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History Chapter 4 Test

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

 1. 
When the first settlers arrived in Jamestown, they
a.
made good friends with the Powhatan Indians
b.
built farms and dairies
c.
planted crops
d.
looked for gold
 

 2. 
People of different nationalities and religions settled
a.
New York
c.
New Jersey
b.
New Delaware
d.
New Netherlands
 

 3. 
What was life like for the settlers in Jamestown?
a.
The settlers built large homes and lived comfortably.
b.
The settlers farmed and had plenty of food.
c.
The settlers did not have enough food, and many died.
d.
The settlers found gold and bought large peices of land.
 

 4. 
Why did the Pilgrims settle in North America?
a.
They wanted to bring skills and spices to Europe.
b.
They wanted to find a Northwest Passage.
c.
They wanted to teach American Indians how to farm.
d.
They wanted to practice their religion freely.
 

 5. 
How were the settlements at the Plymoth colony and the Massachusetts Bay colony similar?
a.
The settlers in both colonies learned to plant corn from the Wampanoag.
b.
The settlers arrived at a good time to plant crops in each colony.
c.
Each group of settlers created a community based on religious beliefs.
d.
The settlers named each colony after American Indians living there.
 

 6. 
What is New Amsterdam called today?
a.
New York City
c.
Albany
b.
Fort Orange
d.
Connecticut
 

 7. 
Governor, Peter Minuit, bought Manhattan Island from the Manhates Indians, and named it
a.
New York
c.
Minuit Island
b.
Dutch West India
d.
New Amsterdam
 

 8. 
Why did esplorers look for a Northwest Passage through North America to Asia?
a.
They wanted to find the ships that were lost in bad weather.
b.
They wanted to find a good fishing area.
c.
The wanted a faster way to bring back riches from Asia.
d.
The needed a place to hide from the ships that wanted to attack them.
 

 9. 
What was the first permanent French settlement in North America?
a.
a fishing village in Canada
b.
a colony in the Hudson River Valley
c.
a colony on the Mississippi River
d.
a fur-trading post called Quebec
 

 10. 
Why did England want a settlement in North America?
a.
They wanted to plant tobacco.
b.
They wanted to sell food and supplies to the colony.
c.
They wanted to find gold and silver.
d.
They wanted a place to send women and indentured servants.
 

 11. 
Who settled in the Plymouth colony?
a.
Pilgrims
c.
English
b.
Puritans
d.
varied culture
 

 12. 
Who settled in the Massachusetts Bay colony?
a.
Pilgrims
c.
Varied cultures
b.
Puritans
d.
no one
 

 13. 
John Cabot explored North America for
a.
France
c.
Spain
b.
England
d.
Dutch
 

 14. 
Giovanni da Verazano explored North America for
a.
France
c.
Spain
b.
England
d.
Dutch
 

 15. 
Samuel de Champlain explored North America for
a.
Spain
c.
France
b.
Dutch
d.
England
 

 16. 
Henry Hudson explored North America for
a.
France and the Netherlands
b.
Spain and the Netherlands
c.
Dutch and the Netherlands
d.
England and the Netherlands
 

 17. 
John Cabot explored
a.
present-day New York
c.
present-day Canada
b.
present-day Florida
d.
present-day Texas
 

 18. 
Giovanni da Verrazano explored
a.
present-day New York
c.
present-day Florida
b.
present-day Canada
d.
present-day Texas
 

 19. 
Samuel de Champlain founded
a.
Plymouth
c.
Roanoke
b.
Jamestown
d.
Quebec
 

 20. 
John Smith said,
a.
“We need a better republic.”
b.
“He who does not work, will not eat.”
c.
“He who does not farm, will not be a part of this colony.”
 

 21. 
Who was the leader of the Roanoke colony?
a.
John Rolfe
c.
John White
b.
John Smith
d.
John Roanoke
 

 22. 
__________ helped the colony of Jamestown by learning that tobacco grew well in Virginia from the local Indians.
a.
John Smith
c.
John Cabot
b.
John Rolfe
d.
JohnWhite
 

 23. 
Which countries went to war over religious reasons?
a.
France and Spain
c.
England and Spain
b.
France and England
d.
England and Dutch
 

 24. 
What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims from England to North America?
a.
Plymouth
c.
Mayflower
b.
Virginia Company
d.
Santa Maria
 

 25. 
Henry Hudson explored the Hudson River for the Dutch, and he explored the Hudson Bay in Canada for the
a.
French
c.
Italians
b.
English
d.
Spanish
 

Matching
 
 
a.
armada
g.
indentured servant
b.
pilgrim
h.
cash crop
c.
tolerance
i.
compact
d.
charter
j.
diversity
e.
invest
k.
missionary
f.
stock
l.
cape
 

 26. 
an agreement
 

 27. 
a document giving permission to a person or group to do something
 

 28. 
the variety of people in a group
 

 29. 
a large fleet of ships
 

 30. 
a piece of ownership in a company
 

 31. 
a person who makes a long journey for religious reasons
 

 32. 
a crop that people grow and sell to earn money
 

 33. 
someone who greed to work for a number of years in exchange for something
 

 34. 
a person who teaches his/her religion to others who have different beliefs
 

 35. 
is respecting beliefs that are different from one’s own
 

 36. 
a strip of land that stretches into a body of water
 

 37. 
means to put money into something to try to earn money
 

Short Answer
 

 38. 
Who married Pocahontas?     
 

 39. 
What does the word “quebec” mean?                       
 

 40. 
What was the first English colony?           
 

 41. 
The Pilgrims made a compact to make laws for the general good of the colony and to obey them.  What was this compact called?     
 

 42. 
Who taught the Plymouth colony to plant crops, hunt, and fish?     
 



 
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