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Social Studies Unit 3 Study Guide
1. How did the Pilgrims affect the lives of Native Americans?
a)
b)
c)
d)
The Pilgrims wanted to learn from the American Indians.
The Pilgrims wanted to take land away from the American Indians.
The Pilgrims wanted to change the religion of the American Indians.
The Pilgrims traded weapons for furs with the American Indians.
2. What negative affect did European settlement have on the Native Americans?
3. Which region had fertile land, long growing seasons and plantations?
a)
b)
c)
d)
New England.
The Middle Atlantic.
The South.
The upper Mississippi River valley.
4. What was the MOST profitable export of the Jamestown settlement?
5. Why was Agriculture more important in the Southern colonies than in the New England
colonies?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Soil was rocky.
Wind was less damaging.
Climate was warmer.
Rainfall was more predictable.
6. Describe what The Mayflower Compact is?
7. Why was Anne Hutchinson forced out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Religious teachings.
Educating Native Americans.
Loyalty to England.
Wanting to overthrow leaders.
8. Roger Williams founded Rhode Island as a place of free worship because he was
a)
b)
c)
d)
Persecuted by the King of England.
Encouraged by William Penn.
Banished by the Puritans.
Inspired by the Quakers.
9. Which colony did the Quakers influence the most?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Pennsylvania.
South Carolina.
Maryland.
Vermont.
10. What geographic difference is a result of Plymouth being farther north of the equator than
Jamestown?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Plymouth is a smaller city then Jamestown.
Plymouth has less rain than Jamestown.
Plymouth has a longer shoreline than Jamestown.
Plymouth has a colder climate than Jamestown.
11. True or False.
Coastal location that allowed transportation by ship was an important geographic
feature that contributed to settlement in the New England and Middle colonies.
12. Religious freedom is an example of a _________________ factor.
13. Living in an overpopulated country and wanting to leave there is an example of a
__________________ factor.
14. True or False.
A job shortage is an example of a pull factor.
15. Jamestown was built along the James River, on a peninsula to
a. Help find riches like gold.
b. Protection from Spanish ships.
c. Supply colonists with fresh drinking water.
d. Protection from Native Americans.
16. What was an example of a NEGATIVE impact for Native Americans because of interactions
with the Spanish?
17. True or False.
Farming is an example of an agricultural activity.
18. Who wanted to start a new colony and make it a safe place for the Quakers; allowing them
to live and practice their own religious beliefs?
a) William Penn
b) Roger Williams
c) James Oglethorpe
d) John Smith
Use the map above to answer the following questions.
19. Using the map above, which number represents the Middle Colonies?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
20. Using the map above, which number represents the New England Colonies?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
21. Using the map above, which number represents the Southern Colonies?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
22. Why did the colonists in New England settle closer to each other than the colonists in the
South?
a) Shortage of land
b) Unsure of the forest/wilderness
c) Plantations took up most of their land
d) They depended on each other for goods and services
23. Name the three important exports for the southern colonies.
24. Why did the pilgrims decide it was important to write the Mayflower Compact?
a) They knew in order to survive they would all have to work together
b) To show the Indians it was okay to build their colony
c) They were told by the King they had to sign the document to leave England
d) They wanted to nominate a president
25. The Middle Colonies were known as the “Breadbasket” of America. What were the two
main crops grown there?
26. What was the main reason for European exploration in the late 1400’s?
a) To find new trade routes to China and East Indies
b) To find new sources of tin
c) To relieve overpopulation
d) To improve navigation skills for sailors
27. True or False.
The Mayflower Compact is a document stating how the colonies would govern
themselves.
28. What was the MAIN reason the Pilgrims left England to found the Plymouth Colony?
29. EXPLAIN how life in the colony might have been different if the colonists had NOT written
the Mayflower Compact?
Give two examples.
1.
2.