1. How did the New England colony differ from the Southern colonies? A) It provided well maintained roads.
B) It established strong trade with England.
C)It developed a thriving ocean based economy.
D)It supported a large number of subsistence farming.
2. Which factor caused the low production of crops in New England?
A)the dominance of manufacturing
B)the lack of laborers
C)a short growing season
D)the hostile relations with Native Americans
3. Why was slavery more common in the southern colonies than other colonial regions?
A)Only plantation owners with profitable crops were able to buy slaves.
B)Enslaved persons worked in a climate similar to that of Africa.
C)The climate made it possible to grow valuable, but labor intensive crops.
D)The lack of government meant that individual liberty did not exist.
4. Which crops would southern plantations most likely grow?
A)rice and tobacco
B)indigo and wheat
C)wheat and corn
D)potatoes and corn
5. What was the main reason that people signed up to be indentured servants?
A)to escape from a prison sentence
B)to gain the right to vote
C)to pay for transportation to the colonies
D)to gain land in Virginia
6. Which of the following individuals would have most likely come to the New England colonies after 1620?
A)indentured servants looking for work
B)freed African slaves
C)Puritans looking for religious freedom
D)wealthy businessmen from England
7. Which of the following lead to the development of large plantations?
A)the Headright system
B)the Homestead Act
C)the Religious Freedom Act
D)The Indentured Servitude Act
8. Different economic activities developed in each colonial region because
A)each regions economy was influenced by the people and cultures in the area.
B)each regions economy was influenced by the environment.
C)each regions economy was influenced by the Europeans.
D)each regions economy was based on modern technology.
9. The main reason many settlers came to the southern colonies was that they wanted
A)political rights.
B)religious freedom.
C)to own a farm.
D)to expand their trading companies.
10. The middle colonies took advantage of their central location by
A)Dominating the shipbuilding industry to provide ships for the New England fishing industry.
B)Planting southern cash crops to take business from southern farmers.
C)Developing into the most important shipping centers in the English colonies.
11. The New England colonies most took advantage of their location by
A)establishing small farms to grow cash crops.
B)establishing ocean-based industries, such as fishing, whaling and shipbuilding.
C)establishing large farms to grow corn and wheat.
D)establishing large plantations
12. The Middle colonies differed from the other English colonies because they
A)achieved greater wealth
B)developed better farming
C)supported religious diversity
D)established self-governance
13. Which of the following is a physical feature of the Middle Colonies?
A)short, dry summers
B)wide rivers and bays
C)thin and rocky soil
D)wet coastland