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08 Colonization

Total questions: 132

Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who helped John Smith become allies with the Powhatan Indians?

a)

Beyonce

b)

Ms. Hence

c)

Pocahontas

d)

Elsa

2.

Who came to Jamestown with the Colonist ?

a)

Indians

b)

Africans

c)

More Colonist

3.

What were they looking for in Jamestown?

a)

gold , sliver and new route to Asia

b)

Birkin's

c)

Food

d)

Lightsaber

4.

Cash Crop

a)

money money money

b)

crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower

c)

Food

d)

James Madison

5.

In what year was Jamestown founded?

a)

1612

b)

1611

c)

1607

d)

1610

6.

What area is Jamestown in?

a)

South Carolina

b)

Virginia

c)

NY

d)

North Carolina

7.

The state where Jamestown is located is the state of ___________.

a)

Maryland

b)

New Jersey

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Virginia

8.

Why was Jamestown a great place for the English to settle?

a)

The English like to fish.

b)

They wanted to be a part of the Boston Tea Party.

c)

It is surrounded by water making escapes from attacks by boat convenient.

d)

The English loved having the water as a view.

9.

The English took the voyage to a new land because _________________.

a)

They wanted to live at a place where they were free to colonize.

b)

They wanted to live at a place where they could take voyages from.

c)

They wanted to live near water.

d)

They wanted to live with the Native Americans.

10.
a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Both

11.

John Smith as leader

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Both

12.

Goal was economic benefit to England

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Both

13.

House of Burgesses

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Both

14.

1st Representative Government in the colonies

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Both

15.

Looking for a better life in the new world

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Both

16.

Established some form of government to organize society

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Both

17.

Goal was religious freedom

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Both

18.

Mayflower Compact

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Both

19.

Separated from the Church of England

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Both

20.

Self government

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Both

21.
a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Both

22.
a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Both

23.
Which of the following was the first permanent English colony in the Americas?
a)
Jamestown
b)
Roanoke 
c)
Georgia 
d)
Virginia 
24.
Why did many of the men not want to work?
a)
They didn't know how.
b)
They forced the women to work.
c)
They wanted to hire American Indians to do the work.
d)
They were rich and used to having servants do all of their work in England.
25.
Who said, "If you don't work, then you don't eat!"?
a)
Chief Powhatan
b)
Christopher Newport
c)
Lord De La Warr
d)
Captain John Smith
26.
What became Jamestown's "gold"?
a)
cars
b)
tobaccco
c)
water
d)
tomatoes
27.
In what year was Jamestown settled?
a)
1492
b)
1607
c)
1608
d)
2081
28.
What company sponsored the Jamestown Settlement?
a)
The Virginia Company
b)
The King James Company
c)
The London Company
d)
The Hershey Company
29.
A colony is 
a)
Land controlled by a mother country
b)
a written contract 
c)
a place where people went to be free
d)
a country by itself
30.
Jamestown was the site for the FIRST representative government in the New World.  What was this government called?
a)
House of Commons
b)
House of Cheddar
c)
Mayflower Compact
d)
House of Burgess
31.
Winter 1609-1610 is considered the ______ time in Jamestown.
a)
Starving
b)
Hunting
c)
Carnival
d)
Hungry
32.
This colony is located in present day Virginia
a)
Jamestown
b)
Roanoke
c)
Croatoa
d)
Plymouth
33.

The group of people who left the Church of England because they no longer shared its beliefs and practices.

a)

Separatists

b)

Puritans

c)

Protestants

d)

Quakers

34.

Separatists who left the Church of England to establish a colony in North America aboard the Mayflower to practice their religion freely.

a)

Puritans

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Catholics

d)

Quakers

35.

Persecution means....

a)

receiving a charter from the King

b)

receiving investment money in a joint-stock company

c)

receiving a chance to work in a colony as an indentured servant

d)

receiving harm because of a belief

36.

Who were the group known as the "Strangers" on the Mayflower.

a)

Friends they hadn't met yet.

b)

Treasure Hunters who went with them seeking fortune.

c)

Catholic Missionaries who stowed away to sabotage the colony.

d)

The King's Gaurds who were not part of their church.

37.

The colony established by the Pilgrims for the purpose to freely practice their religion was called...

a)

Plymouth

b)

Jamestown

c)

Massachusetts Bay Colony

d)

Pennsylvania

38.

