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Test Description: Middle Colonies
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1) Which colony was the home to a Quaker settlement in North America?
A
Pennsylvania
B
New Jersey
C
New York
D
Delaware
2) Who was the founder of Pennsylvania?
A
Roger Williams
B
Anne Hutchinson
C
William Penn
D
Peter Stuyvesant
3) William Penn received a large track of land in North America after ___.
A
was appointed a royal governor by King Charles II
B
his father died and King Charles II needed to repay a large debt
C
was given the land by the Duke of York
D
won the land in a poker game.
4) What group of people were known by the Society of Friends and believed that everyone had the Inner Light?
A
Puritans
B
Separatists
C
Pilgrims
D
Quakers
5) What does the term Inner Light mean?
A
Believed that God could directly communicate with them and give them important signs
B
The Quakers were excellent at making fires that would burn for a very long time.
C
Quakers believed that all people had the chance to go to heaven.
D
The Quakers enjoyed praying and believed their soul would shine a beacon of light.
6) Most people who lived in the Middle Colonies did this for a living.
A
blacksmiths
B
farming
C
working in factories and industry
D
fishing
7) Why was England concerned with the Netherlands owning land in what is present day New York?
A
England wanted to take over the economic advantages of the fur trading business.
B
England was worried about the diseases the Dutch people carried.
C
England did not want a foreign country dividing the Southern Colonies from the New England Colonies.
D
England was fighting multiple wars with the Netherlands in Europe.
8) Who was the Dutch leader of the New Netherlands colony?
A
William Penn
B
Duke of York
C
Lord John Berkeley
D
Peter Stuyvesant
9) What island was purchased by Peter Minuit for a small amount of money and trinkets?
A
Bahamas
B
Manhattan
C
Cuba
D
Rhode Island
10) New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania all belong to this group of colonies.
A
Southern Colonies
B
New England Colonies
C
Massachusetts Bay Colony
D
Middle Colonies
11) James, Duke of York, gave New Jersey to which two fiends
A
Roger Williams and John Winthrop
B
George Carteret and John Berkeley
C
Peter Stuyvesant and William Penn
D
Ben Franklin and John Adams
12) New York City/New Amsterdam is an ideal location due to ____
A
it is on the Hudson River
B
it is on the Mississippi River
C
it is in the Southern Colonies
D
good soil
13) Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire are all __.
A
Middle Colonies
B
Caribbean Islands
C
New England Colonies
D
Southern Colonies
14) What made the Middle Colonies a very popular place to settle?
A
Great farmland and an ideal climate to grow crops
B
People of different and diverse backgrounds.
C
All of the above
D
Religious freedom and self-government
15) What two colonies did William Penn oversee?
A
New York and New Jersey
B
South Carolina and Massachusetts
C
Pennsylvania and Georgia
D
Pennsylvania and Delaware
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