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Colonization Part II Exam

Total questions: 79

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What Englishman is considered the founder of the GA Colony?
a)
James Oglethorpe
b)
Hernando De Soto
c)
Hernan Cortez
d)
Christopher Columbus
2.
As a member of Parliament, Oglethorpe was active in bringing about reforms in Britain’s
a)
voting & elections system
b)
educational system
c)
prison system
d)
health care system
3.

James Oglethorpe’s philanthropic (humanitarian) inspiration for founding the Georgia colony was to

a)

help debtors & the working poor get a new start

b)

provide religious freedom for Catholics

c)

save the whales

d)

mine gold & other precious stones

4.

Select three (3) reason for the English establishment of Georgia?

a)

An act of charity: giving opportunities to the worthy poor & unemployed

b)

Economic: helping England balance its trading policy and becoming self-sufficient

c)

Defensive: providing a buffer zone between South Carolina and the Spanish in Florida

d)

providing a base for Spain to begin settling the coast of North America

5.
Georgia became the 13th English colony?
a)
true
b)
false
6.

What word is the best synonym for PHILANTHROPY?

a)

military

b)

mercantilism

c)

debtor

d)

charity

7.

From what enemy was the Georgia colony to protect the South Carolina colony?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

Great Britain

d)

North Carolina

8.

In whose honor was the Georgia colony named?

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

Hernando De Soto

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

King George II of England

9.

For the religious reason, Georgia would offer religious freedom for...

a)

Protestant Christians

b)

Catholic Christians

10.

Which colony is in ORANGE?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Georgia

c)

New Hampshire

d)

New York

11.

Which colony is in ORANGE?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Georgia

c)

New Hampshire

d)

New York

12.

Which colony is in RED?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Massachusetts

c)

New Hampshire

d)

New York

13.

Which colony is BLUE?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Massachusetts

c)

New Hampshire

d)

New York

14.

Which colony is HIGHLIGHTER GREEN?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Massachusetts

c)

New Hampshire

d)

New York

15.

Which colony is DARK GREEN?

a)

Virginia

b)

Massachusetts

c)

New Hampshire

d)

North Carolina

16.

Which colony is in YELLOW?

a)

Virginia

b)

Delaware

c)

New Hampshire

d)

North Carolina

17.

Which colony is in PINK?

a)

Virginia

b)

Delaware

c)

Conneticut

d)

Georgia

18.

Which colony is in BROWN?

a)

Virginia

b)

Delaware

c)

Connecticut

d)

Georgia

19.

Which colony is in PURPLE?

a)

Virginia

b)

South Carolina

c)

Maryland

d)

Georgia

20.

Which colony is in GREY?

a)

Virginia

b)

South Carolina

c)

Maryland

d)

Georgia

21.

Which colony is in BEIGE above the DARK BROWN colony?

a)

Virginia

b)

South Carolina

c)

Maryland

d)

Georgia

22.

Which colony is in LIGHT GREEN NEXT TO THE ORANGE?

a)

Virginia

b)

South Carolina

c)

New Jersey

d)

Georgia

23.

Which colony is in DARK BLUE next to the PINK colony?

a)

Rhode Island

b)

South Carolina

c)

New Jersey

d)

Georgia

24.

Spain’s goals of settling in North America

a)

Gold, Glory, God

b)

Gold, Glory, Guilds

c)

Fur, Trade, Gold

d)

Fur, Trade, God

25.

Spain’s goals of settling in North America

a)

Gold, Glory, God

b)

Gold, Glory, Guilds

c)

Fur, Trade, Gold

d)

Fur, Trade, God

26.

“God” was one of the Spanish’s goals for settling in North America because

a)

The Spanish believed Buddha allowed peace in everyone’s lives

b)

The Spanish wanted to convert others to Christanity, specifically Catholicism

c)

The Spanish wanted to convert others to Christanity, specifically Lutheranism

d)

The Spanish wanted to allow all people to worship freely.

27.

