US History College Prep-Unit 1 Test Review

Question 1

Which region had the most diversity (variety of people, religions, languages, etc)?

Accepted Answer

Middle Colonies (PA, NY, NJ, DE)

Question 2

These controlled trade coming from the colonies and reduced smuggling:

Accepted Answer

Navigation Acts

Question 3

Which of the following describes the Middle Colonies' relationship with the natives?

Accepted Answer

Were at peace with natives virtually at all times

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a Middle Colony?

Accepted Answer

Maryland

Question 5

Which settlement was home to the Separatist Puritans?

Accepted Answer

Plymouth

Question 6

Which colony was established as a haven for debtors?

Accepted Answer

Georgia

Question 7

Which describes the economy of the southern region of the colonial period?

Accepted Answer

plantations, cash crops, agriculture, cheap labor

Question 8

What Native American tribe helped the Pilgrims survive the first few winters in the New World?

Accepted Answer

Wampanoag

Question 9

Who settled Georgia?

Accepted Answer

James Oglethorpe

Question 10

Which colony was founded by religious dissenters, or people who disagreed with the Puritans?

Accepted Answer

Rhode Island

Question 11

Poor farmers being taxed; living too close to natives; elected officials only help the wealthy

Accepted Answer

Reasons for Bacon's Rebellion

Question 12

He was a Great Awakening minister and wrote "Sinner in the Hands of an Angry God":

Accepted Answer

Johnathan Edwards

Question 13

The death of Metacom and the destruction of over a dozen towns in New England ended ____.

Accepted Answer

King Philip's War

Question 14

When a person couldn't afford passage to the colonies, they agreed to work for years as a ____.

Accepted Answer

Indentured Servants

Question 15

What is significant about the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

Accepted Answer

1st written Constitution in the New World

Question 16

Which of the following is FALSE about Indentured Servants?

Accepted Answer

replaced African slaves as the dominant source of labor

Question 17

Who founded Rhode Island?

Accepted Answer

Roger Willams

Question 18

Who was among the first settlers to cultivate tobacco in Virginia, turning it into a cash crop?

Accepted Answer

John Rolfe

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a reason for The Salem Witch Trials in 1692?

Accepted Answer

Improved relations with the natives led to more tolerance

Question 20

Which of the following was NOT a reason to settle in Virginia and the Southern colonies?

Accepted Answer

Religious freedom

Question 21

Which of following describes New England's economy?

Accepted Answer

a reliance on trade, shipbuilding, and exports

Question 22

All of the following are effects of the Great Awakening EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

More formal religious ceremonies and less casual rituals

Question 23

William Penn led this religious group to a middle colony in the new world:

Accepted Answer

Quakers

Question 24

What crop became critical to the success of Virginia, and actually saved the colony from ruin?

Accepted Answer

tobacco

Question 25

To punish the Puritan colonies, King Charles II revoked their charters and turned them into:

Accepted Answer

A royal colony called the Dominion of New England

Question 26

Which of following is NOT an idea supported by Roger Williams?

Accepted Answer

Uniform Religion in a Colony

Question 27

Which of the following best explains the middle colonies focus for their economic development?

Accepted Answer

Good soil & river systems meant farming and access to trade

Question 28

She was exiled from Massachusetts for teaching the Bible, which was believed to be a man's job:

Accepted Answer

Anne Hutchinson

Question 29

To vote in Mass. Bay Colony, you had to be which of the following:

Accepted Answer

Male, a Church member, and a Land Owner

Question 30

The ____ was the voyage across the Atlantic taken by slaves.

Accepted Answer

Middle Passage

Question 31

What were the first settlers at Jamestown looking for?

Accepted Answer

Gold

Question 32

What document established self-government and majority rule for Plymouth Colony?

Accepted Answer

Mayflower Compact

Question 33

What was the first representative government in the colonies?

Accepted Answer

House of Burgesses

Question 34

Pilgrims are more formally called ______ for wanting to split from the Anglican church.

Accepted Answer

Separatist Puritans

Question 35

What was the name of William Penn's religiously tolerant Christian sect?

Accepted Answer

Quakers

Question 36

William Penn and his "holy experiment" created what colony?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania

Question 37

Which of the following describes Jamestown's relationship with the Powhatan and other tribes?

Accepted Answer

Early peace gave way to conflict

Question 38

What is the name of the British policy that required the colonies only trade with England?

Accepted Answer

mercantilism

Question 39

Which of the following is NOT a New England colony?

Accepted Answer

New York

Question 40

Virginia was settled by a group of men sent by investors who pooled their money together called

Accepted Answer

a joint stock company

Question 41

Which of the following is NOT a Southern Colony?

Accepted Answer

Florida

Question 42

What was the name of the religious movement that spread across the colonies?

Accepted Answer

Great Awakening

Question 43

Leader of Massachusetts Bay Colony and writer of "A City Upon a Hill"

Accepted Answer

John Winthrop

Question 44

What was the Dutch colony of New Netherlands renamed after the British took control in 1664?

Accepted Answer

New York

Question 45

Which of the following is NOT a contribution of African culture on American society?

Accepted Answer

The Fiddle and Bass in music

Question 46

Why was Georgia created? (two right answers)

Accepted Answer

Debtor's colony, Buffer zone to protect against the Spanish

Question 47

What was the first permanent English colony?

Accepted Answer

Jamestown, Virginia

Question 48

Which of the following best describes Mercantilism?

Accepted Answer

trade policy that seeks to export more than it imports

Question 49

What minister settled the colony of Connecticut, and inspired the Fundamental Orders of Conn.?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Hooker

Question 50

The name of the British policy that allowed the colonies to rule themselves is _____.

Accepted Answer

salutary neglect

US History College Prep-Unit 1 Test Review

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