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