Week of November 2nd - November 5th

Quiz Tuesday – Middle Colonies

Study this to do well:

Chapter 4; Section 2; The Middle Colonies                            Name __________________________

1)      Setting the scene:  What did Dr. Hamilton observe about the mix of people in the Middle Colonies?

A:  It had a lesser mix than New England                               B:  It had a greater mix that New England and the Southern Colonies

C:  It was about the same as New England            D:  It was the same as the Southern Colonies

2)      How did the early Dutch settlers of New Netherland make money?

A:  They grew tobacco                   B:  They grew cotton                      C:  They traded for furs                 D:  They traded for fruit

3)      How did Dutch officials encourage the creation of new farms in New Netherland?

A:  They gave away land to wealthy families                        B:  They gave away 50 cattle to the first family to buy 25 acres

C:  They created bigger, safer, jails                                           D:  King Sluhoffennuben promised a cannon to each family

4)      Did New Netherland have freedom of religion?

A:  Yes                   B:  No                    C:  You had to be Protestant                       D:  You had to be Catholic

5)      What was the name of the Dutch leader who surrendered New Netherland to the English?

A:  Simsalammon                             B:  Stuyvesant                   C:  Stewgonzaart                              D:  Sluhoffennuben

6)      Why did the colony of New Netherland become New York?

A:  Because of trade and colonial rivalries                              B:  King Sluhoffennuben died

C:  France was taking over Connecticut                                  D:  Because New Hampshire was already taken

7)      How did New York get it’s name?

A:  It was named after King Charles                                          B:  It was named after a famous magazine called the New Yorker

C:  From the German word Yorkzee meaning fur                               D:  It was named after King Charles II’s brother

8)      Why did New Jersey separate from New York?  The Duke of York thought _____________

A:  that New York was too powerful                                        B:  that New Deleware was too rich

C:  that New York was too weak                                                                D:  that New York was too big to govern easily

9)      George Cateret and his friend ___________________received the land from the Duke of York

A:  King Sluhoffennuben                               B:  Lord Berkley                 C:  Lord Vader                    D:  King Stuyvesant   

10)   What was a propriety Colony?

A:  A colony with property for sale                                           B:  A colony with free land          

C:  the King gives land away for a yearly payment              D: The king has direct control of the colony         

11)   What is a royal colony?

A:  Oh..well there really very nice, neat, and clean!                          B:  A colony with free land

C:  the King gives land away for a yearly payment                              D: The king has direct control of the colony

12)   What did people like about New Jersey?

A:  Bon Jovi                         B:  fertile farmland          C:  a wealth of resources              D:  B and C

13)   In 1702, New Jersey became a Royal Colony, the charter protected _____________and rights of an __________.

A:  King Sluhoffennuben and Englishmen                                              B:  Religious Freedom and assembly

C:  Slaves and open society                                                                          D:  wildlife and automated authenticating analysis

14)   Who founded Pennsylvania?

A:  John Carver                  B:  Eric Cooper                   C:  King Sluhoffennuben                               D:  William Penn

15)   How was Pennsylvania founded?

A:  King Charles II created it                                                         B:  As a religious haven for Quakers

C:  William Penn was named the proprietor                         D:  A, B, & C

16)   How did / do Quakers feel about war?

A:  They fight as often as they can                                            B:  They are against war and serving in the army

C:  They don’t like war but they will fight                               D:  All of the above

17)   How did William Penn treat the Indians?

A:  He treated them poorly                                                          B:  He cheated them out of their land

C:  He attacked and started a war                                             D:  He treated them with respect and got along well

18)   The Pennsylvania Dutch were actually from what country?

A:  Denmark                       B:  Germany                       C:  Iceland                           D:   Pennsylvania

19)   Between 1730 and 1750 who made up 1/3 of the immigrants to Pennsylvania? 

A:  Germans                       B: Indians                            C:  Italians                            D:  African Slaves

20)   Why did the lower counties of Pennsylvania form Delaware?

A:  New York was too big              B:  Philadelphia was too far          C:  Pennsylvania was too tolerant             D:  A, B, & C

21)   How did most people make a living in the Middle Colonies?

A:  Factories                       B:  Hunting                          C:  Casinos                           D:  Farming

22)   What is a cash crop?

A:  crops you can eat      B:  crops that always grow well                  C:  crops you can sell       D:  crops which grow fast

23)   What was the nickname of the middle colonies due to exporting grain?

A:  The bread basket                      B:  The farmers market                  C:  The Taco Belt               D:  The Subway Station

24)   Pennsylvania became a center of manufacturing and crafts due to people emigrating from what country?

A:  Germany                                       B:  France                                            C:  Russia                             D:  Italy

25)   People in Pennsylvania also profited from what along the Delaware River?

A:  gold                                                 B:  plutonium                                     C:  Iron                                  D:  Silver

26)   What was the center of local government in Pennsylvania?

A:  The town                                      B:  The county                                   C:  The district                    D:  The lundysquat

27)   What was life like in the backcountry?

A:  It was very difficult, your nearest neighbor was most likely a few miles away.  You were on your own.

B:  It was very difficult, but at least there were Indians to help you out in times of need

C:  It was very easy there were trading posts and always lots of supplies at the store

D:  It was very difficult, there were lots of English soldiers looking to collect taxes from poor fur traders.

28)    How did life in the middle colonies differ from life in the back country?

A:  We’ll, to be honest it really didn’t                                      B:  Let’s ask King Sluhoffennuben he would know for sure!

C:  The backcountry was much more strict                            D:  The middle colonies were more settled and established

Homework Due Thursday – Chapter 4, Section 3 Typed Worksheet

The Southern Colonies            pages 113 – 119                      Name__________________

1)      What was the Mason – Dixon Line?

2)      Who named the colony of Maryland? 

3)      Why did he want to create a colony?

4)      How did Lord Baltimore encourage people to bring their families to Maryland?

5)      What was the Act of Toleration?

6)      Why did southerners fight with Indians?

7)      When the governor didn’t protect people from the Indians who decided to attack the Indians on his own?

8)      Who established South Carolina?

9)      What is Indigo?

10)  Who said “My name is Inigo Montoya you killed my father prepare to die!”

11)  Who taught the colonists how to grow rice?

12)  Who did plantation owners try to enslave before Africans?

13)  What English colony had a majority of African slaves as their population?

14)  Who founded Georgia?

15)  Why was Georgia founded?

16)  How did Georgia help these people?

17)  If you could have one superpower; would you choose:  being invisible, being able to fly, or being wicked fast like that kid on The Incredibles!

18)  What is a debtor?

19)  What were the 3 large crops grown in the South?

20)  Why was the tidewater region of the south called the tidewater?

21)  Why do bagels and donuts have holes in them?  Are the holes really necessary?  I think they just do that so you get less food.  Do you have any idea why they have holes?

22)  Why weren’t there lots of large ports in the south?

23)  If a minority of white southerners lived on slave plantations than why are plantations so important?

24)  In what three ways was the backcountry south nicer than the tidewater south?

25)  The first African slaves arrived at what colony in 1619?

26)  In Europe, Asia, and Africa, the earliest slaves were usually the result of what?

27)  Who captured the slaves in Africa?

28)  What was the middle passage?

29)  How long did the Atlantic slave trade last?  How many African lives did it take?

30)  Who were the first colonists to speak out about slavery?