Physical and Human Geography of the Colonial Regions Cluster Check
Quiz by Catherine Chesser
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- Q1
Which geographic feature allowed the Mid-Atlantic Colonies to have a longer growing season than the New England Colonies ?
Thick forests
Flat land with rocky soil
Mild Climate
Navigable Rivers
120s113.20.10.B - Q2
Boston and New Orleans were both founded as
farming communities
industrial centers
port cities
military outposts
30s113.20.10.B - Q3
Which human geographic factor most likely prompted this observation?
The number of religious sects in the British colonies
The Spanish land claims close to the British colonies
The Caribbean slave trade with the British colonies
The number of Quakers living in British colonies
30s113.20.10.C - Q4
Which group helped establish the colony of Maryland in the 1630s?
Russian merchants escaping political conflict
Spanish workers seeking job opportunities
English Catholics seeking religious freedom
Irish families escaping a natural disaster
30s113.20.23.A - Q5
This is an early map of New England published in 1677. Which of the following names to group best known for settling this region and states their reason for settling?
Merchants: To trade with the region's American Indians
Puritans: To freely practice their religion
Quakers: To establish a colony free of slavery
Explorers: To map the region's rivers
120s113.20.23.A - Q6
Catholics immigrated to the Maryland colony in the seventeenth century primarily to-
produce cash crops to pay off debts
profit from natural resources
avoid crop failures and famines
escape persecution
30s113.20.23.A - Q7
In the 1630s, Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams disagreed with the religious leaders of Massachusetts. These disagreements were resolved when Hooker and Williams-
petitioned Parliament to revise the Massachusetts Bay Charter
left Massachusetts and explored the Mississippi Valley
founded new political parties in the Massachusettes Bay area
left Massachusetts and established new colonies
30s113.20.23.C
