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Unit 3 European Colonies Make Up Test

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The First permanent European settlement in America was________________. However, the first permanent English settlement was ______________

a)

Jamestown, Roanoke

b)

Jamestown, St. Augustine

c)

France, New England

d)

St. Augustine, Jamestown

2.

What caused many early English settlers to die and who helped to improve the survival rate?

a)

Disease, Native Americans

b)

Cold weather, Native Americans

c)

Cold weather, Pilgrams

d)

Disease, Pilgrams

3.

Surplus crops in the English Colonies were mostly traded with Native Americans for what?

a)

Corn

b)

Weapons

c)

Furs

d)

Slaves

4.

John Winthrop was the leader of what religious group, seeking freedom from the Church of England?

a)

Quakers

b)

Pilgrams

c)

Puritans

d)

Dissidents

5.

The main industries of the New England Colonies were:

a)

Fishing, Logging and Shipbuilding

b)

Manufacturing, Coal Mining

c)

Farming cotton and Corn

d)

Cattle ranching and Cotton farming.

6.

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?

a)

have a say in government

b)

to make money

c)

religious freedom

d)

To be separate from Britain

7.

What were the settlers promised in New Jersey to convince them of staying in the colony?

a)

land, religious freedom, and a voice in government

b)

land

c)

religious freedom

d)

a voice in government

8.

He was the Founder of the Quakers who believed everyone was equal and was tolerant of other religious groups.

a)

Sir Berkeley

b)

The Duke of York

c)

William Penn

d)

Sir Francis Drake

9.

The major industries of the Middle Colonies included:

a)

Ship building and Iron Work.

b)

Manufacturing, lumber and farming

c)

Mostly farming.

d)

Raising Livestock and Fishing

10.

The first Africans in the English colonies most likely arrived in __________ in 1619.

a)

Virginia

b)

Maryland

c)

Georgia

d)

Pennsylvania

11.
Why was colony of Roanoke called the lost colony?
a)
The people returned to England.
b)
The colonist were gone when the other colonists came back.
c)
They moved to Jamestown.
d)
The colonist kept losing supplies and couldn't find anything!
12.

The Southern Colonies started using slaves because...

a)

They were lazy

b)

They didn't want to use indentured servants

c)

Their farms were larger and they needed more laborers.

d)

The plantation owners didn't know how to farm.

13.

What crops were grown in the Carolinas?

a)

Cotton

b)

Rice

c)

Indigo

d)

All of these

14.

What was the land good for in the Southern Colonies?

a)

fishing

b)

harbors

c)

industry

d)

agriculture

15.

Slaves arrived in America by

a)

train

b)

ship

c)

covered wagon

d)

foot

16.

Which part of the English colonies was the most strict in terms of its religious beliefs?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

South and Middle Colonies

17.

The main reason why slavery became such an important part of the southern economy was?

a)

Indentured servants no longer wanted to work in the fields.

b)

Southern workers left because the south was too strict!

c)

There weren't enough indentured servants to work the fields.

d)

The weather was too hot for most willing, able bodied men.

18.

Many people began fleeing Europe because:

a)

They were looking for religious freedom.

b)

Wanted to start over.

c)

Could not stand how strict the Anglican Church had become!

d)

All of the above.

19.

Why did manufacturing and farming become big industries in the Middle Colonies?

a)

Because more people arrived fleeing strict life in New England.

b)

Because of a growing population and mild weather.

c)

Because workers could get paid better wages than in the South.

d)

More equipment means it was easier to farm.

20.

There were three types of colonies in North America. One was a charter colony. This meant that:

a)

The King would give a company a colony with its own government to govern as they wished.

b)

The King would give an individual family to rule as they wish free of the King of England.

c)

The King would rule the Colony directly, with no local government.

d)

A mix between self rule and government by the King.

21.

Another type of English colony in America was called a royal colony. It was different from a charter colony because:

a)

A royal colony was directly ruled by the King of England.

b)

A royal colony allowed a mix between self rule and rule by the King.

c)

A royal colony was a company with the royal seal in its name.

d)

A royal colony was the same as a company.