Why did the Pilgrims need to write the Mayflower Compact?

a)

They had forgotten their official charter

b)

They had gotten off course and landed several hundred miles off north of Jamestown.

c)

They arrived in the right location, but later than they expected.

d)

They needed an agreement in order to trade with Jamestown

39.

Who was Squanto?

a)

A Native American who helped the Pilgrims survive.

b)

The Conquistador who conquered Plymouth

c)

The Chief of the Powhatan people

d)

The Governor of Plymouth

40.

The First written PLAN of Self Government was called....

a)

The Virginia Charter

b)

The Plymouth Charter

c)

The Mayflower Compact

d)

Plymouth Compact

41.

Which of the following was agreed upon in the Mayflower Compact? (Four Correct).

a)

Self Government

b)

vote on just and equal laws

c)

harsh punishments for non-Pilgrims

d)

meetings to discuss issues

e)

elect leaders

42.

Half of the Plymouth Colonists died in the first winter of December of 1620. Which of the following were hardships faced by Pilgrims in the Plymouth Colony.

a)

poor weather

b)

sickness

c)

scarce food

d)

mutiny by the Strangers

e)

predators in the region

43.

Choose All of the ways in which Squanto helped the Plymouth Colony Survive.

a)

Introduced them to the Wampanoag Chief, Massasoit.

b)

He served as interpretor and helped establish trade

c)

Provided Guidance on how to raise crops

d)

Allowed the leader to marry his daughter Pocahontas

e)

Provided support against the Wampanoag during the Indian Wars

44.

Which Holidays origins trace back to the Plymouth Colony?

a)

Christmas

b)

Halloween

c)

Easter

d)

Independence Day

e)

Thanksgiving

45.

A government run by religious leaders and religious laws.

a)

Democracy

b)

Republic

c)

Theocracy

d)

Monarchy

46.

The religious group who wanted to reform the Church of England was called...

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Separatists

c)

Quakers

d)

Puritans

47.

In 1629, a large group of Puritans got the financial backing to start the ____________________________________ in North America.

a)

Jamestown Colony

b)

Plymouth Colony

c)

Massachusetts Bay Colony

d)

Pennsylvania

48.

Why was the Massachusetts Bay Colony founded?

a)

profit and trade

b)

glory and trade

c)

Northwest passage

d)

religious freedom

49.

Even though its government was based on a strict theocracy, what form of self-government did Massachusetts Bay use?

a)

Town Meetings

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

House of Burgesses

d)

There was no self-government in Massachusetts

50.

What was the purpose of town meetings in Massachusetts Bay?

a)

Men gathered to vote on laws

b)

Men and women gathered to vote on laws

c)

Men gathered to attend religious services

d)

Men and women gathered to attend religious services

51.

Who was Anne Hutchinson?

a)

Religious leader who was celebrated for in favor of the harshness of Puritan belief. She was the first female governor of Massachusetts.

b)

Religious leader who was accused of speaking against the harshness of Puritan belief. She was exiled and left town.

c)

A nurse who invented X-Ray while attempting to photograph the soul in the body

d)

The woman who gave birth to the first baby born in North America of European Decent.

52.

How many of those accused of witchcraft in Salem were executed?

a)

18

b)

19

c)

20

d)

21

53.

What was known as the time period from 1691-1692, in Massachusetts, in which two girls accused a neighbor of practicing witchcraft?

a)

Massachusetts Witch Hunt

b)

Massachusetts Witch Trials

c)

Salem Witch Hunt

d)

Salem Witch Trials

54.

Why did the Salem Witch Trials finally end?

a)

All of the witches were found and executed

b)

Community leaders finally spoke out against the Trials for Lack of Evidence/

c)

The town was abandoned for fear of the witches.

d)

Salem strengthened its strict Puritan beliefs

55.

What was the Dutch system of land grants to encourage settlements in the Hudson River valley?

a)

indentured servitude

b)

slavery

c)

Manifest destiny

d)

patroon system

56.

Who was the Dutch governor of New Amsterdam who was so disliked that they would not defend the colony against the British in 1664?

a)

Peter Zenger

b)

Peter Stuyvesant

c)

John Winthrop

d)

William Bradford

57.

Which colony, originally owned by the Dutch, was renamed after the King of England’s brother?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Georgia

c)

Viginia

d)

New York

58.

