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Social Studies
4th
grade
New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why were the New England colonies founded?
The colonists were looking for religious freedom
The land was great for farming
There were better jobs in the colonies
It's where the explorers landed, so that's where they built the colony
- 2. Multiple Choice
What did the colonists mainly use lumber for?
building houses
for firewood
to trade
building ships
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are natural resources?
wood
beavers
water
corn
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why were whales important to the New England colonists?
a whale could feed the whole colony
their blubber was used to make oil
colonists followed the whales to help them find their way at sea
colonists went whale-watching for fun
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following colonies were considered part of the New England colonies? (Select all that apply.)
Massachusetts
Virginia
Rhode Island
New York
Pennsylvania
- 6. Multiple Choice
What would happen if you didn't follow the rules in the Massachusetts Bay colony?
You would be given a warning before receiving a consequence
You would be strictly punished or possibly kicked out of the colony
Other colonists would make fun of you
You were sent back to England
- 7. Multiple Choice
What were houses like in the New England colonies?
They were small and simple. One family lived together in one room.
They were large and made of bricks.
They were small, but many families lived together in the same house.
They were large mansions for only one family.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why was lumber, fish, maple syrup, horses, and furs important to the New England colonists?
they were the things that the colonists brought with them to the New World
they were all items that the Native Americans showed the colonists
they were all goods that were traded
they were only found in the New England colonies
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT part of the Middle Colonies?PennsylvaniaDelawareMassachusettsNew York
- 10. Multiple Choice
The Middle Colonies were ethnically and religiously diverse (accepting all people from many different backgrounds).
True
False
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat was a natural resource of the Middle Colonies?good soilgoldcoppertimber
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe religion that was founded by William Penn was knows as __________.ProtestantBaptistCatholicQuaker
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA word used to best describe a Quaker is _______.angrypeacefulhostileenergetic
- 14. Multiple ChoiceNew York, one of the Middle Colonies, was originally called ______.Duke of YorkPennsylvaniaNew EnglandNew Amsterdam
- 15. Multiple Choice
True or False: The Middle Colonies offered more religious freedom than the New England Colonies.
True
False
- 16. Multiple Choice
What five colonies make up the Southern Colonies?
Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, South Carolina
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Delaware, Florida
Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware, Georgia
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
- 17. Multiple Choice
What resource BEST reflects the Southern Colonies economy?
- 18. Multiple Choice
What resource BEST reflects the economy of the Southern Colonies?
- 19. Multiple Choice
What resource BEST reflects the economy of the Southern Colonies?
- 20. Multiple Choice
What southernmost colony is associated with: debtors, soldiers and forts?
Georgia
New Hampshire
Virginia
Pennsylvania
- 21. Multiple Choice
How were the Southern Colonies different from New England and Middle Colonies?
The South had the first public schools.
Whaling was a huge part of the South's economy.
The South had more factories.
The South relied upon slave labor to plant/pick their cash crops.
- 22. Multiple Choice
Large southern farms that grew cash crops were called...
Estates
Manors
Plantations
Patroons
- 23. Multiple Choice
Lord Baltimore founded the colony of ____________ so Catholics could worship freely there.
Jamestown
Maryland
Florida
Maine
- 24. Multiple Choice
The South made most of its money and wealth from...
factories
cash crops
fishing and whaling
silver mining
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