Vocabulary
The edge of settlement, beyond which was an area colonists thought of as wilderness, was called the
border, frontier, territory, barrier
frontier
Benjamin Franklin organized our nation's first
printing press, fire department, farm community, public school
fire department
The belief that people did not need preachers or churches in order to understand God came from the
Puritans, French, Pilgrims, Quakers
Quakers
Who started the first lending library in the English colonies?
William Pen, Peter Stuyvesant, Benjamin Franklin, George Carteret
Benjamin Franklin
The allegheny Plateau crosses New York and
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Connecticut
Pennsylvania
The line that divides the Piedmont and the coastal plain is the
gateway rivers, fall line, Middle Colonies, Appalachian Mountains
fall line
The trial of John Peter Zenger was important because it established
the right to hold elections
freedom of religion
new taxes on farmers
freedom of the press
freedom of the press
The Pennsylvania Dutch came to the Middle Colonies from which country?
England, Scotland, Germany, the Netherlands
William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania as a
trading post, military camp, holy experiment, vacation area
holy experiment
The adirondack Mountains are in the ____ corner of New York
northeastern, southeastern, northwestern, southwestern
northeastern
A book filled with facts about many subjects is called
a journal, a magazine, an almanac, a dictionary
an almanac
Which phrase best describes the geography of New Jersey and Delaware
flat or gently rolling
hilly or very steep
rough and rocky
steep and dangerous
flat or gently rolling
Benjamin Franklin led the effort to have Philadelphia's streets
paved, widened, drained, lengthened
paved
The Quakers refused to serve in the army or navy because they
had made peace with Delaware
did not believe in killing
were too busy running their farms
had spent so much time in jail
did not believe in killing
Which city is located on the Allegheny Plateau
Albany, Troy, Buffalo, Elmira
Elmira
Someone who leaves one country to come and live in another is
a rebel, a frontier, an explorer, an immigrant
an immigrant
What was the occupation of most of the colonists in the Middle Colonies?
printer, farmer, lawyer, proprietor
farmer
To make the city of Philadelphia safer, Ben Franklin fought for
traffic lights, sidewalks, street lights, police officers
street lights
What caused the Scots-Irish to move west into the Appalachian Mountains?
The best farmland had been taken.
Other colonists disliked them.
They preferred hunting for food.
The mountains seemed like home.
The best farmland had been taken.
Which of the following is located to the west of the Hudson River?
the state of Vermont
Lake Champlain
the Catskill Mountains
Long Island
the Catskill Mountains
an assembly, an election, a colony, a constable
an assembly
The people of the Middle Colonies used the rapids at the fall line to their advantage by
building water powered saw mills
developing irrigation systems
filling drinking holes with water
selling huge amounts of fish
building water powered saw mills
The Middle Colonies of New York and Pennsylvania stretch across
the Atlantic Coastal Plain
the Rocky Mountains
the Interior Plains
the Appalachian Mountains
the Appalachian Mountains
Which of the following is one belief of the Quakers?
All people are equal.
All people should have the right to vote.
All people are free.
All people must work hard and suffer long.
All people are equal.
About how many miles is it from Elmira to Rochester?
75, 150, 300, 450
75