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Unit 2 Test Review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the major religious group of the New England colonies?

a)

Quakers

b)

Church of England

c)

Puritans

2.

Which colonies have large plantations?

a)

Middle

b)

Southern

c)

New England

d)

Northeast

3.

What region produced huge amounts of grain during the colonial period?

a)

Middle Colonies

b)

Southern Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

d)

frontier region

4.

The long cold winters in the ____________________ colonies was not ideal for growing cash crops and so they focused on lumbering, fishing & fur trading.

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Winter

5.

What is an indentured servant?

a)

Someone who agrees to work for several years for passage to the New World.

b)

Someone who is bought and cannot obtain freedom.

6.

The Middle Passage refers to

a)

The ocean crossing of the slaves

b)

The route taken to reach New York

c)

A step in climbing the social ladder

d)

A system of trade between the colonies

7.

Which colony was originally founded by the Dutch?

a)

New Jersey

b)

New York

c)

Delaware

d)

Pennsylvania

8.

Which was NOT a way the New England colonies made money?

a)

Fishing

b)

Shipbuilding

c)

Skilled craftsmen

d)

Farming

9.

Which of these correctly describes the geography of the Southern colonies?

a)

Rich soil and rolling flatlands

b)

Thin, rocky soil and many harbors

c)

Rich soil and many harbors

10.

Which of these correctly describes the geography of New England?

a)

Thin, rocky soil and many harbors

b)

Rolling flatland and rich soil

c)

Many harbors and rich soil

11.

What is the climate of the New England colonies?

a)

Mild summers and long, cold winters

b)

Moderate with hot summers and cold winters

c)

Hot and humid with mild winters

12.

What is the climate of the Southern colonies?

a)

Mild summers and long, cold winters

b)

Moderate with hot summers and cold winters

c)

Hot and humid with mild summers

13.

What was the main way the Southern colonies made money?

a)

Farming

b)

Fishing

c)

Skilled craftsmen

d)

Skilled tradesmen

14.

Who were the leaders of the community in the Southern colonies?

a)

Rich white men

b)

Housewives

c)

African American slaves

d)

Indentured servants

15.

This region had many shipbuilders

a)

New England

b)

Southern

c)

Mid-Atlantic

16.

Farming was useless due to the rocky soil.

a)

New England

b)

Southern

c)

Mid-Atlantic

17.

Plantations were the main source of the economy.

a)

New England

b)

Southern

c)

Mid-Atlantic

18.

Livestock and grain were a source of the region's economy.

a)

New England

b)

Southern

c)

Mid-Atlantic

19.

Humid would describe the climate of this region.

a)

New England

b)

Southern

c)

Mid-Atlantic

20.

This region depended on slavery more than any other area.

a)

New England

b)

Southern

c)

Mid-Atlantic

21.

This region has cold winters.

a)

New England

b)

Southern

c)

Mid-Atlantic

22.

A colony is a:

a)

community of people living together

b)

Nation with an independent government

c)

settlement in a distant land ruled by a mother country

d)

A place that has a democracy

23.

A person who goes agrees to work for another in exchange for the price of passage to the colonies is a(n):

a)

colonist

b)

skinner

c)

indentured servant

d)

merchant

24.

The first successful English colony was:

a)

Jamestown, VA

b)

Plymouth MA

c)

New York

d)

Georgia

25.

Pilgrims went to Plymouth for:

a)

economic opportunity

b)

political freedom

c)

religious freedom

d)

the chance to be indentured servants

26.

Which of the following groups did NOT come to Colonial America by choice:

a)

indentured servants

b)

Pilgrims

c)

colonists

d)

slaves

27.

The Pilgrims needed a government—fast!

The men agreed to create a new government and to

follow its rules. This is the _________________________

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Cato's Letters

d)

none of the above

28.

