b)

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

c)

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

d)

Massachusetts, Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware

3.

What are the southern colonies?

a)

New York, South Carolina, Maryland, North Carolina

b)

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

c)

Virginia, New Hampshire, Georgia, Pennsylvania

d)

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

4.

How many original colonies were there?

a)

10

b)

13

c)

12

d)

4

5.

What country governed the colonies and it's citizens?

a)

America

b)

Africa

c)

England

d)

Russia

6.

Where did the colonists land when they reached North America?

a)

Florida

b)

Texas

c)

Virginia

d)

Maryland

7.

What was the name of the 1st settlement that the colonists started?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Jamestown

c)

Boston

d)

Washington

8.

Who was the leader of the Jamestown colony?

a)

Captain John Smith

b)

Pocahontas

c)

Jacob Brown

d)

Snow White

9.

Why did the Pilgrims leave England and come to America?

a)

To find religious freedom. They were being persecuted in England.

b)

They wanted to meet the Indians.

c)

They were bored.

d)

To explore new land

10.

What did the Pilgrims name their new colony?

a)

Wonderland

b)

Plymouth

c)

Ashburn

d)

Brazil

11.

What was the name of the ship that the Pilgrims sailed on?

a)

The Speedster

b)

The Heavy Ship

c)

The Whale

d)

The Mayflower

12.

Who helped the Pilgrims survive the next year?

a)

Indians

b)

other colonists

c)

bears

d)

wolves

13.
a large farm on which crops are raised by workers who live on the farm. 
a)
debtor
b)
labroer
c)
plantation
d)
aprentice
14.

The original colonies are divided into ___ regions.

a)

13

b)

3

c)

4

d)

10

15.

the first written constitution in America; it limited government powers and guaranteed more rights to individuals

a)

religious freedom

b)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Frame of Government

16.

when individuals allow others to think or practice other religions and beliefs

a)

religious freedom

b)

religious tolerance

c)

Fundamental Orders

d)

dissenter

17.

a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World in 1620

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Fundamental Orders

c)

charter

d)

Declaration of Independence

18.

a crop produced for money rather than being used by the farmer

a)

cash crop

b)

agriculture

c)

farming

d)

subsistence

19.

Trade routes between Africa, the Americas, and Europe, in which ships carried cash crops, manufactured goods, and enslaved people were known as

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Triangular Trade

20.

A crop grown in a large quantity to sell for profit.

a)

Crop Circles

b)

Subsistence Farming

c)

Money Trees

d)

Cash Crop

21.

A _____ is a person who settled in New England for religious freedom.

a)

Quaker

b)

Puritan

c)

Immigrant

d)

Catholic

22.

A person who agrees to work for a number of years in exchange for passage to the New World.

a)

Indentured Servant

b)

Enslaved Person

c)

Colonist

d)

Puritan

23.

a pattern of trade between America, Europe, and Africa

a)

charter

b)

triangular trade route

c)

common

d)

apprentice

24.

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

a)

Middle Colonies

b)

Southern Colonies

c)

Northern Colonies

25.

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

a)

Middle Colonies

b)

Southern Colonies

c)

Northern Colonies

26.

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Northern Colonies

27.

colony settled by the Pilgrims in Massachusetts

a)

Jamestown

b)

Massachusetts

c)

Roanoke

d)

Plymouth

28.

Which colonies used slaves for labor

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

29.

Which colonies specialization was in:Fishing, wheat and Livestock.

a)

Middle

b)

New England

c)

Southern

30.

Which colonies made their money farming cotton, tobbaco and rice

a)

New England

b)

southern

c)

Middle

31.

First colony established by England in North America

a)

New Enland

b)

Jamestown Virginia

c)

Plymouth, Georgia

d)

Mayflower, Massachussetts

32.

The 13 colonies were property of

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Portugal

33.

These colonies had rocky soil and long cold winters which made farming difficult

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

34.

These colonies had the best soil and weather for farming many cash crops

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Western

35.

This region was the home of many different religions and people like catholics, jews, lutherans and quakers

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Western

36.

an economic policy forcing the English colonies to trade with their mother country (England)

a)

socialism

b)

mercantilism

c)

capitalism

37.

A type of colony in which the people of the colony chose their leaders

a)

royal

b)

proprietary

c)

self-governing

38.
What is the most significant effect of European colonization?
a)
American Indians grew wealthy by trading with colonists.
b)
American Indians killed many French colonists.
c)
American Indians died out in large numbers from disease.
39.
Which of the following groups settled in the Southern colonies?
a)
Debtors
b)
Puritans
c)
Quakers
40.
Which of the following terms/phrases describe the economic activities of the New England Colonies?
a)
fishing
b)
large plantations
c)
grow staple crops
41.

In what year did Christopher Columbus set sail on his first voyage?

a)

1018

b)

1246

c)

1492

d)

1762

42.

Europeans called the Americas the ________________.

a)

Columbia

b)

The New World

c)

Terra Incognita

d)

The Antipodes

43.

What was Columbus hoping to discover on his first voyage?

a)

El Dorado, the Lost City of Gold

b)

A trade route to Asia

c)

A new continent where Europeans could settle

d)

None of the above

44.
What is Marco Polo most known for?
a)
Exploring the South Pacific
b)
Exploring Egypt's Nile River
c)
Traveling to China and the far East
d)
Discovering North America
45.

