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Chapter 4 review

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Puritans were Protestants who wanted to

a)

Purify the Church of England

b)

Join the Catholic church

c)

Separate from the Church of England

d)

Bring back church organ music

2.

Quakers believed that

a)

Everyone had a duty to fight in wars

b)

Men and women were equal in God’s sight

c)

Everyone should pay taxes to the Church of England

d)

All should remove their hat in presence of nobles

3.

The inland area at the base of the Appalachians was called

a)

The backcountry

b)

The common

c)

a proprietary colony

d)

the borderlands

4.

English colonists showed their concern for education by

a)

Setting up public schools in the southern colonies

b)

Making young people go to school instead of learning a trade

c)

Passing a law in Massachusetts setting up public schools

d)

Teaching reading and writing to every boy and girl

5.

The Dutch lost New Netherland when

a)

Settlers overthrew the government

b)

Settlers vote to join New England

c)

William Penn was elected governor

d)

The English took the colony without a fight

6.

Which of the following is INCORRECTLY linked with a leader?

a)

Pennsylvania – William Penn

b)

Massachusetts – John Winthrop

c)

Rhode Island – James Oglethorpe

d)

Maryland – Lord Baltimore

7.

Which laws controlled trade between England and its colonies?

a)

Navigation Acts

b)

Act of Toleration

c)

Fundamental Orders

d)

English Bill of Rights

8.

Boys whose parents wanted them to learn a trade

a)

Took classes in public schools

b)

Became apprentices to masters

c)

studied at home with a tutor

d)

went to private schools

9.

Most slaves worked as servants in which section of the colonies?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Frontier

10.

The typical southern landowner lived in or on a

a)

Frontier

b)

Plantation

c)

sea port

d)

log cabin

11.

The first college in the colonies was

a)

William & Mary

b)

Princeton

c)

Harvard

d)

Cornell

12.

The main crop in New England was

a)

Tobacco

b)

Rice

c)

corn

d)

indigo

13.

Most people of New England were of what religious group?

a)

Quakers

b)

Puritans

c)

Catholics

d)

Church of England

14.

The major port city in New England was

a)

New York

b)

Philadelphia

c)

Boston

d)

Charleston

15.

What was the best route to the Frontier?

a)

Valleys

b)

Cliffs

c)

rivers

d)

mountains

16.

Indentured servants agreed to work for a term of 4-7 years in exchange for

a)

Nobility

b)

Passage to America

c)

tobacco

d)

gold

17.

What colony was started on land given to a man as repayment for a debt?

a)

South Carolina

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Maryland

d)

New Jersey

18.

What colony was set up as a refuge for Catholics?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

New Hampshire

c)

Virginia

d)

Maryland

19.

New Netherland was settled by the

a)

Dutch

b)

French

c)

Spanish

d)

Swedes

20.

How did member of the lower house in colonial governments get their jobs?

a)

Appointed by king

b)

Appointed by governor

c)

inherited

d)

elected by voters

21.

Which of these people could vote in the colonies around 1750?

a)

Indentured servants

b)

Slaves

c)

women

d)

men who owned property

22.

23. James Oglethorpe wanted to make Georgia a place where ____ could make a new life.

a)

people in debt or those seeking a fresh start

b)

wealthy landowners

c)

political leaders

d)

established merchants

23.

24. To get to the backcountry, settlers used an old Iroquois route known as the ______.

a)

the Great Wagon Road

b)

the Appalachian Path

c)

the Pioneer Road

d)

the Settlers' Way

24.

25. English monarchs gave control of some colonies to _________.

a)

proprietors

b)

the French

c)

the Spanish

d)

the Dutch

25.

Many people unable to pay their own passage often came to the colonies as ________.

a)

indentured servants

b)

landowners

c)

merchants

d)

explorers

26.

27. Boys who worked with a master to learn a trade were called _______________.

a)

apprentices

b)

journeymen

c)

masters

d)

craftsmen

27.

28. Wealthy farmers in the southern colonies grew tobacco or rice on a ___________.

a)

plantation

b)

farmhouse

c)

ranch

d)

estate

28.

29. The ____ was used as grazing land in New England villages.

a)

common

b)

The village square

c)

The town hall

d)

The market place

29.

Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs is known as ___________.

a)

tolerance

b)

intolerance

c)

ignorance

d)

indifference

30.

31. William and Mary signed the __________, which guaranteed the colonists individual freedoms.

a)

English Bill of Rights

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Treaty of Paris

31.

32. Most ______ consisted of the governor’s council and the elected assembly.

a)

colonial governments

b)

colonial economies

c)

colonial societies

d)

colonial cultures

32.

