Test Review
1. Which era (time period) do the following characteristics describe?
_______________________
1) 1607 – 1763
2) European settlement east of the Appalachian Mountains
3) A variety of economic activities driven by mercantilist ideas
4) Immigration of people from northern Europe
During this time period did ALL people participate in representative government?
2. The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first _________________ government in British
North America?
3. What year was Jamestown founded? What year was the Mayflower Compact established?
4. Give examples of the reasons for European exploration.
1) Gold:
2) God:
3) Glory:
5. Why were the following colonies founded:
1) Maryland:
2) Massachusetts:
3) Pennsylvania:
4) South Carolina:
6. The distance from Great Britain led the colonists to create the House of Burgesses which is a
_________________ institution.
7. The government must not dictate a person’s religion. Because Roger Williams believed this
statement he founded the colony of __________________.
8. What geographical characteristic do the following cities have in common: New York, Boston,
and Charleston?
9. Which region was the largest, had the most farmland, the largest African American population,
and a smaller white population than other regions?
10. Describe the economy and geographical features for each region:
1) New England
2) Middle
3) Southern
11. Why did each region have different economies?
12. How did colonists in Jamestown change the environment surrounding the settlement to better meet
their needs?
13. List some factors that contributed to the growth of the plantation system in the South?
14. Why were there more slaves in the southern colonies than any other colonial region?
15. What is the difference between a direct democracy and a representative (elected) legislature?
16. Name the religious group that went to Maryland to escape religious persecution.
17. What is a dissenter? What would cause a dissenter to move and form their own colony? (ex: Roger
Williams and Anne Hutchinson)
18. Who founded Pennsylvania and for what religious group did he found it for?
19. What do Plymouth, Maryland, and Pennsylvania have in common?
20. What was the name of the religious revival that made people become more emotionally engaged in
religion?
21. Give examples of:
1) Primary sources
2) Secondary sources
22. What was a social contract that established a self governing colony?
23. Describe the Middle Passage.
24. Based on the theory of mercantilism, Britain took _______ ____________ from the colonies and
then turned them into manufactured goods to sell back to the colonies.
On level classes will have short answer questions in addition to the 25 multiple choice questions.
Pre-AP will have an essay in addition to the 25 multiple choice questions.
Test Review
1. Which era (time period) do the following characteristics describe? Colonization
1) 1607 – 1763
2) European settlement east of the Appalachian Mountains
3) A variety of economic activities driven by mercantilist ideas
4) Immigration of people from northern Europe
During this time period did ALL people participate in representative government?
No, only white men who owned property
2. The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first representative government in British North
America?
3. What year was Jamestown founded? What year was the Mayflower Compact established?
1607 – Jamestown
1620 – Mayflower Compact
4. Give examples of the reasons for European exploration.
1) Gold: European desire to increase wealth through mercantilism. Goal to
expand European wealth by obtaining gold and luxury goods.
2) God: Catholic missions to spread the Christian faith to all unbelivers.
3) Glory: Desire to gain fame
5. Why were the following colonies founded:
1) Maryland: religious freedom for the Catholics
2) Massachusetts: religious freedom for the Puritans and Pilgrims
3) Pennsylvania: religious freedom for the Quakers
4) South Carolina: economic reasons (cash crops – rice and indigo)
6. The distance from Great Britain led the colonists to create the House of Burgesses which is
a representative institution.
7. The government must not dictate a person’s religion. Because Roger Williams believed this
statement he founded the colony of Rhode Island.
8. What geographical characteristic do the following cities have in common: New York,
Boston, and Charleston?
Natural harbors
9. Which region was the largest, had the most farmland, the largest African American
population, and a smaller white population than other regions?
Southern Colonies
10. Describe the economy and geographical features for each region:
5) New England – fishing, shipbuilding, rocky soil, small farms, short growing
season
6) Middle – large farms & moderate growing season, fertile soil allowed for grain
exports
7) Southern- large plantations and long growing season, cash crops – tobacco, rice,
and indigo
11. Why did each region have different economies?
Different geographic conditions
12. How did colonists in Jamestown change the environment surrounding the settlement to better meet
their needs? Built houses, built a blockhouse, dug up and planted crops, made a well in the
fort
13. List some factors that contributed to the growth of the plantation system in the South?
Long growing season, fertile soil, success in the growth of cash crops, transatlantic slave
trade
14. Why were there more slaves in the southern colonies than any other colonial region?
Southern colonies developed large plantations with labor intensive crops such as tobacco,
cotton, rice
15. What is the difference between a direct democracy and a representative (elected) legislature?
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In a direct democracy every single person makes the decisions
In a representative government or elected legislature the people vote for
someone to make decisions for them
16. Name the religious group that went to Maryland to escape religious persecution.
Catholics
17. What is a dissenter? What would cause a dissenter to move and form their own colony? (ex: Roger
Williams and Anne Hutchinson)
Dissenter –people who disagree with official religious opinions
to establish a colony based on the principle of religious freedom
18. Who founded Pennsylvania and for what religious group did he found it for?
William Penn for the Quakers
19. What do Plymouth, Maryland, and Pennsylvania have in common?
Founded for religious freedom
20. What was the name of the religious revival that made people become more emotionally engaged in
religion?
First Great Awakening
21. Give examples of:
8) Primary sources
9) Secondary sources
22. What was a social contract that established a self governing colony?
Mayflower Compact
23. Describe the Middle Passage.
Africans were transported across the Atlantic Ocean in overcrowded, poor sanitary
conditions, and they were treated cruelly
24. Based on the theory of mercantilism, Britain took raw materials from the colonies and then turned
them into manufactured goods to sell back to the colonies.