Why did many European countries send out explorers during the Age of Exploration?

a)

They wanted to look for efficient trade routes to Asia

b)

They wanted to establish colonies in order to make money from trade

c)

They wanted to connect with natives in the "New World" to learn about their culture

d)

They were bored

46.

The red colonies were called...

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Eastern Colonies

47.

The blue colonies were called...

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Eastern Colonies

48.

The green colonies were called...

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Northern Colonies

49.
Pennsylvania was home to the ___________.
a)
Puritans
b)
Protestants
c)
Catholics
d)
Quakers
50.
Where did the major cities start to pop up? 
a)
Southern 
b)
Middle
c)
New England 
51.
Why was slavery LESS important in the Middle Colonies and the New England Colonies than in the Southern Colonies?
a)
They were far behind the South in business and industry.
b)
They did not rely heavily on cash crops.
c)
Slavery was important in all of the colonial regions. 
52.
Which colonial region was settled by Puritans and Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
d)
Backcountry
53.
What was the reason Georgia was founded as a colony?
a)
Religious Freedom
b)
It was a place for criminals and debtors
c)
Agriculture
54.
This colony kicked out Ann Hutchinson...
a)
Georgia
b)
North Carolina
c)
South Carolina
d)
Massachusetts
55.

What year was the first permanent English settlement established?

a)

1492

b)

1776

c)

1607

d)

1706

56.

The Virginia Company was...

a)

A band of merry men

b)

A place people went for personal loans

c)

A place where people planned vacations

d)

A joint stock company that helped to find Jamestown

57.

The House of Burgesses is...

a)

A house on Burgesses street

b)

Part of the Virginia General Assembly chosen by white male landowners

c)

A part of early government in Massachusetts

d)

A part of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

58.

This document stated that people had the right to elect governors, judges, and a legislature, establishing the idea of self-government in the colonies.

a)

The Mayflower Compact

b)

The Virginia House of Burgesses

c)

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

d)

The Honor of Grayskull

59.

The first representative assembly in the American colonies. Representatives immediately began to enact laws and to safeguard individual rights. Setting precedent in the colonies for individual rights protected by law.

a)

The Fundamental Orders of Compton

b)

The Bright Moon Compact

c)

The Virginia House of Burgesses

d)

The first Thanksgiving

60.

An agreement that established the idea of self-government and majority rule. Signed by most of the men on the Mayflower, this compact was an agreement to form a political body and give it the power to enact laws for the good of the colony. It provided a model for later development of representative government. A social contract where all agreed to abide by these rules.

a)

The Mayflower Compact

b)

The Virginia House of Burgesses

c)

The Proclamation of 1763

d)

The Treaty of Versailles

61.

What is Mercantilism?

a)

A system of government in South America.

b)

A system of imprisonment in the Netherlands.

c)

An economic system based on making the "mother" country richer and more powerful

d)

A system of oppressive trade between two European nations.

62.

A political system where policies are created by representatives selected by the people.

a)

Democracy

b)

Representative Government

c)

Theocracy

d)

Dictatorship

63.

The massive movement of people, crops, animals, diseases, and ideas between the “Old World” and the “New World” during European exploration and colonization.

a)

The Columbian Exchange

b)

Triangle Trade

c)

The Middle Passage

d)

Shipping

64.

Which of the following is a reason why representative government developed in the colonies?

a)

distance from Great Britain

b)

the king wanted them to govern themselves

c)

colonists got rich from mercantilism

d)

the beginning of the slave trade

65.

What was the name of the first representative legislature in the colonies?

a)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

b)

Parliament

c)

Virginia House of Burgesses

d)

Mayflower Compact

66.

What religious group founded the New England colonies?

a)

Puritans

b)

Quakers

c)

Catholics

67.

In which year did Columbus first reach North America?

a)

32

b)

1308

c)

1492

d)

1608

68.
What was the name of the trade route that Columbus established from America to Europe?
a)
the Silk Road
b)
the St. Lawrence Shuttle
c)
the Columbian Exchange 
d)
the Polo Express
69.

Why were most of the 13 colonies settled?

a)

Settlers were escaping religious persecution in Britain

b)

The fur trade provided a lucrative business for them

c)

Settlers heard about indigenous people and wanted to convert them to Christianity

d)

Settlers wanted to make money off of indigenous slave labor

70.

The area in yellow was colonized by which country?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Dutch

71.
What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?
a)
To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
b)
To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
c)
To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
d)
To find the city of gold in southern Africa
72.

After Marco Polo's travels, what were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?

a)

a trade route to Asia/India by land

b)

Isla de Muerta (island that cannot be found, except by those who already know where it is hidden.)

c)

a new trade route to Asia/India by sea

d)

the end of the world and fall off.

73.

Which colony did the Quakers reside?

a)

New York

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

South Carolina

d)

Delaware

74.

Plymouth was established for what reason?

a)

Economic reasons

b)

Social Reasons

c)

Political Reasons

d)

Religious Reasons

75.

A system in which the king tried to increase his nation's wealth by having colonies only trade with the mother country.

a)

triangular trade

b)

cash crop

c)

joint stock company

d)

mercantilsim

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