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13 Colonies
Test Description: Colonial Government, Economy, and Society
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What was the geography of the New England colonies?
A
Desert plains
B
Rugged mountains
C
Warm, fertile soil, wide rivers
D
Cold, rocky soil, natural harbors
2) What is the geography of the middle colonies?
A
Cold, rocky soil, natural harbors
B
Desert plains
C
Warm, fertile soil, natural harbors
D
Rugged mountains
3) What is the geography of the southern colonies?
A
Desert plains
B
Rugged mountains
C
Cold, rocky soil, natural harbors
D
Warm, fertile soil, no natural harbors
4) What is the economy of the New England colonies?
A
Harvesting naval stores from pine trees
B
Timber, shipping, industry, manufacturing
C
Growing wheat crops, shipping, industry
D
Plantation agriculture of cash crops
5) What is the economy of the middle colonies?
A
Plantation agriculture of cash crops
B
Growing wheat crops, shipping, industry
C
Harvesting naval stores from pine trees
D
Timber, shipping, industry, manufacturing
6) What was the economy of the southern colonies?
A
Plantation agriculture of cash crops
B
Harvesting naval stores from pine trees
C
Timber, shipping, industry, manufacturing
D
Growing wheat crops, shipping, industry
7) What was North Carolina's economy based around?
A
Shipping and industry
B
Manufacturing and growing food crops
C
Naval stores and cash crops like tobacco
D
Mining gold and iron
8) What was the first document that established government based on popular sovereignty in the colonies?
A
Declaration of Independence
B
Mayflower Compact
C
Fundamental Rights of Connecticut
D
House of Burgesses
9) Who had more control over the government in New England because the people paid to start the colony?
A
Council
B
Colonial assembly
C
President
D
Royal Governor
10) Who had more control over the government in the south because the king paid to start the colony?
A
Council
B
Royal Governor
C
Colonial assembly
D
President
11) Which colonial region used slavery due to grow cash crops on plantations?
A
New England
B
South
C
West
D
Middle
12) Which colonial region used indentured servants as laborers in industries, mining, and shipping?
A
Middle and South
B
New England and South
C
New England and Middle
D
South and West
13) Which colony split apart due to religious intolerance?
A
North Carolina
B
Georgia
C
Massachusetts
D
Pennsylvania
14) Which colony was founded to be the most religiously tolerant and thus became the most diverse?
A
Massachusetts
B
North Carolina
C
Georgia
D
Pennsylvania
15) Which colony was founded for criminals and to be a buffer from the Spanish in Florida?
A
Georgia
B
Massachusetts
C
North Carolina
D
Pennsylvania
16) When colonists elected members of the colonial assembly, which democratic ideal is being demonstrated?
A
Republicanism
B
Popular sovereignty
C
Federalism
D
Checks and balances
17) When colonial assemblies made laws for the colony, which democratic ideal is being demonstrated?
A
Popular sovereignty
B
Federalism
C
Republicanism
D
Separation of powers
18) In the 13 colonies, the Colonial Assembly made laws and the Royal Governor enforced them. What democratic ideal does this demonstrate?
A
Separation of powers
B
Federalism
C
Popular Sovereignty
D
Republicanism
19) Why were the New England colonies founded?
A
To experiment a new economic system
B
For profit and wealth
C
To experience glory and adventure
D
To seek religious freedom
20) Why were the middle and southern colonies founded?
A
To experience wealth and adventure
B
To seek religious freedom
C
For profit and wealth
D
To experiment with a new economic system
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