WorksheetsTest 1: Settlement & Colonization Practice
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which of the following regions would have featured the MOST diversity during the late 1600s and 1700s?
Southern Colonies
New England Colonies
Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Western Colonies
How was the settlement of Virginia (Southern Colony) different from the settlement of Massachusetts (New England)?
VA was settled primarily for economic reasons rather than to escape religious persecution.
Mass. was created as a haven for Quakers from England.
VA was created as a haven for Native Americans to escape persecution by English colonists.
Mass. was settled primarily for economic reasons rather than to escape religious persecution.
What role did tobacco play in the history of Jamestown?
It caused fighting when the colonial government outlawed the crop and would not allow it to be imported.
Although Virginians tried to raise tobacco, the crop failed miserably.
It turned out to be the cash crop that saved the colony.
Why was it difficult for the New England colonies to grow cash crops?
rocky soil and short growing season
wide coastal plain & absence of good harbors
numerous rivers & humid climate
flatlands & lack of forests
Which economic policy was based on the ideas that the American colonies existed primarily to provide an economic benefit for Great Britain?
free trade
mercantilism
socialism
Why did slavery grow in the American colonies in the middle 1600's?
The desire for a group of workers to grow cash crops.
Given the harsh colonial conditions, Englishmen refused to come to America.
Poor conditions along the African coasts meant more Africans were willing to leave.
English Protestants who wanted to "purify" the church of any Catholic aspects of the religion moved to which colonial region?
New England Colonies
Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Southern Colonies
Western Colonies
During the 1700s, North America's African population grew immensely. Which of the following MOST LIKELY contributed to this trend?
The Middle Passage
England's conquest of NY
Emancipation Proclamation
Declaration of Independence
Which colonies had town hall meetings, religious freedom, and small farms & fishing but not mass production of cash crops?
New England
Southern
Mid-Atlantic
Western
One important way that the Great Awakening affected American society was that
it led to individuals questioning traditional authority.
it unified the New England churches.
it supported the practice of slavery.
it introduced a system of checks and balances system for government.
Read the quote to answer the question. "For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are upon us; so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this effort we have undertaken and so causes him to withdraw his ever-present help from us, we shall be made a story and only a byword through history." The speech is more likely to be given by a person from which colonial region:
Western
Southern
New England
Mid Atlantic
According to the map, what was one of the primary exports of the Southern colonies?
whale oil
tobacco
manufactured goods
slaves
Who was MOST LIKELY to travel the Middle Passage?
Traders carrying molasses to the Caribbean.
Slaves going from Africa to the Caribbean.
Ship captains bringing rum to West Africa.
Missionaries going to Africa from England.
Which of the following BEST explains the message of the political cartoon?
Britain exercising control over the economic activities in its' colonies.
Sending raw materials from the Great Britain to the American colonies.
Attempting to make the colonies economically self-sufficient.
Encouraging colonists to sell manufactured goods to European countries.
What was the effect on American culture as a result of the influx of African slaves?
Colonial slave owners accepted the new African cultural identity into their own lives.
The African cultures of slaves was replaced with a more European culture.
A unique African-American culture was created as a blend of African and European cultures.
The Middle Passage is connected to which colonial issue?
religious freedoms
slavery
Native American resistance
the Navigation Acts
How did the ideas of the Great Awakening of the 1700s MOST affect the North American colonies?
Religious belief contributed to a sense of individualism and political independence.
Native American uprisings led colonists to call for the creation of a standing army.
Scientific advances helped develop a strong belief in human reason and natural rights.
What was the primary reason that slavery became more widespread in the South than in the North?
Geographic factors (soil conditions, weather, etc) contributed to the growth of the southern plantation system/farms.
The textile industry was controlled by southern merchants.
Opposition to slavery by the Anglican Church was stronger in the North.
What were religious revivals that focused on individual religion, challenged Church authority, and made some colonists start thinking they needed independence from England?
The Mayflower Compact
The Great Awakening
The Boston Tea Party
What was the policy where England would ignore what the colonies were doing wrong because it was too expensive/difficult/risky for them to do something about it?
Bill of Rights
Salutary Neglect
Self Governance
Which colonial region group had the BEST relationship with Native Americans?
Southern
Mid-Atlantic
New England
Western
Which colonial region group had the WORST relationship with Native Americans?
Southern
Mid-Atlantic
New England
Western
Which colonial region was cold, had rocky soil, and built ships
Southern Colonies
Mid-Atlantic Colonies
New England Colonies
Western Colonies
People settled in this colonial area because they were frustrated with strict religious rules in places like Massachusetts...
Southern Colonies
Mid-Atlantic Colonies
New England Colonies
Western Colonies
