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History Chapter 6 Test

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
King Charles gave the colony of New Netherland to ________.
a.
his friend, the Duke of York
c.
his son, the Duke of York
b.
his brother, the Duke of York
d.
his uncle, the Duke of York
 

 2. 
William Penn founded __________.
a.
New York
c.
Pennsylvania
b.
New Jersey
d.
Delaware
 

 3. 
James, the Duke of York, changed the name of New Netherland to __________.
a.
New York
c.
New Delaware
b.
New Jersey
d.
New Pennsylvania
 

 4. 
___________ was Pennsylvania’s largest city of the British colonies.
a.
Portland
c.
Philadelphia
b.
Pittsburgh
d.
Providence
 

 5. 
The proprietors of New York and New Jersey allowed colonists to ________.
a.
make treaties with the Lenni Lenape Indians
b.
worship the Catholic religion
c.
trade with Europe
d.
to take part in government
 

 6. 
Who was Philadelphia’s most famous citizen?
a.
William Penn
c.
Benjamin Franklin
b.
Eli Whitney
d.
Noah Webster
 

 7. 
What was Philadelphia’s most famous citizen famous for?
a.
first public library and fire company
d.
both a and b
b.
first hospital
e.
both b and c
c.
first cotton gin and newspaper
 

 8. 
Most of the people that lived in the Middle Colonies were __________.
a.
land owners
c.
apprentices
b.
farmers
d.
business owners
 

 9. 
If I were an apprentice, I would not ___________.
a.
work for my master for four to seven years
b.
learn skills
c.
go to college
d.
enter a business as an adult
 

 10. 
Which colony was the first permanent English colony?
a.
Virginia
c.
South Carolina
b.
North Carolina
d.
Georgia
 

 11. 
Which colony was the wealthiest of the English colonies?
a.
Virginia
c.
North Carolina
b.
Georgia
d.
South Carolina
 

 12. 
Which colony had the first elected government of the English colonies?
a.
North Carolina
c.
South Carolina
b.
Georgia
d.
Virginia
 

 13. 
How many Southern Colonies in all?
a.
4
c.
6
b.
5
d.
7
 

 14. 
Who made Maryland a refuge for Catholics?
a.
King Charles II
c.
King George III
b.
William Penn
d.
Lord Calvert
 

 15. 
Who started North and South Caroloina to keep France and Spain out of the area.
a.
King Charles II
c.
King George III
b.
William Penn
d.
Lord Calvert
 

 16. 
The South was known for _________.
a.
fishing
c.
agriculture
b.
trading
d.
hunting
 

 17. 
What were South Carolina and Georgia’s two cash crops?
a.
rice and fish
c.
rice and wheat
b.
rice and indigo
d.
rice and tobacco
 

 18. 
Virgina and Maryland grew __________ as their cash crop?
a.
rice
c.
tobacco
b.
barley
d.
barley
 

Matching
 
 
a.
proprietor
h.
plantation
b.
representative
i.
legislature
c.
treaty
j.
refuge
d.
free market economy
k.
debtor
e.
artisan
l.
indigo
f.
laborer
m.
overseer
g.
apprentice
 

 19. 
a large farm
 

 20. 
a person who watches and directs the work of other people
 

 21. 
a safe place
 

 22. 
an official agreement between nations and groups
 

 23. 
a economic system in which the people, not the government, what will be produced
 

 24. 
a group of people with the power to make and change laws
 

 25. 
sopmeone who is skilled at making somethin by hand
 

 26. 
a person who owned and controlled all the land of a colony
 

 27. 
a person who does hard physical work
 

 28. 
someone who studies with a master to learn a skill or business
 

 29. 
a person who is chosen to speak and act for others
 

 30. 
a person who owes money
 

 31. 
a plant that can be made into a dark blue dye
 

BONUS:
 

 32. 
The Middle Colonies became known as the “______________” of the thirteen colonies.
 

 33. 
Name one item the Middle Colonies sent to Great Britain?           
 

 34. 
What was the first elected legislature of Virginia called?     
 

 35. 
In what order was the Southern colonies founded?
 

 36. 
Pitch comes from __________ and was used for ______________.     
 



 
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