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VUS.2-3 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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.

a)

feudalism

b)

mercantilism

c)

capitalism

d)

socialism

2.

The New England colonies developed an economy based upon _______. (Choose the three best responses).

a)

Shipbuilding

b)

Lumbering

c)

Fishing

d)

large scale farming

e)

religion

3.

The middle colonies developed economies based upon ____. (Choose the three best responses)

a)

shipbuilding

b)

small-scale farming

c)

trading

d)

religion

e)

education

4.

Southern colonies developed economies in the eastern lowlands based upon _____. (Choose the one best response).

a)

seaports

b)

commercial centers

c)

large cash crop plantations

d)

manufacturing

e)

shipbuilding

5.

Which colonial region's social characteristics include covenant communities where social status is determined by religious standing, primarily within the Puritan faith?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

6.

____________ used town meetings (an Athenian direct democracy model) in the operation of government.

a)

New England

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

7.

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 ___.

a)

establishment of Jamestown.

b)

American Revolution.

c)

signing of the Mayflower Compact.

d)

First Amendment to the Constitution.

8.

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.

a)

Slaves

b)

Indentured Servants

c)

Native Americans

d)

Convicted Criminals

9.

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 ____.

a)

the Mayflower Compact.

b)

the Middle Passage.

c)

the United States Constitution.

d)

the American Revolution

e)

the Stono Rebellion.

10.

The Puritans, seeking religious freedom, settled in:

a)

New England

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

All Colonies

11.

The first elected assembly in the New World was the:

a)

Mayflower Compact in Plymouth

b)

House of Burgesses in Virginia

c)

Assembly of Cardinal in St. Augustine

d)

First Continental Congress in Philadelphia

12.

The exploration and colonization of the Americas had all of the following effects on the Native Americans EXCEPT:

a)

Indian death in violent conflicts

b)

Indian death by disease

c)

Many Indians being forced back to Europe to serve as slaves

d)

Indian loss of traditional territories

13.

The wealthy English nobles who received land grants in Virginia were known as

a)

Cavaliers

b)

Gentlemen

c)

Clergy

d)

Scots-Irish

14.

_____________ 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.

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Slave Codes

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Proclamation of 1763

15.

The majority of settlers relocating to the American Colonies were in search of...

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

Northwest Passage

c)

God, Gold, and Glory

d)

Economic Opportunities

16.

The first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619 aboard ______________ trade ships.

a)

French

b)

Spanish

c)

Dutch

d)

Portuguese

17.

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.​

18.

Which colonial region's social characteristics included a middle class society of skilled artisans and entrepreneurs of English, Scottish, Dutch, and German ancestry?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

19.

Match characteristics of European exploration with the parent nations.

Categorize the following

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

Spain
France
England
20.

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?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies