Bell Ringer
Date: September 23rd, 2015
1) Copy down the homework in your agenda. Its due
tomorrow.
2) Take out a blank sheet of paper. Label it Chapter 3
Review.
Divide the paper into three columns
Number and write #1-30 down the 1st column
Number and write 1-10 down the 2nd column
Number and write 1-13 down` the 3rd column
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1) What were the first colonists
looking for when they first arrived in
North America?
A) Spices and Gold
B) Gold and Silver
C) Tobacco and Silver
D) Tobacco and Gold
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2) What were the names of the first
colonies of North America?
A) Chesapeake, Roanoke, Jamestown
B) Quebec, Jamestown Plymouth
C) Georgetown, Roanoke, Plymouth
D) Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth
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3) Why was the Mayflower compact a
turning point in Colonial Settlement?
A) It was the first document in which colonists claimed
a right to govern themselves.
B) It stated colonists had a right to start their own
country.
C) It was the first document in which colonists claimed
a right to practice any religion.
D) It stated they could make treaties with other
natives and countries.
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4) How was John Smith such a heroic
figure in the first colony of Jamestown?
A) He fought away all natives around
the area.
B) He helped set up the colony for
success with food and shelter.
C) He made Tobacco a cash crop.
D) He brought medicine for the sick.
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5) What cash crop did the first settlers
realize they had?
A) Spices and Gold
B) Tobacco
C) Corn and Squash
D) Turkey and Maize
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6) Why was the House of Burgesses
important?
A) It marked the start of a form of total rule
government.
B) It marked the start of democratic government in
North America.
C) It marked the start the colonist having assemblies.
D) It marked the start of representative government
in North America.
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7) How did the Pilgrim’s experiences in
England affect the government they
established in the Plymouth Colony?
A) The government allowed them the right to create
treaties with natives.
B) The government allowed them the right to practice
religious freedom.
C) The government allowed them the right to sell
Tabaco to England.
D) It marked the start of representative government
in North America.
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8) The Pilgrims who came to North
America in 1620 were also known as
a. Separatists
b. Puritans
c. Quakers.
d. Royalists
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9) Which colony began as a Dutch
settlement?
a. New Jersey
b. New York
c. Pennsylvania
d. Delaware
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10) Which best describes the climate of
the southern colonies?
a. warm and dry
b. warm and humid
c. cold and dry
d. cold and wet
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11) What is another name for the border
between Maryland and Pennsylvania that
was established in the 1760s?
a. the Act of Toleration line
b. the Mason-Dixon line
c. the Plantation line
d. the Survey line
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“We must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill.
The eyes of all people are upon us.” — John Winthrop, “A
Model of
12) What is another way to express the main idea of this
quote?
a. We must provide a good example to others.
b. We will build our city on the highest land we can
find.
c. Most people do not like our way of life Christian
Charity,” 1630
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13) Which of the following was the first
European settlement in the present-day
United States?
a. the Tumacácori Mission
b. Fort Augustine
c. St. Augustine
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14) Powhatan turned against the Jamestown
settlers because
a. the settlers raided Native American
villages for food.
b. John Smith married a Native American
woman.
c. John Smith forced Native Americans to
work for their food.
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15) What is the earliest example of
representative democracy in what is
now the United States?
a. the Plymouth Colony
b. the Mayflower Compact
c. Virginia’s House of Burgesses
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16) James Oglethorpe wanted a colony
in which
a. debtors would be imprisoned.
b. Spaniards would settle.
c. Charles Town could be established.
d. debtors would be protected.