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Building of the 13 Colonies Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is subsistence farming?

a)

Farming for export

b)

Farming for industrial use

c)

Farming for personal needs

d)

Farming for commercial purposes

2.

What was the triangular trade?

a)

Trade between the 13 colonies

b)

Trade between North and South America

c)

Trade between Europe and Asia

d)

Trade between New England, the West Indies, and Africa

3.

What is a cash crop?

a)

A crop grown for medicinal purposes

b)

A crop grown for personal use

c)

A crop grown for animal feed

d)

A crop grown for export or profit

4.

What were the slave codes?

a)

Laws that protected enslaved people

b)

Laws that freed enslaved people

c)

Laws that restricted enslaved people

d)

Laws that regulated trade

5.

What was the Albany Plan of Union?

a)

A proposal for creating separate governments for each colony

b)

A plan for agricultural development

c)

A plan for military expansion

d)

A proposal for creating one government for the 13 colonies

6.

What is a speculator?

a)

A person who invests in agriculture

b)

A person who invests in healthcare

c)

A person who invests in education

d)

A person who invests in real estate

7.

What does the term 'export' mean?

a)

To bring a product into a country to be sold

b)

To produce a good or service in the home country and sell it in another country

c)

To consume a product domestically

d)

To buy a product from another country

8.

What were charter colonies?

a)

Colonies owned by the British monarchy

b)

Colonies established by a group of settlers with a royal charter

c)

Colonies owned by private individuals with a royal charter

d)

Colonies established by a group of settlers with a private charter

9.

What were royal colonies?

a)

Colonies owned by the British monarchy

b)

Colonies established by a group of settlers with a royal charter

c)

Colonies owned by private individuals with a royal charter

d)

Colonies established by a group of settlers with a private charter

10.

What was the Iroquois Confederacy?

a)

A league of 5 tribes that was the strongest army in the colonies

b)

A league of 13 tribes that was the strongest army in the colonies

c)

A league of 13 tribes that was the weakest army in the colonies

d)

A league of 5 tribes that was the weakest army in the colonies

11.

What is an alliance?

a)

An agreement to remain neutral

b)

An agreement to go to war

c)

An agreement to compete against each other

d)

An agreement to work together for the same purpose

12.

What is the middle passage?

a)

The route between the 13 colonies for trade

b)

The route between North and South America for trade

c)

The route between Europe and Asia for trade

d)

The route between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade

13.

What is backcountry?

a)

A colonial region along the Appalachian Mountains

b)

A colonial region along the Mississippi River

c)

A colonial region along the seacoast of Virginia and North Carolina

d)

A colonial region along the Great Lakes

14.

What is an overseer?

a)

A person in charge of trade negotiations

b)

A person in charge of slaves in the field

c)

A person in charge of agricultural production

d)

A person in charge of military operations

15.

What is a militia?

a)

Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army

b)

Elite warriors from the Iroquois Confederacy

c)

Professional soldiers in the regular army

d)

Foreign mercenaries hired for military service

16.

In which year did the Iroquois Confederacy form?

a)

1600

b)

1651

c)

1570

d)

1550

17.

When did the English Bill of Rights get signed?

a)

1754

b)

1763

c)

1689

d)

1676

18.

What year marked the peak of the Great Awakening?

a)

1750

b)

1700s

c)

1740

d)

1730

19.

When did the French and Indian War begin?

a)

1763

b)

1765

c)

1754

d)

1748

20.

In which year did the potato become the most popular food in Europe?

a)

1748

b)

1750

c)

1765

d)

1767