Which of the following were Dutch influences on New York?

a)

a Puritan society focused on converting Native Americans

b)

a Catholic majority persecuting Protestant minorities

c)

a diverse population focused on trade

d)

a tolerant and egalitarian Quaker society

59.

What religious group originally settled Pennsylvania?

a)

Quakers

b)

Puritans

c)

Separatists

d)

Catholics

60.

Who was the founder of Pennsylvania?

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

Pennsylvania Company of London

c)

Charles II

d)

William Penn

61.

(T/F) Pennsylvania was a tolerant colony.

a)

True

b)

False

62.

Why was Pennsylvania more generous of women’s rights than other colonies?

a)

The Puritan religion required that women know how to read the Bible.

b)

The Quakers believed in a society where men and women are equal.

c)

The Anglicans allowed women to sign contracts and inherit property.

d)

The Catholics established schools throughout the colony.

63.

Why did Pennsylvania have better relations with Native Americans than other colonies?

a)

Quakers were pacifists and didn’t believe in violence.

b)

Quakers managed to convert all the Natives to Christianity.

c)

Quakers quickly conquered natives and avoided lots of violence later.

d)

Quakers did not interact at all with Native Americans.

64.

How was Georgia a “buffer colony”?

a)

It protected the Carolinas from French Louisiana.

b)

It protected New England from French Canada.

c)

It protected the Carolinas from Spanish Florida.

d)

It protected Virginia from Spanish Cuba.

65.

Who was the utopian founder of Georgia?

a)

James, Duke of York

b)

John Winthrop

c)

John Rolfe

d)

James Oglethorpe

66.

What group in England was provided new opportunity in Georgia?

a)

Catholics

b)

Quakers

c)

Puritans

d)

Debtors

67.

How did French settlements in North America differ from British and Spanish settlements?

a)

They were abandoned once they didn't find gold. 

b)

They traded furs. 

c)

Puritans could worship freely. 

d)

They were abandoned if Indians were near. 

68.

Which country had colonies farthest to the North?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

69.

Which country had colonies farthest to the North?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

70.

What two countries had missionaries who wanted to convert American Indians to Catholicism?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

71.

What two countries had groups who settled in North America to escape religious persecution?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

72.

Which country controlled the least amount of territory?

a)

French

b)

English

c)

Spanish

73.

Which country established colonies the furthest to the south?

a)

French

b)

English

c)

Spanish

74.

Which country established colonies the furthest to the north?

a)

French

b)

English

c)

Spanish

75.

Which of the following was a primary reason France sought to colonize North America?

a)

To reduce overpopulation in Europe

b)

To create communities founded on religious tolerance

c)

To profit from trading in furs and other goods

d)

To create joint ventures with other European powers

76.

Which of these describes the primary reason for French colonization?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

77.
The red is
a)
Portugal's naval base empire
b)
Spain's land based empire
c)
The 13 Colonies
d)

Area of French trading posts

78.

Take a look at the image. What country's colonies are in PURPLE?

a)

Portugal

b)

Spain

c)

England/Great Britain

d)

France

79.

Take a look at the image. What country's colonies are in PINK?

a)

Portugal

b)

Spain

c)

England/Great Britain

d)

France

80.

One final time looking at the map. What two nations have land very close together that might cause a war?

a)

Spain and Portugal

b)

Portugal and France

c)

England and Spain

d)

England and France

81.

Take a look at the image. What country's colonies are in LIGHT ORANGE?

a)

Portugal

b)

Spain

c)

England/Great Britain

d)

France

82.

Which human geographic factor most likely prompted this observation?

a)

The number of Quakers living in British colonies

b)

The Caribbean slave trade with British colonies

c)

The number of religious sects in the British colonies

d)

The Spanish land claims close to the British colonies

83.

Which factor led to the creation of the Mayflower Compact, the charter for the House of Burgess, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

a)

The opportunity for trade with American Indians

b)

The distance of the colonies from Great Britain

c)

The doctrine of the Church of England

d)

The economic system of mercantilism.

84.

Which of the following is a reason Spain sought to form colonies in North America?

a)

Religion Freedom

b)

Expand the Spanish Empire

c)

Set up trading posts for furs

d)

Individual wealth

85.

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.

86.

