unit 1 history

1. The New England colonies were mainly settled for which of the following purposes?

a. economic c.  religious

b. cultural d.  political

1. The New England colonies were mainly settled for which of the following purposes?

a. economic c.  religious

b. cultural d.  political

c. religious

2. What were a majority of the colonists called who sailed to the New World to establish colonies in New England?

a. Puritans c.  Pilgrims

b. Pharisees d.  Populists

a. Puritans

3. What is the name of the town where the infamous Witch Trials took place?

a. Sparta c.  Salmon

b. Selma d.  Salem

d. Salem

4. What was NOT a major industry of New England?

a. Fishing c.  Commerce (trading)

b. Shipbuilding d.  Plantation-style Farming

d. Plantation-style Farming

5. Which of the following is a natural resource that New England was bountiful in?

a. Tobacco c.  Gold

b. Timber d. Indigo

b. Timber

6. The Puritans lived in a very strict society. What is something that was NOT forbidden in Puritanism?

a. Gambling c.  Swearing

b. Dancing d.  Reading

d. Reading

7. What type of farming took place in New England?

a. Plantation-style

b. Mixed farming (similar to Algonquian)

c.  subsistence

d.  Small, single-crop

c. subsistence

8. Those who settled in the Middle colonies were in search of what two things?

a. Live music and hot food

b. Religious freedom and economic opportunity

c. Active markets & shipbuilding

d. Work and housing

b. Religious freedom and economic opportunity

9. How did the Middle colonies build their economies?

a. Shipbuilding

b. Small-scale farming

c. Trading

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

10. Quakers lived primarily in which state?

a. New York

b. Pennsylvania

c. Maryland

d. Delaware

b. Pennsylvania

11. Which religion was most active in Maryland?

a. Puritans

b. Quakers

c. Calvinists

d. Catholics

d. Catholics

12. The multiple religious groups in the Middle colonies believed in religious _______?

a. Injustice

b. Tolerance

c. Persecution

d. Challenges

b. Tolerance

13. What did the southern colonies rely on heavily as a labor force?

a. Slavery

b. Native Americans

c. Indentured Servants

d. Immigrants

a. Slavery

14. What was NOT a major cash crop of the southern colonies?

a. Tobacco

b. Indigo

c. Rice

d. Corn

d. Corn

15. What colony was known as the “Tobacco Colony?”

a. Virginia

b. Pennsylvania

c. Georgia

d. New York

a. Virginia

16. What was the first permanent settlement for the English in the New World?

a. Roanoke Island

b. Jamestown

c. Raleigh

d. Plymouth

b. Jamestown

17. Who was the individual who helped guide the early settlers through tough times, saying “If you don’t work, you don’t eat?”

a. John Rolfe Raleigh

b. Sir Francis Drake

c. Sir Walter

d. John Smith

d. John Smith

18. The southern colonies were settled for which of the following purposes?

a. Economic

b. Industrial

c. Cultural

d. Religious

a. Economic

19. What was the name of the treacherous voyage for slaves that were transported from Africa to the colonies to be sold?

a. Middle Passage

b. Auction Block

c. Slave Ship

d. Captain’s captives

a. Middle Passage

20. Which famous Native American is often inaccurately described during this era?

a. Chief Powhatan

b. Pocohontas

c. Sitting Bull

d. Moctezuma

b. Pocohontas

1. The Pueblo used what technique to grow enough crops to sustain large populations in the desert?

   1. Iroquois c.  irrigation

b. Irritation d.  Immigration

c. irrigation

2. What are the houses made of mud and straw called that the Pueblo lived in?

a. Adobes c.  Huts

b. Longhouses d. Teepees

a. adobes

3. What area of the United States did the Pueblo live?

a. West Coast c.  Great Plains

b. Southwest d.  East Coast

b. southwest

4. What is unique about the Iroquois structure of government?

a. They had a President c.  They had a bicameral legislature

They had a Supreme Court d.  They had a dictatorship

c. bicameral legislature

5. The Iriquois lived in what type of structure?

a. Adobes c.  Huts

b. Longhouses d. Teepees

b. longhouses

6. What area of the United States did the Chinook live?

a. West Coast c.  Great Plains

b. Southwest d.  East Coast

a. West Coast

7. What is unique about Chinook society?

a. They had stratification (a social pyramid) c.  They believed in the Great Spirit

