Early Colonies 6th - 8th Grade Quiz

Early Colonies

Quiz

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Christopher Friedel

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History

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6th - 8th Grade

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1K plays

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What became Jamestown's "gold"?

gold

tobaccco

water

tomatoes

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What product was instrumental in bringing about economic stability in the early years of the Virginia colony?

Cotton

Tobbaco

Indigo

Gold

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Which of these BEST explains the reason for African slaves being brought into the British colonies in Southern North America in the 17th century?

The economy of Southern colonies needed non-wage labor.

Northern colonial governments considered slavery immoral.

Southern colonies refused to use Indians as forced labor.

Industrial factories in the north did not need slave labor.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Which number on this map marks the area of colonial North America controlled by Great Britain around the year 1700?

1

2

3

4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Where was Jamestown located (today)?

Missouri

Mississippi

Virginia

North Carolina

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

The people who settled in the New England colonies were looking for religious freedom

True

False

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Most of the work on large, southern plantations was done by ___________ and ___________

Native Americans and slaves

women and children

slaves and indentured servants

Frenchmen and Mexicans

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