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Colonization And Exploration Exam
Test Description: Colonization and Exploration US History
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which group believed in equality for all and allowed other religions to practice freely?
A
Catholics
B
Quakers
C
Pilgrims
D
Puritans
2) Why was Rhode Island founded?
A
settlers thought they would find gold there
B
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson were kicked out of Massachusetts Bay by the Puritans
C
Catholics were seeking to escape religious persecution in England
D
Massachusetts was running out of land for new settlers
3) What city did Massachusetts Bay Colony become?
A
Philadelphia
B
Washington D.C.
C
Boston
D
Charleston
4) Why did Europeans want colonial lumber?
A
to burn for cooking
B
to build churches
C
to build homes
D
to build ships
5) Which religious group settled in Pennsylvania?
A
Anglicans
B
Puritans
C
Quakers
D
Catholics
6) Why did the Transatlantic Slave Trade become so large?
A
Southern plantations began to rely on slave labor
B
colonists were unwilling to work on their own farms
C
Northern factories needed more labor
D
slaves were being used to cut lumber in New England
7) What is the first document to limit the king's power in England?
A
Declaration of Independence
B
Magna Carta
C
Mayflower Compact
D
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
8) Why was Massachusetts Bay founded?
A
in the hopes of finding gold
B
to provide lumber for building ships
C
religious freedom for the Puritans
D
religious freedom for the Catholics
9) What colony was founded for Catholics who were being persecuted in England?
A
Massachusetts Bay
B
Plymouth
C
Maryland
D
Pennsylvania
10) Why was Jamestown founded?
A
to keep land from other European nations
B
in the hopes of finding gold/economic reasons
C
religious reasons
D
to take land from the local American Indians
11) What were most French colonists doing to make money?
A
lumber and fishing
B
fur trapping and trade
C
plantation farming
D
ship building
12) Which of the following is NOT an impact the of the Europeans meeting the American Indians?
A
American Indians lost land
B
Europeans learned how to make coffee from the American Indians
C
American Indians were decimated by European diseases
D
American Indians gained more land
13) Where were the first slaves in the British colonies?
A
Jamestown
B
Plymouth
C
Roanoke
D
Boston
14) Why did each colonial region have a different economy?
A
most regions relied on lumber for their economy
B
each region's people had different skills
C
each region was settled by a different nation
D
each region had a different climate and geography
15) What was the southern-most colony in the original 13 Colonies?
A
South Carolina
B
Massachusetts
C
Virginia
D
Georgia
16) Which of the following is NOT an impact of the First Great Awakening?
A
people began to think for themselves
B
people became more tolerant of other religions
C
many more religions were formed
D
people became less tolerant of other religions
17) What were European nations doing when they accidentally found the New World?
A
trying to map the entire world
B
looking for gold and silver
C
searching for a quicker route to India
D
trying to find new land
18) What did the colonies send to Europe in the Triangular Trade?
A
manufactured goods
B
raw materials, crops, natural resources
C
slaves
D
gold and silver
19) What did mercantilism lead to?
A
European nations exploiting their colonies to make more money
B
Catholic missions to convert the American Indians
C
less colonies in North America
D
the discovery of gold and silver in the British colonies
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