WorksheetsUnit 3 European Colonies Make Up Test
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 21mins
The First permanent European settlement in America was________________. However, the first permanent English settlement was ______________
Jamestown, Roanoke
Jamestown, St. Augustine
France, New England
St. Augustine, Jamestown
What caused many early English settlers to die and who helped to improve the survival rate?
Disease, Native Americans
Cold weather, Native Americans
Cold weather, Pilgrams
Disease, Pilgrams
Surplus crops in the English Colonies were mostly traded with Native Americans for what?
Corn
Weapons
Furs
Slaves
John Winthrop was the leader of what religious group, seeking freedom from the Church of England?
Quakers
Pilgrams
Puritans
Dissidents
The main industries of the New England Colonies were:
Fishing, Logging and Shipbuilding
Manufacturing, Coal Mining
Farming cotton and Corn
Cattle ranching and Cotton farming.
A third type of colony in America was called a Proprietary Colony. Colonies like Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York were called proprietary because the main goal of the colony was?
have a say in government
to make money
religious freedom
To be separate from Britain
What were the settlers promised in New Jersey to convince them of staying in the colony?
land, religious freedom, and a voice in government
land
religious freedom
a voice in government
He was the Founder of the Quakers who believed everyone was equal and was tolerant of other religious groups.
Sir Berkeley
The Duke of York
William Penn
Sir Francis Drake
The major industries of the Middle Colonies included:
Ship building and Iron Work.
Manufacturing, lumber and farming
Mostly farming.
Raising Livestock and Fishing
The first Africans in the English colonies most likely arrived in __________ in 1619.
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
Pennsylvania
The Southern Colonies started using slaves because...
They were lazy
They didn't want to use indentured servants
Their farms were larger and they needed more laborers.
The plantation owners didn't know how to farm.
What crops were grown in the Carolinas?
Cotton
Rice
Indigo
All of these
What was the land good for in the Southern Colonies?
fishing
harbors
industry
agriculture
Slaves arrived in America by
train
ship
covered wagon
foot
Which part of the English colonies was the most strict in terms of its religious beliefs?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
South and Middle Colonies
The main reason why slavery became such an important part of the southern economy was?
Indentured servants no longer wanted to work in the fields.
Southern workers left because the south was too strict!
There weren't enough indentured servants to work the fields.
The weather was too hot for most willing, able bodied men.
Many people began fleeing Europe because:
They were looking for religious freedom.
Wanted to start over.
Could not stand how strict the Anglican Church had become!
All of the above.
Why did manufacturing and farming become big industries in the Middle Colonies?
Because more people arrived fleeing strict life in New England.
Because of a growing population and mild weather.
Because workers could get paid better wages than in the South.
More equipment means it was easier to farm.
There were three types of colonies in North America. One was a charter colony. This meant that:
The King would give a company a colony with its own government to govern as they wished.
The King would give an individual family to rule as they wish free of the King of England.
The King would rule the Colony directly, with no local government.
A mix between self rule and government by the King.
Another type of English colony in America was called a royal colony. It was different from a charter colony because:
A royal colony was directly ruled by the King of England.
A royal colony allowed a mix between self rule and rule by the King.
A royal colony was a company with the royal seal in its name.
A royal colony was the same as a company.
