Name that Colony
Name that Colony again!
Social Aspects
Economic Activities
Settlement Struggles
100
What is the name of the colony labeled with a number 9?
New York
100
What is the name of the colony labeled with a number 1?
Georgia
100
Which group of colonies was known for having many religions existing together peacefully? New England, Middle, or Southern?
The Middle Colonies
100
Who originally owned all the colonies?
The King of England
100
Name the settlement that disappeared within a few years of its original settlement.
Roanoke
200
What is the name of the colony labeled with a number 7?
New Jersey
200
What are the names of the colonies labeled numbers 2 and 3?
North Carolina and South Carolina
200
Which colony was known as a "debtor's prison" for London's poor?
Georgia
200
Name two crops grown in the Southern Colonies.
Cotton
Tobacco
Rice
200
At which colony were the pilgrims supposed to land when they came to America?
Virginia, but the storms set them off course.
300
What is the name of the colony labeled number 8?
Pennsylvania
300
What is the name of the colony labeled number 6?
Delaware
300
Which group of colonies had the main religion of reformed protestants? New England, Middle, or Southern?
The New England Colonies.
300
Which colonial region was known for producing a lot of grains such as wheat, barley, and oats?
The middle colonies
300
Describe the first Jamestown settlers.
They were mostly men and were soldiers, not farmers.
400
What is the name of the colony labeled number 10?
New Hampshire
400
What is the name of the colony labeled number 4?
Virginia
400
What was the major religion of the southern colonies?
Roman Catholicism
400
What were two major trading goods in the New England colonies
lumber (wood)
fishing
shipbuilding
400
Describe the situation that led to the Salem Witch Trials.
A slave woman named Tituba told stories to several girls, who became sick. People believed it was witchcraft.
500
What is the name of the colony labeled number 12?
Connecticut
500
What is the name of the colony labeled number 5?
Maryland
500
One of the reasons for creating the colony of Georgia was to create a human shield between English settlers and whom?
The Spanish who occupied Florida.
500
Why was the silk industry not successful in Georgia?
Silk worms need white mulberry trees. The mulberry trees in Georgia were black mulberry trees. (This will not be on the test.)
500
What saying did Captain John Smith borrow from Scripture to keep the settlers from being lazy?
"He who does not work shall not eat."