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Curriculum & Standards
History-Social Science Fifth Grade
Chapter 6 Assessment:
The Middle Colonies
SAMPLE
What happened at a gristmill?
A.
Logs were made into lumber.
B.
Iron was made into horseshoes.
C.
Thread was made into cloth.
D.
Grain was made into flour.
A.
B.
C.
D.
History-Social Science Fifth Grade
Chapter 6 Assessment
Which of these geographical advantages most helped
the Middle Colonies become known as the
"breadbasket" colonies?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Use the map to answer question #6.
fertile land
deep harbors
long rivers
tropical climate
Use the boxed information to answer question #2.
Many Quakers settled in the Middle Colonies in hopes
of finding a refuge.
What does the word refuge mean in the sentence
above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Why was New York City a good location for a port?
a friend or partner
a safe place
a center of trade
a mix of people
A.
After taking control of New Netherland from the
Dutch, which two colonies did the English form in
that region?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Fundamental Orders
Mayflower Compact
The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gazette
What religion was one of the first to speak out
against slavery?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Benjamin Franklin
William Penn
Peter Stuyvesant
George Whitefield
Which of the following is one way that the Middle
Colonies differed from the New England Colonies?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Puritans
Catholics
Quakers
Anglicans
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D.
Which of these colonists was a leader of the Great
Awakening?
Delaware and Pennsylvania
Connecticut and Massachusetts
New York and New Jersey
Maryland and Virginia
Which of the following documents proves that
some people in the Middle Colonies had selfgovernment?
A.
B.
C.
D.
B.
C.
It was build at the mouth of the Hudson
River.
It was built along Chesapeake Bay.
It was built at the mouth of the Delaware
River.
It was built along Hudson Bay.
The Middle Colonies were home to a mix of
religious groups.
Only white men in the Middle Colonies could
vote in elections.
The Middle Colonies had many busy port
cities.
English settlers made up the majority of the
Middle Colonies' population.
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History-Social Science Fifth Grade
Chapter 6 Assessment
California Standards HSS 5.3, 5.4
Which of the following is an example of an artisan?
In the middle colonies, prosperity or economic
success depended largely on?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
a cooper
a fisher
a rancher
a trader
Study the timeline below to answer question #10.
religious toleration
fertile land and waterways
proprietors and indentured servants
diversity among the people
What Pennsylvania city became the busiest port
city in the Middle Colonies?
A.
B.
C.
D.
New York
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Lancaster
What is the most widely grown crop in the middle
colonies?
A.
B.
C.
D.
tobacco
cotton
rice
wheat
What person was responsible for improving
Philadelphia by training firefighters and building
the city's first hospital?
Which of the following events occurred in 1730?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The New Jersey colony is established.
Great Awakening spreads throughout the
colonies.
First Quaker settlement is established.
Slavery is protested by the Quakers.
Why did most market towns in the Middle Colonies
have gristmills?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Loggers in the region needed to cut their trees
into wood.
Farmers in the region needed to grind their
grain into flour.
Artisans needed places to sell the products
they made.
Traders needed ships to send their goods to
England.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Benjamin Franklin
William Penn
George Whitefield
Jonathan Edwards
What religious group did William Penn belong to?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Puritans
Catholics
Quakers
Anglicans
With which American Indian leader did William
Penn form a long-lasting peace?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Metacomet
Powhatan
Tamanend
Tisquantum
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History-Social Science Fifth Grade
Chapter 6 Assessment
California Standards HSS 5.3, 5.4
What freedom did William Penn give colonists in
Pennsylvania?
A.
B.
C.
D.
freedom of speech
right to a trial by jury
freedom of religion
all of the above
What was the name for a young person who was
learning a new skill?
A.
B.
C.
D.
an apprentice
an artisan
a mason
a tanner
What was not an effect of the Great Awakening?
A.
B.
C.
D.
changed religious ideas
belief that people have a direct relationship
with God
decrease in the number of church members
greater sense of religious toleration
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