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1.1 Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What economic theory emphasizes the role of the state in managing the economy to increase national wealth?

a)

Feudalism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Socialism

2.

Which agreement, signed aboard a ship in 1620, established a form of self-government for the Pilgrims?

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Virginia Declaration of Rights

3.

What was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America?

a)

Continental Congress

b)

House of Burgesses

c)

Stamp Act Congress

d)

Albany Congress

4.

Who advocated for the separation of church and state in colonial America?

a)

Thomas Hooker

b)

Roger Williams

c)

John Winthrop

d)

William Penn

5.

Which phrase describes the vision of a society that would be a model of Christian charity?

a)

Shining City

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

City Upon a Hill

d)

American Dream

6.

Which colonies were known for their town meetings as a form of local government?

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

7.

What was a key characteristic of Puritan society in colonial America?

a)

Religious tolerance

b)

Universal suffrage

c)

Separation of powers

d)

Strict adherence to religious laws

8.

What was a significant feature of the Southern Colonies' social hierarchy?

a)

Egalitarian society

b)

Classless society

c)

Plantation-based aristocracy

d)

Industrial working class

9.

Which colonies had an economy based on shipbuilding and trade?

a)

Middle Colonies

b)

Western Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

New England Colonies

10.

What was a defining characteristic of the Northern Colonies' geography?

a)

Deserts

b)

Fertile plains

c)

Dense forests and rocky soil

d)

Tropical climate

11.

What was the primary focus of the Triangle Trade?

a)

Trade of goods and slaves between Africa, America, and Europe

b)

Scientific discoveries

c)

Exchange of cultural ideas

d)

Military alliances

12.

(2017)The colonies in this list were founded primarily to offer settlers a greater degree of —

a)

freedom of debts

b)

religious freedom

c)

economic freedom

d)

freedom of speech

13.

During the Colonial Period, the area around 3 developed economies based on —

a)

Cash Crops

b)

Lumbering

c)

Manufacturing

d)

Small scale subsistence farming, hunting, trading

14.

This image is depicting what?

a)

salutary neglect

b)

mercantilism

c)

Great Awakening

d)

freedom of speech

15.

(2019) For what reason did a group of colonists agree to this compact?

a)

To declare independence from all European nations

b)

To form a social contract among themselves

c)

To demonstrate goodwill toward local American Indians

d)

To establish trade relations with other colonies