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- 1. Multiple Choice
What do the examples in the box above demonstrate?
reasons the colonists were friendly
the food colonists learned to like
animals that were brought from Europe
how the cultures traded goods and services
- 2. Multiple Choice
Peter Stuyvesant came to colonial America in 1647. He created a city government, modeled after the cities of Holland, for the city now known as New York. What was the name of this town during this colonial period?
Plymouth
New Amsterdam
Jamestown
Long Island
- 3. Multiple Choice
Where was the first permanent European settlement in what is now the United States?
Plymouth, Massachusetts
New Orleans, Louisiana
Jamestown, Virginia
St. Augustine, Florida
- 4. Multiple Choice
In 1664, the Dutch surrendered New Netherland to the
Portuguese.
English.
Spanish.
French.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following religious groups is a Protestant branch that settled in Pennsylvania and believes in a simple, plain lifestyle?
Pilgrims
Puritans
Quakers
Mormons
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Proclamation of 1763 was established to prevent any settlers from moving _______ of the Appalachian Mountains.
east
north
west
south
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following individuals, who founded the colony of Rhode Island, was known for his feelings about freedom of worship?
Roger Williams
John Smith
John Rolfe
William Pitt
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why did the majority of Native American tribes side with the French during the French and Indian War?
to collect on a payment promised by French officials
to help the French hunt and trap furs for survival
to prevent the British from expanding and taking more land
to learn the best military techniques for future battles
- 9. Multiple Choice
The Dutch established the colony of New Netherland in the early 1600s. The Dutch controlled areas that are now part of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut. When the colony was started, the Dutch hoped to earn large profits from which of the following economic activities?
tobacco farming
gold mining
the slave trade
the fur trade
- 10. Multiple Choice
Native American nations often allied themselves with rivaling European settlers. These alliances affected Native American relationships with one another.
Which statements best describes one way these alliances affected Native Americans?
Native Americans captured other Native Americans for the slave trade.
Native American introduced other Native Americans to the concept of religion.
Native Americans fought other Native Americans for control of the colonists.
Native Americans formed one nation to fight European settlers.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following groups came to America on the Mayflower in 1620 and settled in Plymouth Colony?
Quakers
Pilgrims
Catholics
Mormons
- 12. Multiple Choice
In 1754, the French and Indian War began when which groups fought over control of land west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Mississippi River?
The British fought against the Huron Indians.
The French fought against the Huron Indians.
The British fought against the French and Huron Indians.
The French fought against the Spanish and the Huron Indians.
- 13. Multiple Choice
New France and the English colonies engaged in different economic activities based on available resources. While the English grew cash crops such as tobacco, New France profited greatly from
precious metals.
deer hides.
beaver pelts.
tea leaves.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which was one of the effects of European colonization on Native Americans?
Many Europeans became the subjects of Native American rulers.
Many Europeans began practicing Native American religions.
Many Native Americans emigrated to Europe.
Many Native Americans died from European diseases.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Native Americans introduced which of the following crops to British colonists living in North America?
grapes
barley
tobacco
wheat
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was introduced to the Native Americans by the Spanish?
corn
potatoes
horses
chocolate
- 17. Multiple Choice
Whom did the French and Spanish send to North America to convert Native Americans to Catholicism?
fur traders
pilgrims
conquistadors
missionaries
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which statement is best described by the phrases in the box below?
• religious intolerance
• high rents on land
• scarcity of resources
reasons Spanish colonies in America were abandoned
reasons English settlers came to colonies in America
reasons the colonists in America created a national religion
reasons the Puritans returned to England
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which group sailed from Spain to explore the Americas during the first half of the 1500s?
conquistadors
Puritans
Crusaders
Quakers
- 20. Multiple Choice
The colonists of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts would not have been able to live through the winter of 1620 without
help from a neighboring Native American tribe.
taking medicine to stop their coughs.
learning how to ice fish on local ponds.
stealing crops from the Native Americans' fields.
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