Which term means a good to sold another country?

a)

Import

b)

Export

87.

EXPORTS of the 13 colonies included:

a)

Manufactured goods

b)

Raw Materials

c)

Slaves

d)

Gold

88.

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

89.

Raw materials are used to make the things we make ourselves or buy in stores. Those things are:___________.

a)

raw materials

b)

manufactured goods

c)

natural resources

d)

from the earth

90.
Parliament passed these trade laws between 1650 and 1696 that required the English colonies to trade items like sugar only with Great Britain.
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Toleration Acts
c)
Navigation Acts
d)
English Bill of rights
91.

Which of the following describes why the colonist began to smuggle goods:

a)

They hated the English taxes on their exports

b)

The English would pay more for smuggled goods

c)

Pirates saw an opportunity to steal from ships

d)

None of these

e)

All of these

92.

Smuggling means

a)

Trading good illegally

b)

Trading slaves

c)

Trading provisions

d)

None of these

93.

Which British Act governed trade between the colonies and Britain (England)?

a)

Bribe Act

b)

Smuggling Acts

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Navigation Acts

94.

What does smuggle mean?

a)

To refuse to buy something

b)

To send a document making a demand

c)

To make a top secret group

d)

To sneak goods in or out

95.

What was the goal of mercantilism?

a)

To control trade and gain wealth

b)

Make colonies wealthy

c)

Import many goods from other nations

d)

Share wealth with other nations

96.

What economic principle is illustrated in the image below?

a)

Captialism

b)

Feudalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Mercantilism

97.

Why were colonists only allowed to trade with their mother country?

a)

The colonists did not know other countries existed

b)

The mother country can gain more wealth

c)

The colonists were prideful

d)

The mother country can share their wealth

98.

Merchants

a)

A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

b)

In: goods coming into a country

c)

Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

d)

The specific laws passed by England to control the trade

99.

Navigation Acts

a)

A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

b)

In: goods coming into a country

c)

Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

d)

The specific laws passed by England to control the trade

100.

Imports

a)

A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

b)

In: goods coming into a country

c)

Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

d)

The specific laws passed by England to control the trade

101.

Exports

a)

A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

b)

In: goods coming into a country

c)

Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

d)

The specific laws passed by England to control the trade

102.

Mercantilism

a)

Being angry with England-The colonists were not accustomed to British control

b)

The specific laws passedy by England to control trade

c)

Mother Country Controls Trade-Colonys role is to serve the mother country

d)

Exit: goods going out into a country (selling)

103.

Colonists' Reaction

a)

Being angry with England-The colonists were not accustomed to British control

b)

The specific laws passedy by England to control trade

c)

Mother Country Controls Trade-Colonys role is to serve the mother country

d)

Exit: goods going out into a country (selling)

104.

Triangular Trade

a)

Used prior to slaves; had to work for 5-7 years before being free.

b)

Slaves

c)

The most famous leg

d)

Important trading route

105.

What was the Middle Passage called?

a)

Used prior to slaves; had to work for 5-7 years before being free.

b)

Slaves

c)

The most famous leg

d)

Important trading route

106.

What was brought in in through the Middle Passage?

a)

Used prior to slaves; had to work for 5-7 years before being free.

b)

Slaves

c)

The most famous leg

d)

Important trading route

107.

Indentured Servants were_______________________________?

a)

Used prior to slaves; had to work for 5-7 years before being free.

b)

Slaves

c)

The most famous leg

d)

Important trading route

108.

The Columbian Exchange was

a)

Used prior to slaves; had to work for 5-7 years before being free.

b)

The exchange of goods between the New World and the Old World

c)

The most famous leg

d)

Important trading route

109.

What did the Navigation Acts of the 1600's and the 1700's, allow England to do? (Select all that apply)

a)

Open trade with all countries in the World.

b)

Control all trade into and out of England and the American colonies.

c)

Raise money for the English government.

d)

Reducing trade competition from the colonies and foreign countries.

110.

How did the Navigation Acts allow the English government to achieve the answer to #1? (select all that apply)

a)

By requiring all trade to be on English or colonial ships.

b)

Restricting the production of certain goods to be made and sold in the colonies.

c)

putting tariffs on imports going to the American colonies.

d)

confiscating the natural resources of the American colonies.

111.

