Ch. 4 Colonial Times Test
  • 1. The first English rulers of Carolina were
    p. 82
A) settlers from Barbados
B) the Lords Proprietors
C) the Kiawah
D) Juan Pardo and Anthony Ashley Cooper
  • 2. William Hilton was an explorer who
    p. 84
A) was sent to find a good place for English settlers to build a colony
B) started a rice plantation in Carolina
C) built a resort on Hilton Head Island
D) was sent to find gold and silver
  • 3. Which is NOT true about Henry Woodward?
    p.84
A) He may have been one of the first Europeans to grow rice in South Carolina.
B) He wrote a set of laws for the new colony.
C) He helped start a fur trade with Native Americans.
D) He stayed with native people to become friends with them and learn their language.
  • 4. Settlers from Barbados came to Carolina because they
    p. 85
A) wanted to find better soil for their tobacco crops
B) wanted religious freedom
C) knew how to set up a colony and could teach the settlers how to survive in Carolina
D) were tired of living in Barbados
  • 5. Which does NOT describe the Huguenots?
    p. 88
A) men became government leaders
B) came to Carolina from Spain
C) started social clubs
D) became part of the elite class
  • 6. A plantation is ----
    p. 87
A) a cash crop
B) a large farm
C) a colony
D) a trading post
  • 7. Backcountry settlers raised ALL of the following on their farms but ----
    p. 89
A) horses
B) chickens
C) pigs
D) dairy cows
  • 8. Which of the following groups of people did NOT live in the backcountry
    pgs. 88-90
A) Huguenots
B) Scots-Irish
C) Germans
  • 9. Which of the following was NOT a problem in the colony of Carolina? pgs. 91-95
A) farming
B) wars between settlers and Native Americans
C) diseases
D) pirates
  • 10. The Yemassee War was fought because
    pgs. 94-95
A) the Lords Proprietors would not send supplies
B) the colonists were tired of being pushed off their land
C) the Yemassee were trying to defend their homeland
D) the Yemassee wanted the colonists’ farms
  • 11. The colonists were unhappy with how the Lords Proprietors were ruling the colony, so they
    pgs. 94-95
A) asked pirates to take control of the colony
B) started the Yemassee War
C) asked for the royal government to take over the colony
D) governed themselves
  • 12. Why did Carolina split into two parts? p. 96
A) There were too many problems for one governor to handle.
B) The settlers who came from Barbados were bossy.
C) Plantations were taking over the whole colony.
D) It had become too big and it was difficult to rule over.
  • 13. For enslaved people, which was NOT a part of the journey by ship to the Carolinas?
    p. 96-97
A) given very little to eat
B) clean drinking water
C) being chained together
D) the lack of fresh air
  • 14. In his book, Olaudah Equiano described the journey by ship from Africa. What did he call the trip?
    p. 97
A) the Barbados experience
B) the Trip of Horror
C) the Middle Passage
D) Sullivan's Island
  • 15. What happens at an auction?
    p. 97
A) goods are sold to the highest bidder
B) goods are traded
C) goods are given away
D) goods are unloaded off ships
  • 16. Which two crops were known as 'cash crops' in the Carolinas?
A) rice and indigo
B) cotton and indigo
C) rice and tobacco
D) indigo and tobacco
  • 17. Why did rice grow so well along the Carolina coast?
    p. 98
A) It was easy to grow and very little work.
B) The enslaved Africans knew how to grow it.
C) Plantation owners had all the right tools for growing it.
D) There were lots of swamps and rivers along the coast.
  • 18. Which is NOT a way slaves helped start rice plantations?
    pgs. 98-99
A) They hired other people to plant the rice.
B) They harvested the rice.
C) They built dikes to keep the rivers from flooding the fields
D) They knew how to grow rice.
  • 19. Indigo was easier to grow than rice, but much more difficult to harvest. pgs. 98-99
A) True
B) False
  • 20. Which is NOT a way slaves kept their African culture alive?
    pgs. 102-104
A) They cooked African foods.
B) They played music, sang, and danced like they had in Africa.
C) They developed a language and culture called Gullah.
D) They traveled to Africa to visit relatives.
  • 21. Slaves resisted against their owners by
    pgs. 106-107
A) keeping their African culture alive, running away, open rebellion
B) burning the rice crops, reading books, keeping their African culture alive
C) working slowly, open rebellion, getting new jobs
D) spending lots of money, running away, taking their owners to court
  • 22. The Stono Rebellion changed life for everyone in the colony.
    Explain how in your own words.
    p.107
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