US I benchmark Flashcards
Which European nation established settlements in the present-day United
States in Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California?
Spain
Which European nation established settlements along the Mississippi River,
New Orleans, and in Canada?
France
Which European nation established settlements on Manhattan Island (present-
day New York City) and settlements along the Hudson River in present-day New
York state?
the Dutch
What example did citizens of Jamestown look to when setting up their own
representative government?
English Parliament
Which colony was set up by Sir Walter Raleigh and was eventually considered
“lost” after colonist John White returned to find no sign of a settlement at all?
Roanoke
Which colony was started by John Smith and 100 Englishmen in 1607?
Jamestown
What Native American helped the Jamestown colonists survive by providing
them with food during their first winter, teaching them how to cultivate crops, and
improving relations by marrying a colonist?
Pocahontas
What type of representative government did Jamestown have? 6.1.12.A.1.a
House of Burgesses
The Pilgrims pledged their loyalty to England in which governmental
document? 6.1.12.A.1.a
Mayflower Compact
Which colony was started by people that were banished from the Puritan
colony and allowed its people the right to worship freely? 6.1.12.A.1.b
Rhode Island
Which colony got its start by William Penn and was originally designed to be a
place where Quakers could worship freely? 6.1.12.A.1.b
Pennsylvania
Which Native American helped the Pilgrims survive their first year in
Plymouth by providing them with seeds and showing them how to plant, fertilize,
and cultivate crops?
Squanto
What were the voting requirements for people in the colonies?
Must be male
Must be white
Must own land
Due to its moderate climate, people in this region of colonial America were
artisans and grew an abundance of crops such as wheat, rye, and barley:
Middle
Due to its colder climate and rocky soil, this area of colonial America
specialized in shipbuilding through their use of lumber, fishing, and trading
New England
Due to its humid and warm climate and fertile soil, this area of colonial
America grew crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo. These crops were grown
on small farms and plantations where citizens relied on African slave labor
Southern
Many immigrants, otherwise too poor to migrate to the U.S., agreed to be
____________________ so they could travel to the colonies. 6.1.12.C.1.b
indentured servant
African slaves traveled on a route to the Americas called the ___________.
Middle Passage
What is the definition of subsistence farming?
farming only enough to support one’s family