How did the Navigation Acts impact the American colonists? select all that apply.

a)

American trade was resricted to Britain only.

b)

Americans were prohibited from making certain products.

c)

Americans had to pay more for imported goods.

d)

Americans were able to trade with anyone they wanted.

112.

Which group benefited the most from Mercantilism?

a)

The colonies

b)

Africa

c)

England

113.

Which of these was an effect of the Navigation Acts on England?

a)

The colonies developed very little industry or manufacturing ability

b)

The economy was thriving due to selling manufactured goods

c)

Smuggling became common to resist trade rules

d)

There was a decrease in population due to the slave trade

114.

Which of these was an effect of the Navigation Acts on Africa?

a)

The colonies developed very little industry or manufacturing ability

b)

The economy was thriving due to selling manufactured goods

c)

Smuggling became common to resist trade rules

d)

There was a decrease in population due to the slave trade

115.

Which of these was an effect of the Navigation Acts on the colonies?

a)

The colonies developed very little industry or manufacturing ability

b)

The economy was thriving due to selling manufactured goods

c)

A huge migration of humans took place

d)

There was a decrease in population due to the slave trade

116.

What was the goal of the Navigation Acts?

a)

To loosen up restrictions on the colonies

b)

To help people navigate the ocean

c)

To regulate trade so Europe could make more profit

d)

To sell the colonies to France

117.

The trade pattern between the colonies, Africa, and Europe was called what?

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Navigation Acts

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Columbian Exchange

118.
Wood, water, bricks, corn - are all from the earth. These are called: ____________.
a)
finished products
b)
mercantilism
c)
plants
d)
raw materials
119.

The economic policy that made the "mother country" rich by not letting colonies trade with anyone else was known as...

a)

Salutary Neglect

b)

Free Market System

c)

Capitalism

d)

Mercantilism

120.

Economy where mother country establishes colonies as a source of raw materials and markets.

a)

Joint Stock Company

b)

Salutary Neglect

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Colony

121.

Relaxed enforcement on trade laws imposed on colonies

a)

Burgesses

b)

Joint Stock Company

c)

Charter

d)

Salutary Neglect

122.

In its economic relationship with its North American colonies, Great Britain followed principles of mercantilism by

a)

outlawing the African slave trade

b)

encouraging the development of manufacturing in the colonies

c)

limiting the colonies' trade with other nations

d)

establishing laws against business monopolies

123.

During the early to mid-1700s, the British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies contributed to

a)

a decline in colonial maufacturing

b)

the decline of slavery in the northern colonies

c)

a decrease in French and Spanish influence in North America

d)

the development of independent colonial trade practices

124.

The British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it

a)

placed quotas on immigration

b)

placed restriction on trading

c)

discouraged the export of raw materials to England

d)

encouraged colonial manufacturing

125.

Under mercantilism, the thirteen American colonies were expected to provide Great Britain with

a)

finished American-manufactured goods

b)

raw materials and markets for British products

c)

officials to represent colonial interests in Parliament

d)

laborers to work in British factories

126.

What were the effects of the Great Awakening?

a)

Divided the colonies against each other.

b)

Drove people to leave the Anglican Church.

c)

Made people more aware of their individual spiritual obligations.

d)

Diminished the colonists appreciation of education.

e)

Associated spiritual freedom with political freedom.

127.

George Whitefield was the first American _____ ?

a)

outdoor preacher

b)

celebrity

c)

pastor

d)

protester

128.

What was the central message of Whitefield's preaching?

a)

No King but Jesus!

b)

Loyalty to the state is loyalty to the church!

c)

God created, now we must act!

d)

You must be born again!

129.

Which of the following are signs of the American colonies growing cold spiritually?

a)

Salem Witch Trials

b)

Half-way covenant

c)

Ol' Deluder Satan Act

d)

Founding of Harvard College

e)

Deism

130.

US clergyman whose intense sermons on the power of God helped to create the Great Awakening in New England in 1734-5

a)

John Calvin

b)

Martin Luther

c)

Jonathan Edwards

d)

John Thomas Lorton

131.

What Christian denomination was founded by John and Charles Wesley?

a)

Society of Friends

b)

Baptist

c)

Methodist

d)

Presbyterian

132.

Who was credited with preaching the first sermon of the Great Awakening?

a)

George Whitefield

b)

Jonathan Edwards

c)

John Wesley

d)

Charles Wesley

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