US History Colonial Test 7

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What is this test? for Middle School History (6-8), USA — Middle School (USA History, 6-8) level, USA.
For Middle School students (6-8) — Middle School History in the USA
Section: History Us Colonial (Middle School) · Education: Middle School · Part: History Us Colonial (Middle School) · Country: USA

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Question 1

Which term means "Trade between Europe, Africa, and Americas"?

A) the Triangular Trade

B) the first representative assembly in America

C) the main economy of New England colonies

D) Bacon's Rebellion (1676)

Question 2

What best defines first Thanksgiving?

A) 1620 landing

B) 1621 harvest meal

C) 1630 feast

D) No meal

Question 3

What saved Jamestown?

A) Gold

B) Fish

C) Tobacco crop

D) Furs

Question 4

Which person founded Maryland as a haven for Catholics?

A) Roger Williams

B) John Smith

C) William Penn

D) Lord Baltimore

Question 5

Who funded Jamestown?

A) Virginia Company

B) King directly

C) Church

D) Pirates

Question 6

Which of the following best defines City on Hill?

A) Fort plan

B) Model colony sermon

C) Trade motto

D) War cry

Question 7

Which of the following best defines first Thanksgiving?

A) 1620 landing

B) 1630 feast

C) 1621 harvest meal

D) No meal

Question 8

Which European power controlled Florida before 1763?

A) England

B) Portugal

C) France

D) Spain

Question 9

What was a colonial town meeting?

A) Direct democracy in New England

B) A market

C) A church service

D) A royal court

Question 10

Which term means "Model colony sermon"?

A) the first representative assembly in America

B) City on Hill

C) the main economy of New England colonies

D) the Triangular Trade

Question 11

Which term means "Religious hysteria and social tensions"?

A) the first representative assembly in America

B) the main economy of New England colonies

C) the main reason for the Salem Witch Trials

D) the Triangular Trade

Question 12

Which of the following best defines the main economy of New England colonies?

A) Plantations

B) Gold mining

C) Fur only

D) Fishing, shipbuilding, trade

Question 13

Which person founded Jamestown in 1607?

A) English colonists

B) Spanish

C) Dutch

D) French

Question 14

Which of the following best defines the Middle Passage?

A) Pleasure cruise

B) Slave ocean crossing

C) Fur route

D) Gold run

Question 15

Which term means "First written constitution in America"?

A) the first representative assembly in America

B) the main economy of New England colonies

C) the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)

D) the Triangular Trade

Question 16

Which colony was founded for religious freedom by the Pilgrims?

A) Jamestown

B) New Amsterdam

C) Roanoke

D) Plymouth

Question 17

Which term means "Self-rule pact"?

A) Mayflower Compact

B) the first representative assembly in America

C) the main economy of New England colonies

D) the Triangular Trade

Question 18

Name the person who were indentured servants.

A) Enslaved Africans

B) Workers who traded labor for passage

C) Paid soldiers

D) Native allies

Question 19

Provide the definition of the main reason for the Salem Witch Trials:

A) Economic depression

B) Foreign invasion

C) Religious hysteria and social tensions

D) Native attacks

Question 20

Name the person who founded Pennsylvania for Quakers.

A) John Winthrop

B) James Oglethorpe

C) Lord Baltimore

D) William Penn

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