b. They reshaped their skulls d.  All of the above

d. All of the above

8. What type of structures did the Chinook live in?

9. Adobes c.  Huts

Plankhouses d. Teepees

b. Plankhouses

9. What did the Algonquian NOT grow for survival?

10. Maize c.  Beans

Squash d.  Tobacco

d.Tobacco

10. What were most Algonquian tribes a part of politically?

11. a bicameral legislature c. a chieftain

a confederacy d. a fiefdom

b. a confederacy

11. Both the Sioux and the Nez Perce tribes focused on what lifestyle?

12. Buffalo hunting c. Farming

Warrior culture/warfare d. Political treaties

a. Buffalo hunting

12. What type of government did the Sioux participate in?

1. a bicameral legislature c. a chieftain

a confederacy d. a fiefdom

b. a confederacy

13. What did the Sioux live in?

14. Adobes c.  Huts

Plankhouses d. Teepees

d. Teepees

14. Where are both the Chickisaw and the Seminole tribes located?

1. East coast c. Southwest

Southeast d. Great Plains

b. Southeast

15. Both the Chickisaw and Seminole tribes at what type of culture?

1. Warrior culture c. Planter culture

Hunter culture d. Family culture

a. Warrior culture

1. What is Hernan de Soto’s most significant discovery?

   1. Appalachian Mountains c.  Mississippi River

Florida d.  Lake Okeechobee

c. Mississippi River

2. Hernan de Soto famously lost a herd of pigs in a storm during his exploration, which is now the cultural mascot for what University?

3. Arkansas c. Mississippi

Alabama d. Georgia

a. Arkansas

3. Cartier explored what area in Canada that led to future French exploration?

4. St. Lawrence River c.  Quebec

Hudson River d.  Atlantic East Coast

c. Quebec

4. John Cabot was a famous early explorer who sailed for what country?

5. France c.  Italy

Portugal d.  England

d. England

5. Henry Hudson sailed all the way up the river named after himself in what current day state?

6. Vermont c.  Pennsylvania

Massachusetts d. New York

d. New York

6. Columbus made his first landfall in what year? “In ____, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.”

7. 1492 c.  1602

1491 d.  1942

a. 1492

7. Juan Ponce de Leon did most of his exploration of what current state?

8. Alabama c.  Mississippi

Florida d.  Georgia

b. Florida

8. Giovanni de Verrazzano explored much of what part of America?

9. Southeast c.  Great Plains

Southwest d. Atlantic East Coast

d. Atlantic East Coast

9. Hernan Cortez famously conquered what major empire in current day Mexico?

10. Mayans c.  Aztecs

Incas d.  Indians

c. Aztecs

10. Francisco Pizzarro conquered what major empire in South America?

11. Mayans c. Aztecs

Incas d. Indians

b. Incans

11. Samuel de Champlain sailed for France and started what permanent colony in France?

12. Quebec c. Montreal

Toronto d. Albany

a. Quebec

12. Sir Francis Drake is a famous explorer/pirate that sailed for what country?

13. Spain c. England

Portugal d. Italy

c. England

13. Coronado was famously searching for what in his exploration of the American southwest?

14. Seven Cities of gold c.  El Dorado

Grand Canyon d.  Fountain of Youth

a. Seven Cities of gold

14. What major battle is Sir Francis Drake credited with winning for England?

15. Defeating the Spanish Armada c. Battle of Hastings

Battle of Agincourt d. Battle of Antioch

a. Defeating the Spanish Armada

15. What did Coronado and his expedition find in their exploration of the American southwest?

16. Seven Cities of gold c. El Dorado

Grand Canyon d. Fountain of Youth

b. Grand Canyon