What was the uprising where angry farmers burned Jamestown?

a)

Bacon's Rebellion

b)

Shays' Rebellion

c)

Whiskey Rebellion

d)

Stono Rebellion

33.

Preacher who set off the Great Awakening.

a)

Jonathan Edwards

b)

George Whitefield

c)

John Wesley

d)

Charles Finney

34.

What is the idea that a nation became strong by building up its gold supply and expanding trade?

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Feudalism

35.
The name of the Puritan Colony was...
a)
Puritan Land
b)
Massachusetts Bay
c)
God's Country
d)
Plymouth
36.

Which of the following crops was NOT commonly grown in the southern colonies?

a)

Wheat

b)

Tobacco

c)

Rice

d)

Indigo

37.

Which religious group was known for their belief in pacifism and equality?

a)

Quakers

b)

Anglicans

c)

Puritans

d)

Catholics

38.

What was the primary economic activity in the New England colonies?

a)

Fishing and shipbuilding

b)

Rice and indigo farming

c)

Tobacco cultivation

d)

Gold mining

39.

Which group of people primarily settled in the Middle Colonies?

a)

Catholics

b)

Quakers

c)

Puritans

d)

Anglicans

40.

Which colony was founded as a haven for Catholics?

a)

New York

b)

Georgia

c)

Maryland

d)

Virginia

41.

Which colony was originally part of New Netherland?

a)

Georgia

b)

Virginia

c)

Massachusetts

d)

New Jersey

42.

Who was the founder of the colony of Pennsylvania?

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

Roger Williams

c)

William Penn

d)

John Smith

43.

Which of the following was a major cash crop in the southern colonies?

a)

Indigo

b)

Barley

c)

Corn

d)

Wheat

44.

Which geographic feature was commonly used by settlers to travel to the western frontier?

a)

Plains

b)

Forests

c)

Deserts

d)

Rivers

45.

What was a major industry in the Middle Colonies?

a)

Rice cultivation

b)

Shipbuilding

c)

Gold mining

d)

Wheat farming

46.

What the the uppermost class in colonial society?

a)

ministers

b)

tradesmen

c)

legislators

d)

gentry

47.

The Puritans followed what leader?

a)

Myles Standish

b)

Chief Metacom

c)

John WInthrop

d)

Roger WIlliams

48.

The movement of around 15,000 people from England to Massachusetts in the 1630s was called.

a)

Great Awakening

b)

Great Migration

c)

Parade of Patroons

d)

Great English Escape

49.

This region had RICH SOIL and favored SLAVERY.

a)

The New England Colonies

b)

The Middle Colonies

c)

The Southern Colonies

50.

This region's geography had dense FORESTS, ROCKY SOIL, and many HARBORS.

a)

The New England Colonies

b)

The Middle Colonies

c)

The Southern Colonies

51.

A place that belongs to another country is known as...

a)

a colony

b)

a village

c)

a county

d)

a democracy

52.

Someone who agrees to work without pay for someone else for a set time is known as a(n)...

a)

indentured servant

b)

Puritan

c)

investor

d)

representative

53.
The role of women in colonial America included..
a)
Childcare and Housework
b)
Free Education
c)
Freedom to do and say as they feel
d)
Equal Rights
54.
What was the name of the trade between Europe, the Americas, and Africa called?
a)
Triangle Trade
b)
Columbian Exchange
c)
Magic Carpet Ride
d)
Middle Passage
55.
How did the enlightenment influence the American colonies?
a)
Colonists began to view themselves as free individuals with natural rights
b)
Colonists became more religious
c)
Colonists viewed it as their duty to respect the King of England because he was their ruler
d)
Colonists belied that spirits governed or controlled life
56.

Which laws controlled trade between England and its colonies?

a)

Act of Toleration

b)

Navigation Acts

c)

Fundamental Orders

d)

English Bill of Rights

57.

What was the major port city in New England?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

New York

c)

Boston

d)

Baltimore

58.

Which writer was accused of libel for criticizing the governor?

a)

John Peter Zenger

b)

Jonathan Edwards

c)

George Whitefield

d)

Roger Williams

59.

List the two goods moving from the West Indies to New England in the Triangular Trade

(a)  

60.

What 5 goods were traded to West Africa from New England?

(a)  

61.

What goods traveled from New England to the West Indies as part of the triangular trade?

(a)  

62.

What was the religious revival called that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s?

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

The Middle Colonies

d)

The New Birth

63.

What did the Great Awakening inspire in terms of religious freedom?

a)

Formation of new types of churches

b)

Return to the strong faith of earlier days

c)

Emphasis on church rituals

d)

Strength of established official churches

64.

Who was invited by Parliament to invade England and take the throne?

a)

Charles I

b)

Oliver Cromwell

c)

William and Mary of Orange

d)

James II

e)

Charles II