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Colonial People Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Many of these people died from disease or fighting over land with settlers.

a)

African Americans

b)

American Indians

c)

Large Landowners

d)

Farmers

2.

Which of the following was a reason for the conflict between Native Americans and settlers? (CHOOSE 2)

a)

Native Americans taught colonists to hunt and farm

b)

Colonists broke treaties and took their land

c)

Native Americans were enslaved and forced to work on large plantations.

d)

Native Americans were forced to leave their home and move west.

3.

What was one way Native Americans helped colonists?

a)

teaching at their school

b)

teaching colonists how to farm

c)

taking the colonist's land

d)

owning plantations for colonists

4.

Farmers that were self sufficient...

a)

grew enough to feed their families.

b)

grew cash crops to be sold for money.

c)

grew wheat in the mid-Atlantic colonies.

d)

owned slaves and large plantations.

5.

These people could not afford the trip to America and agreed to work for free for a period of time to have someone else pay for their journey.

a)

African Americans

b)

Women

c)

Children

d)

Indentured Servants

6.

People that made specific goods that required special training and skills were known as....

a)

large landowners

b)

slaves

c)

artisans

d)

indentured servants

7.

These people cooked, made clothes, and took care of the children.

a)

Women

b)

Farmers

c)

Artisans

d)

Indentured Servants

8.

Children in the _________ colonies almost always went to school to learn to read the Bible.

a)

Mid-Atlantic

b)

Southern

c)

New England

d)

British

9.

These people were considered to be among the most powerful and richest in the colonies.

a)

Large landowners

b)

Slaves

c)

Artisans

d)

Native Americans

10.

Children in the ________ colonies were expected to learn skills to become an artisan.

a)

New England

b)

Mid-Atlantic

c)

Southern

d)

Northwest

11.

In the __________ colonies, most children worked on farms and rarely went to school

a)

New England

b)

mid-Atlantic

c)

Southern

d)

British

12.

This job was most common in the Mid-Atlantic colonies.

a)

Large Landowner

b)

Whaler

c)

Shipbuilder

d)

Artisan

13.

These people were kidnapped and forced to work, mostly in the Southern colonies, against their will and without pay.

a)

Indentured Servants

b)

Slaves

c)

Children

d)

Women

14.

Who was able to vote in colonial times?

a)

Slaves

b)

Free African Americans

c)

Women

d)

Male Landowners

15.

Most large landowners lived in the ____________ colonies.

a)

New England

b)

Mid-Atlantic

c)

Southern

d)

Northern

16.

These people relied on slaves and African Americans for labor.

a)

Large Landowners

b)

Free African Americans

c)

Slaves

d)

Farmers

17.

I was not allowed to own land and could not vote. (Choose 2)

a)

Women

b)

Large Landowners

c)

Men

d)

Slaves

18.

Farmers mostly grew food to feed their families, while large landowners grew _________.

a)

Wheat

b)

Food

c)

Cash Crops

d)

Trees

19.

Which of the following tasks would MOST LIKELY have been performed by an artisan?

a)

Creating farming and cooking tools out of iron

b)

Harvesting crops to sell

c)

chopping down trees to use for fire

d)

Fishing for whales

20.

These people were self sufficient, but traded for items they needed.

a)

Artisans

b)

Farmers

c)

Slaves

d)

Large landowners