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Social Studies: Colonial America Study Guide

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Wealthy white men who set up governement as the only people who could vote.

a)

Slave

b)

Landowners

c)

Colony

d)

Puritan

2.

Africans who were forced to work with no pay and no rights.

a)

Landowners

b)

Indentured Servants

c)

Jamestown

d)

Slave

3.

Land owned by another country

a)

Colony

b)

England

4.

Came from Europe signed contracts to work 4 to 7 years for passage to America.

a)

Slave

b)

Landowner

c)

Indentured Servant

d)

Puritans

5.

Were the primary (main) religious group in the New England Colonies.

a)

Puritans

b)

Quaker

c)

Slave

d)

Indentured Servant

6.

This country owned and ruled the 13 Original Colonies.

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

America

7.

In 1607, The Virginia Company sent colonists to this place to find Gold and Silver.

a)

England

b)

Jamestown

c)

Georgia

d)

New York

8.

What are THREE main industries in the New England Colonies:

a)

Bread, Timber, and Whales

b)

Corn, Timber, and Fur

c)

Timber, Whales, and Fur

d)

Timber, Bread and Fur

9.

Most colonists received their education at/in

a)

Their home

b)

In college

c)

At school

10.

What was something some slaves were able to do to fight against slavery in the Southern Colonies:

a)

Get an Education to write against it

b)

Slow down work

11.

Smithing iron to create farm and cooking tools is a task that would MOST LIKELY been performed by a/an

a)

landowner

b)

Puritan

c)

Artisan

d)

Slave

12.

The Mid-Atlantic Colonies were nicknamed the

a)

Silver Turtle

b)

South of New England

c)

Lucky Ones

d)

Breadbasket

13.

Which two groups of people provided much of the manual labor in the colonies?

a)

Artisans and Slaves

b)

Slaves and Puritans

c)

Indentured Servants and Slaves

d)

Indentured Servants and Artisans

14.

Choose which one has two statements that are TRUE about the Southern Colonies' warm climate.

a)

The summers were hot and it was great for farming

b)

Great for farming and the winters were super cold.

c)

Winters were super cold and the summers were super hot.

15.

Jobs such as making tools were NOT typically performed by which group of colonists?

a)

Slaves

b)

Farmers

c)

Women

d)

Artisans

16.

Which colonies were MOST TOLERANT of people practicing different religions?

a)

New England

b)

Mid-Atlantic

c)

Southern

17.

How was life of children during colonial time like yours?

a)

They had to help around the house.

b)

They played sports.

c)

They loved Netflix.

d)

Ms. McCabe was their teacher.

18.

What was the first settlement in Georgia?

a)

Atlanta

b)

Milton

c)

Roswell

d)

Savannah