APUSH Ch. 2-5-SNC

Question 1

The failed settlement of Roanoke was in present day __________.

Accepted Answer

North Carolina

Question 2

Which of the following was not an English colony in the 1500s?

Accepted Answer

St. Petersburg

Question 3

Why did the colonists adopt the policy of killing or driving out the Indians?

Accepted Answer

They were useless in their economy

Question 4

Many settlers of North Carolina were often _______________.

Accepted Answer

Squatters, from Virginia

Question 5

Which country did England defeat in 1588 that led to their colonization in the New World?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 6

What was the main crop of the West Indies?

Accepted Answer

Sugar

Question 7

Why was there a lack of colonization from England in the time period between the 1640s-60s?

Accepted Answer

The English Civil War

Question 8

What was the nickname of tobacco in the colony of Virginia in the 1600s?

Accepted Answer

the Bewitching weed, King Nicotine

Question 9

What colony used African slaves for rice plantations?

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 10

Which religious group was Maryland specifically founded to protect?

Accepted Answer

Catholics

Question 11

What religions did the "Act of Toleration" in Maryland actually tolerate?

Accepted Answer

All Christians

Question 12

Who is known as the "father of the tobacco industry?"

Accepted Answer

John Rolfe

Question 13

How did North Carolina become a colony?

Accepted Answer

Separated from South Carolina

Question 14

Who was Jamestown named after?

Accepted Answer

King James I

Question 15

All of the following were English colonies except...

Accepted Answer

West Virginia

Question 16

Why was Georgia founded as a colony?

Accepted Answer

to act as a buffer between the colonies and Spanish Florida

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