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Question 1

1. Why did the Dutch settle in New Netherlands?

A. They were seeking religious freedom.

B. They wanted to expand their empire.

C. They wanted to get rich from the fur trade.

D. They were looking for gold.

Question 2

2. What’s a kiva?

A. A language spoken by many tribes

B. A deep pit used for religious purposes

C. A place to live protected from the elements

D. A way to fish and gather food

Question 3

3. What colony was founded as an expansion of Puritan beliefs?

A. Pennsylvania

B. Connecticut

C. Rhode Island

D. Virginia

Question 4

4. What was a result of Bacon’s Rebellion?

A. Plantation owners started to prefer slave labor over indentured servants.

B. Plantation owners started to prefer indentured servants over slave labor.

C. The colonies started to talk about being freed from English control.

D. North Carolina separated from South Carolina.

Question 5

5. How did the English come in possession of New York?

A. They settled it and built a city and then claimed New York.

B. They threatened the Dutch governor, who had to surrender.

C. They bought it from the Dutch for a large amount of money.

D. They claimed it after one of their explorers explored it.

Question 6

6. Which civilization lived in longhouses?

A. Algonquian

B. Powhatan

C. Iroquois

D. Anasazi

Question 7

7. Which colony legalized slavery in 1661?

A. New Jersey

B. Massachusetts

C. Virginia

D. South Carolina

Question 8

8. While slavery was a part of African culture, how were slaves treated in Africa?

A. They were treated as family.

B. They were mistreated.

C. They were slaves in name only.

D. They were freed after a term of work.

Question 9

9. Why did slaves learn to read if it was outlawed by slave codes?

A. Slaves taught other slaves to read in their free time.

B. It was eventually made legal by later laws.

C. Christian owners wanted their slaves to read the Bible.

D. They learned on their own without their owners’ help.

Question 10

10. Why was Rhode Island founded?

A. As an expansion of Puritan Massachusetts

B. As a haven for those who owed the government money

C. As a place for those seeking cultural diversity

D. As a haven for those who disagreed with Puritan beliefs

Question 11

11. Which colony was established specifically as a safe haven for Catholics?

A. Virginia

B. South Carolina

C. Maryland

D. Georgia

Question 12

12. Before the slave trade, what was African culture like?

A. Hunters and gatherers and advanced

B. Hunters and gatherers and primitive

C. Agricultural and primitive

D. Agricultural and advanced

Question 13

13. What happened to the Virginia Company once Jamestown was settled?

A. The Queen bought it.

B. It went bankrupt.

C. The governors disbanded it.

D. It became wealthy and powerful.

Question 14

14. Where did the Anasazi live?

A. Cliffs in the Southwest

B. Mountains in the Northeast

C. The Mid-Atlantic Coast

D. Central plains

Question 15

15. Where did slaves have harder lives?

A. Rural farms

B. Large plantations

C. Urban areas

D. Shops and merchant businesses

Question 16

16. What was the House of Burgesses?

A. A representative assembly that managed the Virginia Company

B. The government of England

C. The governor’s residence in Virginia

D. A representative assembly that managed Virginia

Question 17

17. Why was the Virginia Company founded?

A. Spanish money funded the colonial settlement in England.

B. The Queen wanted all the money from the New World.

C. It was expensive to launch a colony in the New World.

D. Virginia colonists needed to form their own government and company

Question 18

18. Use the map to answer the question.

Which location on the map served as an important port city along the Atlantic Coast?

A. New Orleans

B. Jamestown

C. Charlestown

D. Fort Duquesne

Question 19

19. Why was Philadelphia important in colonial America?

A. It became a trading center due to its location and size.

B. It had a large slave market and brought many slaves to the United States.

C. It was one of the earliest settlements in the United States.

D. It became a large agricultural producer of tobacco.

Question 20

20. Where were the Pilgrims originally bound?

A. Massachusetts

B. Virginia

C. New York

D. Pennsylvania