Ch. 4 Colonial Times Test
  • 1. The first English rulers of Carolina were p. 82
A) the Lords Proprietors
B) Juan Pardo and Anthony Ashley Cooper
C) settlers from Barbados
D) the Kiawah
  • 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) built a resort on Hilton Head Island
C) started a rice plantation in Carolina
D) was sent to find gold and silver
  • 3. Which is NOT true about Henry Woodward? p.84
A) He wrote a set of laws for the new colony.
B) He stayed with native people to become friends with them and learn their language.
C) He may have been one of the first Europeans to grow rice in South Carolina.
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) 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) became part of the elite class
B) started social clubs
C) men became government leaders
D) came to Carolina from Spain
  • 6. A plantation is ---- p. 87
A) a colony
B) a cash crop
C) a trading post
D) a large farm
  • 7. Backcountry settlers raised ALL of the following on their farms but ---- p. 89
A) chickens
B) pigs
C) dairy cows
D) horses
  • 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) wars between settlers and Native Americans
B) diseases
C) farming
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) governed themselves
B) asked pirates to take control of the colony
C) started the Yemassee War
D) asked for the royal government to take over the colony
  • 12. Why did Carolina split into two parts? p. 96
A) The settlers who came from Barbados were bossy.
B) Plantations were taking over the whole colony.
C) There were too many problems for one governor to handle.
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) the lack of fresh air
C) being chained together
D) clean drinking water
  • 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) Sullivan's Island
D) the Middle Passage
  • 15. What happens at an auction? p. 97
A) goods are given away
B) goods are sold to the highest bidder
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 tobacco
B) indigo and tobacco
C) cotton and indigo
D) rice and indigo
  • 17. Why did rice grow so well along the Carolina coast? p. 98
A) It was easy to grow and very little work.
B) Plantation owners had all the right tools for growing it.
C) The enslaved Africans knew how to grow 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 harvested the rice.
B) They knew how to grow rice.
C) They built dikes to keep the rivers from flooding the fields
D) They hired other people to plant the 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 played music, sang, and danced like they had in Africa.
B) They traveled to Africa to visit relatives.
C) They cooked African foods.
D) They developed a language and culture called Gullah.
  • 21. Slaves resisted against their owners by pgs. 106-107
A) keeping their African culture alive, running away, open rebellion
B) working slowly, open rebellion, getting new jobs
C) spending lots of money, running away, taking their owners to court
D) burning the rice crops, reading books, keeping their African culture alive
  • 22. The Stono Rebellion changed life for everyone in the colony. Explain how in your own words. p.107
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