Practice test

Question 0

primary crops were tobacco, rice, and indigo

Answer 0

Southern Colonies

Question 1

harsh climate and rock soil meant farming on a small-scale

Answer 1

New England

Question 2

practiced self government

Answer 2

all

Question 3

founded on “God and cod.”

Answer 3

New England

Question 4

largest number of slaves live here

Answer 4

Southern Colonies

Question 5

grew various grains

Answer 5

Middle Colonies

Question 6

small number of people were wealthy plantation owners

Answer 6

Southern Colonies

Question 7

People lived in towns or were very close to them

Answer 7

New England

Question 8

Religion was the most important factor in their lives

Answer 8

New England

Question 9

good growing season allowed them to produce surpluses of food and meat to export

Answer 9

Middle Colonies

Question 10

the people owed their allegiance to Great Britain

Answer 10

all

Question 11

their leading industries were whaling, shipping, lumber, and fishing

Answer 11

New England

Question 12

Indentured servants were found here

Answer 12

All

Question 13

Large numbers of people from other European nations colonized here

Answer 13

Middle Colonies

Question 14

People from one of its colonies moved and populated the rest of this region’s colonies

Answer 14

New England

Question 15

What made money for the colonies, West Indies, Europe, and Africa?

Answer 15

Triangle Trade

Question 16

What was the first English Settlement in the new world?

Answer 16

Roanoke

Question 17

Why did Roanoke fail?

Answer 17

poor location, lack of leadership, and lack of supplies

Question 18

What did the me at Jamestown come for?

Answer 18

Gold

Question 19

Why are the middle colonies called the melting pot?

Answer 19

lots of different countries settled there

Question 20

What was the main reason for different economies in the three sections?

Answer 20

environment (geography/climate)

Question 21

People who are Protestants who wanted to simplify he Church of England are called…

Answer 21

Puritans

Question 22

What happened to people who disagreed with the Church of England?

Answer 22

Persecution

Question 23

Why was Georgia founded?

Answer 23

To help debtors and to provide a buffer between the English and the Spanish colony in Florida

Question 24

What is the journey from Africa to the Western Hemisphere for slaves called?

Answer 24

Middle Passage

Question 25

Who was the early leader who made Jamestown successful?

Answer 25

John Smith

Question 26

Why did the pilgrims settle Plymouth?

Answer 26

religious freedom

Question 27

How did Jamestown make money?

Answer 27

tobacco

Question 28

What did English colonists have more of an opportunity to do in the colonies than in England?

Answer 28

participate in government and own land

Question 29

What was the first elected government in the New World?

Answer 29

House of Burgesses

Question 30

What were the 4 main reasons why people came to the colonies?

Answer 30

religious freedom wealth self government land ownership

Question 31

Why was the Mayflower Compact important?

Answer 31

first written plan of government in America

Question 32

Define indentured servant.

Answer 32

people who sign an indenture to work four to seven years for those who paid their ship fare to America

Question 33

How was the middle colonies' economy based on their environment?

Answer 33

good soil for farming

Question 34

Define plantation.

Answer 34

large farm for growing cash crops using slave labor

Question 35

What were three hardships experienced by Africans on the Middle Passage?

Answer 35

lack of space unsanitary force fed

Question 36

List the Southern Colonies.

Answer 36

Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland

Question 37

List the Middle Colonies.

Answer 37

New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

Question 38

List the New England Colonies.

Answer 38

Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

Question 39

What colonies were founded for religious freedom?

Answer 39

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland

Question 40

What colonies were founded for trade?

Answer 40

New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, South Carolina

Question 41

What colonies were founded for farming?

Answer 41

North Carolina and South Carolina

Question 42

Why was Virginia founded?

Answer 42

for wealth