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100

One important accomplishment of European exploration was—

-Lack of supplies

-Poor maps were still in use

-Goods and ideas were exchanged

-Disease increased among Indigenous people

Goods and ideas were exchanged

100

Which of the following was a major economic activity in New England?

-Fishing

-Indigo farming

-Rice cultivation

-Tobacco farming

Fishing

100

Why were New England’s deep harbors important to the colonies?

-They allowed large-scale plantation farming.

-They supported trade, fishing, and shipbuilding.

-They provided fertile soil for growing cash crops.

-They prevented European explorers from arriving.

They supported trade, fishing, and shipbuilding.

100

Match the description to the group it best matches below the group. Not all answer choices will be used. 

-Worked as caretakers and homemakers.

-Worked the land according to the region. 

-Worked to buy and sell goods to the colonists. 

-Worked as craftsmen in towns and on plantations.

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100

Which of the following do the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Southern Colonies have what in common?

-All had moderate summers and cold winters

-The Appalachian Mountains ran through all of the colonies.

The Appalachian Mountains ran through all of the colonies.

200

Which settlement was the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607?

Jamestown

200

Which colony was most likely to have large plantations and use enslaved labor for agriculture?

-Southern

-Mid-Atlantic

-New England

-Northern Frontier

Southern

200

Which cash crop was primarily responsible for Virginia’s wealth in the colonial period?

-Rice

-Indigo

-Wheat

-Tobacco

Tobacco

200

Which group of colonial people worked as craftsmen in towns and on plantations?

Artisans

200

The New England Colony had what type of terrain?

Rocky soil near the coast

300

Which settlement was known as the “Lost Colony”?

Roanoke Island

300

How did religious beliefs in New England influence political life?

-Religion discouraged participation in politics

-Leaders were appointed solely based on wealth

-Town meetings allowed citizens to discuss laws

-Southern plantation owners controlled the political system

Town meetings allowed citizens to discuss laws

300

If a Southern colony needed tools and manufactured goods it could not produce locally, from which region would it most likely obtain them?

-Mid-Atlantic

-New England

-Another Southern colony

-Native American tribes only

New England

300

______ were able to own land in some cases, but were not allowed to vote and had limited economic freedoms.

Free African Americans

300

Which colonial region had moderate weather both in summer and winter?

Mid-Atlantic

400

What is the best title for the diagram below?

-French

-Spanish

-English 

-Indigenous

Indigenous people

400

Which combination of Southern natural resources supported both agriculture and trade?

-Wheat, barley, grains

-Buffalo, fur, hunting tools

-Timber, fish, shipbuilding materials

-Tobacco, rice, indigo, lumber, tar, pitch

Tobacco, rice, indigo, lumber, tar, pitch

400

Which colony specialized in livestock, grain and fish? *Also known as the bread basket

The Mid-Atlanic

400

What did Colonial women, Free African Americans, and Enslaved African Americans all have in common?

They were not able to vote

400

Humid climate and fertile farmland describe this colonial region

The Southern Colony

500

Which of the following was a key factor in economic cooperation between Europeans and Indigenous peoples?

-Europeans only importing goods from Asia

-Indigenous peoples refusing to hunt or farm

-European settlers avoiding contact with Indigenous tribes

-Mutual interest in trading goods such as furs, tools, and food

Mutual interest in trading goods such as furs, tools, and food

500

The colonies were made up of different groups of people whose lives varied greatly depending on-

-Their education

-Their birthplace

-Their social position

-What language they spoke

Social position

500

If a colonial Virginia plantation needed labor for tobacco farming, which of the following groups would most likely provide that labor?

-European merchants

-Indigenous people living in Virginia

-Enslaved African Americans and Indentured Servants

-Fishermen from France, the Netherlands, Spain, and New  England

Enslaved African Americans and Indentured Servants

500

This group of colonial people were often born into slavery, owned as property for life, and were captured in their homeland and sold to slave traders.

Enslave African Americans

500

New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania are part of which colonial region?

Mid-Atlantic