Colonial Regions Test Review

This region experienced long, harsh winters, mild, short summers, thin rocky soil, and lots of forests

• Southern 
• Middle
• New England

This region experienced mild winters, long and hot summers, fertile soil and coastal swamps.

• Southern Region
• Middle Region
• New England Region

This region experienced cold winters, mild summers, fertile soil and had natural harbors for trade.

• New England Region
• Southern Region
• Middle Region

Religion in this region was very diverse and included the Quakers.

• Southern region
• Middle region
• New England region

 Which of the following religious groups felt the need to "purify" the Anglican Church and left England in the late 1620s, starting their colony at Massachusetts Bay?

• mormons
• pilgrims
• quakers
• Puritans

Someone who came to America and to pay their passage, they agreed to work for a certain amount of years and then gained their freedom.

• missions
• servants
• Indentured servants
• debtors

What were the two (2) reasons that Georgia was founded

• To make money

• To help people escape debtors prision

• To escape religious persecution

• To block attacks from the Spanish in Florida

Which of the following is NOT part of the New England geography and economy

• Subsistence Farming

• Whaling and Fishing

• Trading

• Large Plantations

What is an indentured servant?

• A slave who only farms rice

• A slave who only farms tobacco

• A person who employs many servants

• A person who has to work to pay for their passage to the colonies

What was the difference between the Jamestown and the Plymouth colony

• Jamestown was seeking religious freedom and Plymouth was seeking gold

• Jamestown was seeking riches and Plymouth wanted religious freedom

• Settlers in Plymouth wanted slavery and Jamestown did not

• Both A and B