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Colonial America Unit Assessment

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which sentence accurately explains what schools were like in colonial America?
a)
All children were required to go to school until high school.
b)
Schools were very large and required several teachers to teach all the children.
c)
There were no schools in colonial America.
d)
Boys had more opportunities in colonial schools than girls did.
2.
Which colonial region had rocky soil, cold winders, and established an economy based on fishing, trade, and shipbuilding?
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
3.
Which colonial region was best known for having plantations?
a)
Southern Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
New England Colonies
4.
Which colonial region was best known for having fertile soil, moderate climate, and diverse farming and trade?
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
5.
How many total colonies were there?
a)
ten
b)
eleven
c)
twelve
d)
thirteen
6.
Which country owned the colonies?
a)
England
b)
Spain
c)
Germany
d)
Portugal
7.
Which group of people were already living in North America when the Europeans arrived?
a)
Africans
b)
Native Americans
c)
Europeans
d)
No one
8.
Who was allowed to become an apprentice?
a)
young boys
b)
women
c)
young girls
d)
slaves
9.
Which of the following are examples of the struggles Jamestown faced? (Select 2)
a)
Many of the men who traveled to Jamestown were "gentlemen" and not prepared to build or farm.
b)
Tobacco became a profitable cash crop.
c)
The settlement was built by dirty water, which brought disease.
d)
Families worked together to survive.
e)
Jamestown was founded by the Virginia Company, a business in England.
10.

Which of the following were reasons people decided to settle in the colonies? (Select all that apply.)

a)

Freedom from unfair laws and an unfair ruler

b)

To earn money and own land

c)

Religious freedom

d)

They were forced to leave their homes and were enslaved

11.

What was one way that school was different in colonial times compared to today?

a)

Children learned to read.

b)

Schooling focused a great deal on manners.

c)

Girls were more likely to attend.

d)

School was free and available for all.

12.

Despite difficulties at first, the Jamestown settlement survived. What were two reason why Jamestown made it through difficult times? Select two.

a)

The leadership of John Smith

b)

They lived near water.

c)

Help from the Powhatan Native Americans

d)

The settlement did not survive.

13.

Which of the following means "a settlement established by people from another country"?

a)

hornbook

b)

colonists

c)

colony

d)

apprentice

14.

Which of the following was a wooden tool used in colonial schools?

a)

apprentice

b)

hornbook

c)

colony

d)

cash crop

15.

Which of the following was a profitable crop sold to make money?

a)

cash crop

b)

hornbook

c)

colony

d)

colonist

16.

Which of the following describes a person who worked for several years in exchange for passage to the colonies?

a)

Enslaved person

b)

Indentured Servant

c)

Colonist

d)

Hornbook

17.

A place where people establish homes or communities is called a

a)

hornbook

b)

region

c)

settlement

d)

cash crop