1. Why did the English want colonies in North America?
a. They wanted to raid Spanish ships.
b. They wanted to visit new lands.
c. They wanted to find gold and other resources.
d. They wanted to meet the Indians.
2. Where was the first English colony?
a. Raleigh
b. Jamestown
c. Plymouth Rock
d. Roanoke Island
3. Which of the following greatly angered the Spanish?
a. White returned to England.
b. Francis Drake raided Spanish ships.
c. Raleigh offered to organize the colony.
d. The colony at Roanoke failed.
4. Which BEST describes the type of government established in Jamestown?
a. self-government
b. no government
c. rule by a dictator
d. rule by a president
5. How did Jamestown settlers avoid starvation?
a. They purified the water and used it for irrigation.
b. They sold their land.
c. The men panned for gold and washed and refined it.
d. They farmed land and dug wells for water.
6. What colonies did the French found as a result of searching for the Northwest
Passage?
a. St. Lawrence and Quebec
b. St. Lawrence and Champlain
c. Quebec and Montreal
d. Quebec and Champlain
7. Which of the following contributed most to the growth and success of Quebec?
a. fishing the waters
b. trading beaver fur
c. good relations with the Indians
d. a thriving harbor
8. What river did the Dutch take control of as a result of searching for the Northwest
Passage?
a. Champlain
b. Huron
c. St. Lawrence
d. Hudson
9. Which of the following BEST summarizes why the Pilgrims chose to leave their
homeland?
a. to live on land of their own
b. to gain wealth
c. to practice their religious beliefs
d. to explore new lands
10. Why did the Pilgrims go to Plymouth?
a. They didn’t want to be indentured servants.
b. A storm blew their ship off course.
c. Plymouth did not have a colony yet.
d. They liked winter weather.
11. Which of the following is NOT one of the difficulties the Pilgrims faced at
Plymouth?
a. winter
b. disease
c. hunger
d. drought
12. What group helped the Pilgrims survive at Plymouth Colony?
a. the Wampanoag
b. the Dutch
c. the Separatists
d. the French
13. Why did the Puritans send a small group of colonists ahead of the others?
a. to begin a shipbuilding business
b. to get a colony started for the others
c. to build a church so all could worship
d. to become immune to new diseases
14. Which region had the longest growing season?
a. Middle Colonies
b. New England Colonies
c. Southern Colonies
d. Rhode Island Colony
15. What made one New England colony different from another?
a. cold winters
b. strict laws
c. different religious beliefs
d. nationality of the colonists
16. What happened to dissenters of Puritan rules in Massachusetts?
a. They changed their views.
b. They were forced to leave their colony.
c. They were sent back to England.
d. They had religious discussions.
17. How did many of the Middle and Southern Colonies get started?
a. King Charles II gave away large plots of land.
b. The English took the land from the Spanish.
c. The colonists spread out to claim more land for England.
d. Religious groups face persecution in the first colonies built.