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