“Glory” was one of the Spanish goals of settling in North America because...

a)

It allowed people to worship God freely.

b)

It allowed Europeans to take over all the land.

c)

It allowed the Spanish to gain land and thus power.

d)

It allowed the Spanish to gain slaves.

28.

“Gold” was a Spanish goal of settling in North America because...

a)

Gold allowed for the Spanish to become wealthy, thus have power!

b)

Gold allowed for the Spanish to buy land from the Europeans.

c)

Gold allowed for the Spanish to worship the king as a God.

d)

Gold allowed for the Spanish to become wealthy, thus feed more slaves!

29.

Which of the following best summarizes the goals of settling in North America for the British?

a)

Power, Glory, God.

b)

Power, Glory, Mercantilism, Opportunity, Religious Freedom.

c)

Mercantilism and Religious Freedom.

d)

God, Glory, Gold.

30.

Power and Glory to the British meant...

a)

Adding North America to its empire. Thus resulting in more power!

b)

Adding England to its empire. Thus resulting

c)

Adding Spain to its empire.

d)

Adding Canada to its empire.

31.

Mercantilism was a goal of the ____ when settling in North America

a)

Spanish

b)

French

c)

British

d)

Dutch

32.

Mercantilism is

a)

An economic policy

b)

A religious structure

c)

A social structure

d)

The Geographical features of the new world.

33.

The goal of mercantilism was

a)

For a country to expose the most problems and protest for religious freedom.

b)

For a country to produce the most crops

c)

for a country to import more goods from foreign countries than they exported.

d)

for a country to export more goods to foreign countries than they were importing.

34.

The British wanted to settle in North America to provide opportunity to

a)

The rich to build new homes

b)

The upper class to establish wealth

c)

The poor to steal from the Indians

d)

The lower class in hopes to own land and get rich

35.

The British wanted _____ as they didn’t agree with the Church of England.

a)

Indulgences

b)

Lutheranism

c)

Religious freedom

d)

Religious intolerance

36.

French goals of settling in North America included -

a)

The northwest trade route, fur, and religion.

b)

God, Gold, glory

c)

Mercantilism, Religious Freedom, and glory

d)

Glory, fur, and mercantilism

37.

The French goal of ____ lead to ____

a)

The west trade route/ potential slower access to Asia

b)

The north west trade route / potential faster access to Europe

c)

The north west trade route / potential faster access to Asia

d)

The west trade route / potential slower access to Europe

38.

France’s goal of Fur from North America resulted in

a)

A fur trade that lead to a big, wealthy business. This included trading with native Americans.

b)

A fur trade that lead to a big, wealthy business. This included trading strictly with the mother country.

c)

A fur trade and low income business owners.

d)

A fur trade with Native Americans loosing livestock.

39.

France’s goal of religion meant...

a)

They wanted to spread Christanity to the new world, spread Catholicism, and escape persecution in France.

b)

They wanted to spread Christanity in the new world, focusing on Lutheranism.

c)

They wanted to limit the spread of Christanity in the new world.

d)

They wanted to limit the spread of Catholicism in the new world.

40.

The GREEN area on the map represents

a)

The Spanish Territory

b)

The British Territory

c)

The French Territory

d)

Disputed between France and Great Britain Territory

41.

The ORANGE area on the map represents

a)

The Spanish Territory

b)

The British Territory

c)

The French Territory

d)

Disputed between France and Great Britain Territory

42.

The BROWNISH PURPLE area on the map represents

a)

The Spanish Territory

b)

The British Territory

c)

The French Territory

d)

Disputed between France and Great Britain Territory

43.

The STRIPES area on the map represents

a)

The Spanish Territory

b)

The British Territory

c)

The French Territory

d)

Disputed between France and Great Britain Territory

44.

What was the Middle Passage? Choose 3

a)

The second part of a journey African slaves took

b)

Ended up in South, Central, or North America

c)

Represented a transition from freedom to slavery

d)

Something the people got to choose to do

45.

