The Middle Colonies Quiz

Which colony is NOT part of the middle colony region

• Georgia

• Pennsylvania

• Delaware

• New York

These colonies had ____ winters and ____ summers

• mild/warm

• harsh/hot

• warm/cold

The middle colonies were nicknamed "The Breadbasket Colonies"

• True

• False

Choose the correct definition for "artisan"

• People who drove ships up and down the rivers.

• People who were good at making products by hand.

• People who liked to farm.

• People who raised livestock.

The middle colonies were a diverse population and took part in different religions.

• True

• False

King Charles II gave land from New Netherlands to his brother ______.

• Sir George Carteret

• William Penn

• John Winthrop

• Duke of York

Match the following

• People who owned and controlled the land in a colony

• Piedmont

• rolling hills

• Immigrants

• Granted colonists the right to elect representatives to legislature.

• Proprietors

• people who move to another country

• Charter of Privileges

• Blacksmiths, coppers, cobblers

• Artisans

By 1702 Delaware was returned to the king as a ______ colony.

• royal

• free

• dead

• proprietary

Pennsylvania was founded for the ________.

• Jews

• Muslim

• Quakers

• Catholics

The _________ wanted to increase the number of settlers. _____ was offered to people who could bring new colonists.

• Virginia Company/Fish

• Dutch West India Company/land

• William Penn/gold