The men agreed to create a new government and to

follow its rules. In exchange, they would all protect each

other. This is an example of _________________

a)

a dictatorship

b)

a monarchy

c)

self government

d)

none of the above

29.

Self government means that people can decide how their government should work.

a)

true

b)

false

30.

Which country ruled the thirteen colonies?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

31.

How many regions were the colonies divided into?

a)

three

b)

five

32.

What is a crop people grow to sell?

a)

supply

b)

cash crop

33.

What region was known as the "bread basket" of the colonies?

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

34.

Which region used shipbuilding and fishing as the main source for their economy?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

35.

Which region was part of the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

a)

New England

b)

Southern

36.

What region had a more diverse population with Catholics, Quakers, and Anglicans?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

37.
The French and Indian War was was fought between the
a)
French and the Indians
b)
Indians and the Spanish
c)
French and British against the Indians
d)
The French and Indians against the British and the colonists.
38.
What was the main cause of the French and Indian War?
a)
The French and British claimed the same land.
b)
The French and Indians claimed the same land.
c)
The Indians and British claimed the same land.
d)
The Indians wouldn't sell their land.
39.
The Treaty of Paris 1763 marked the end of the French and Indian War.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
What did the Proclamation of 1763 say?
a)
France owned the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
b)
Natives owned the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
c)
Colonists could move west of the Appalachian Mountains
d)
Colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains
41.
What was a cause of the Proclamation of 1763?
a)
The Native Americans were asking for more money.
b)
The British did not want to keep on fighting with the Native Americans.
c)
The King was bored and wanted to make a new law.
d)
The King wanted to control his settlers so he made this Proclamation.
42.
Why were many colonists angry about the Proclamation of 1763?
a)
They were unhappy because they could not settle on new lands.
b)
They wanted to travel all the way west to California.
c)
They wanted to share the land with the Native Americans.
d)
They wanted their money back for the land.
43.
Why do you suppose the Indians helped the French?
a)
The French forced them to fight because the Indians were enslaved by them.
b)
The British attacked the Indians first, and the French decided to help the Indians.
c)
The French and Indians cooperated with one another often; traded with one another and taught each other many techniques for survival.
d)
The French were fighting the Indians in the war.... The Indians didn't help the French at all.
44.
During the French and Indian War, the British and French were fighting over control of which area?
a)
Mississippi River Valley
b)
Ohio River Valley
c)
Connecticut River Valley
d)
Pennsylvania River Valley
45.

What was one major result of the French and Indian War?

a)

All of Canada became part of the British Empire

b)

The United States became an independent nation

c)

The British took control of the entire North American continent

d)

The Ohio River valley was opened to settlers

46.

The French Indian War was between what two countries?

a)

New York and Pennslyvania

b)

Britain and France

c)

Canada and United States

47.

The British and French began fighting over _______________.

a)

The Ohio River Valley

b)

The rivers in Canada

c)

The American Indians

48.

The final battle in the French and Indian War took place just outside the capital of New France. Name that capital city.

a)

Louisbourg

b)

Paris

c)

Fort Necessity

d)

Quebec

49.

After the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which country gained Florida?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

50.

What was one cause of the French and Indian War?

a)

Money

b)

Land

c)

Freedom

d)

Slavery

51.

What ended the French and Indian War?

a)

The Treaty of Versailles

b)

The Treaty of Paris 1763

c)

The Proclamation of 1763

d)

Proclamation of French Defeat 1763

52.

Who won the French and Indian War?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Native Americans

53.

This created a temporary boarder at the Appalachian Mountains, restricting movement west for the colonists..

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Colonial Boarder 1763

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Northwest Ordinance

54.

Why were colonist not happy with the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

They didn't want the Natives to have the land in the West.

b)

They don't like being told what to do.

c)

They would lose trade in the West.

d)

They had just fought a war to win land that they now couldn't move to.

55.

After the French and Indian war the relationship between Great Britain and the 13 colonists was on happy terms.

a)

True

b)

False

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