WorksheetsVUS.2-3 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Also referred to as commercialism, _____ is an economic system based upon trade between a mother country and its colonies in order to gain political power through the accumulation of wealth and resources.
feudalism
mercantilism
capitalism
socialism
The New England colonies developed an economy based upon _______. (Choose the three best responses).
Shipbuilding
Lumbering
Fishing
large scale farming
religion
The middle colonies developed economies based upon ____. (Choose the three best responses)
shipbuilding
small-scale farming
trading
religion
education
Southern colonies developed economies in the eastern lowlands based upon _____. (Choose the one best response).
seaports
commercial centers
large cash crop plantations
manufacturing
shipbuilding
Which colonial region's social characteristics include covenant communities where social status is determined by religious standing, primarily within the Puritan faith?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
____________ used town meetings (an Athenian direct democracy model) in the operation of government.
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
The Great Awakening was a religious movement of the mid-1700s, challenging traditional religious and governmental orders. It also laid one of the social foundations for the ___.
establishment of Jamestown.
American Revolution.
signing of the Mayflower Compact.
First Amendment to the Constitution.
Some of the labor needs, especially in Virginia, were met by ____, who were often poor persons who agreed to work on plantations for a period of time in return for their passage from Europe or relief from debts.
Slaves
Indentured Servants
Native Americans
Convicted Criminals
Most plantation labor needs eventually came to be satisfied by the forcible importation of African slaves. Their transit from Africa to the Americas became known as ____.
the Mayflower Compact.
the Middle Passage.
the United States Constitution.
the American Revolution
the Stono Rebellion.
The Puritans, seeking religious freedom, settled in:
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
All Colonies
The first elected assembly in the New World was the:
Mayflower Compact in Plymouth
House of Burgesses in Virginia
Assembly of Cardinal in St. Augustine
First Continental Congress in Philadelphia
The exploration and colonization of the Americas had all of the following effects on the Native Americans EXCEPT:
Indian death in violent conflicts
Indian death by disease
Many Indians being forced back to Europe to serve as slaves
Indian loss of traditional territories
The wealthy English nobles who received land grants in Virginia were known as
Cavaliers
Gentlemen
Clergy
Scots-Irish
_____________ were first written by the Virginia House of Burgesses, were later used by every other colonial government to restrict the rights of free blacks and establish enslaved people as property.
Mayflower Compact
Slave Codes
Magna Carta
Proclamation of 1763
The majority of settlers relocating to the American Colonies were in search of...
Religious Freedom
Northwest Passage
God, Gold, and Glory
Economic Opportunities
The first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619 aboard ______________ trade ships.
French
Spanish
Dutch
Portuguese
Place a rectangle on the map of Virginia in the approximate area where large-scale plantations and cavaliers could be found. Place a second rectangle on the map in the approximate area where subsistence farming, hunting, and trading could be found.
Plantations
Hunting/trading
Which colonial region's social characteristics included a middle class society of skilled artisans and entrepreneurs of English, Scottish, Dutch, and German ancestry?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Match characteristics of European exploration with the parent nations.
Explored Caribbean, Central America, South America
Explored Eastern Canada, Great Lakes, Mississippi River
Explored Atlantic Coast of North America
Hostile relationship with Natives
Friendy relationship with Natives
Hot/Cold relationship with Natives
Looked for immediate source of revenue to fund empire
Looked for a Northwest Passage to find a shorter water route to the Far East
Looked for good farm land to grow crops to support their empire
Which colonial region's social characteristics included social status based on land ownership and maintained a close relationship with the British due to the need to sell cash crops?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
