Worksheets1.1 Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 24mins
What economic theory emphasizes the role of the state in managing the economy to increase national wealth?
Feudalism
Capitalism
Mercantilism
Socialism
Which agreement, signed aboard a ship in 1620, established a form of self-government for the Pilgrims?
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Articles of Confederation
Virginia Declaration of Rights
What was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America?
Continental Congress
House of Burgesses
Stamp Act Congress
Albany Congress
Who advocated for the separation of church and state in colonial America?
Thomas Hooker
Roger Williams
John Winthrop
William Penn
Which phrase describes the vision of a society that would be a model of Christian charity?
Shining City
Manifest Destiny
City Upon a Hill
American Dream
Which colonies were known for their town meetings as a form of local government?
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
Western Colonies
What was a key characteristic of Puritan society in colonial America?
Religious tolerance
Universal suffrage
Separation of powers
Strict adherence to religious laws
What was a significant feature of the Southern Colonies' social hierarchy?
Egalitarian society
Classless society
Plantation-based aristocracy
Industrial working class
Which colonies had an economy based on shipbuilding and trade?
Middle Colonies
Western Colonies
Southern Colonies
New England Colonies
What was a defining characteristic of the Northern Colonies' geography?
Deserts
Fertile plains
Dense forests and rocky soil
Tropical climate
What was the primary focus of the Triangle Trade?
Trade of goods and slaves between Africa, America, and Europe
Scientific discoveries
Exchange of cultural ideas
Military alliances
(2017)The colonies in this list were founded primarily to offer settlers a greater degree of —
freedom of debts
religious freedom
economic freedom
freedom of speech
During the Colonial Period, the area around 3 developed economies based on —
Cash Crops
Lumbering
Manufacturing
Small scale subsistence farming, hunting, trading
This image is depicting what?
salutary neglect
mercantilism
Great Awakening
freedom of speech
(2019) For what reason did a group of colonists agree to this compact?
To declare independence from all European nations
To form a social contract among themselves
To demonstrate goodwill toward local American Indians
To establish trade relations with other colonies