What is a slaver?

a)

Someone who transported and sold slaves

b)

Someone who transported and sold slaves

c)

Someone who transported and sold slaves

d)

Someone who transported and sold slaves

46.

TRUE OR FALSE: In order to be a slave, you had to volunteer

a)

True

b)

False

47.

What were slave ships like? Choose all that apply.

a)

Filled with people

b)

Everybody was in chains

c)

Everybody had their own room

d)

People laid in the same space for 8 weeks

48.

Did they have bathrooms on slave ships?

a)

Yes, and the toilets went into the ocean

b)

No, you just went wherever and dealt with it

49.

Were slaves given nice, filling meals on ships?

a)

Yes. Gotta keep em healthy in order to survive!

b)

No. The slavers didn't really care if they died.

50.

The horrific experience that slaves traveled from West Africa was known as:

a)

The Middle Passage

b)

The Slave Trade

c)

The Triangular Trade

51.

The global slave trade that transported between 10 and 15 million enslaved Africans across The Atlantic Ocean to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries.

a)

Transatlantic Slave Trade

b)

Triangle Trade

c)

The Middle Passage

d)

The Transpacific Slave Trade

52.

Considered the "in-between" portion of the Slave Trade was the waterway from Africa to the Americas. Sickening cruelty characterized this journey. In African ports, European traders packed Africans into the dark holds of large ships.

a)

Transatlantic Slave Trade

b)

Middle Passage

c)

Triangle Trade

d)

Northwest Passage

53.

What percentage of kidnapped Africans died on the ships going to the Americas?

a)

10%

b)

20%

c)

30%

d)

50%

54.

Where did a majority of enslaved people go that were taken by Spain?

a)

South America in Brazil

b)

Caribbean Islands

c)

North America in the Modern United States

d)

Central America and Mexico

55.

Goods sold to other countries

a)

export

b)

import

c)

mercantilism

d)

triangle trade

56.

Goods brought in from other countries

a)

export

b)

import

c)

mercantilism

d)

triangle trade

57.

3 sided trade route between the 13 Colonies, the West Indies, and Africa; included the slave trade

a)

mercantilism

b)

charter

c)

triangular trade

d)

cash crop

58.

Combining raw materials and processed goods into finished products

a)

manufacturing

b)

triangle trade

c)

intolerant

d)

charter

59.

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

60.

Which statement best explains how the Second Great Awakening influenced change in American society?

a)

It encouraged Southerners to assert their rights by seceding.

b)

It inspired the growth of social reform movements.

c)

It led to the industrialization of northern cities

d)

It encouraged Southerners to assert their rights by seceding.

61.

Define the term suffrage

a)

the right to live

b)

the right to protest

c)

the right to vote

d)

the right to educate

62.

The Great Awakening was a __________ movement.

a)

political

b)

scientific

c)

religious

d)

artistic

63.

Ministers of The Great Awakening preached ___________

a)

God was angry

b)

people were not equal

c)

colonists should not be independent

d)

colonists could be saved

64.

Religious meetings drew

a)

no crowds

b)

small crowds

c)

medium crowds

d)

large crowds

65.
George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards gave sermons about
a)
the existence of many gods.
b)
helplessness and sinfulness of humankind.
c)
importance of government.
d)
importance of other religions.
66.

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.

67.

True or False? Great Britain wanted to create wealth by importing more goods than it exported.

a)

True

b)

False

68.

Which term means a good to sold another country?

a)

Import

b)

Export

69.

EXPORTS of the 13 colonies included:

a)

Manufactured goods

b)

Raw Materials

c)

Slaves

d)

Gold

70.

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

71.

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

72.
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
73.

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

74.

Smuggling means

a)

Trading good illegally

b)

Trading slaves

c)

Trading provisions

d)

None of these

75.

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

a)

Bribe Act

b)

Smuggling Acts

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Navigation Acts

76.

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

77.

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

78.

What economic principle is illustrated in the image below?

a)

Captialism

b)

Feudalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Mercantilism

79.

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