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