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4th grade social studies - 4.13 Locate the first 13 colonies and explain how their location and
geographic features influenced their development and settlement patterns.
5. How many English colonists signed the Mayflower Compact on November 11, 1620?
A. 34
B. 41 *
C. 46
D. 53
Matching – Correctly match the definitions using the answer choices in the word box.
6. ______ The land beyond the areas already settled. A. Frontier
B. Common
7. ______A product that leaves a country. C. Export
D. Backcountry
8. ______The land beyond, or “in back of,” the area settled E. Import
by Europeans.
9. ______A grassy area shared by the town’s people, used for grazing sheep, cattle, and
other livestock.
Short Answer – Fill in the blank with the best possible answer.
11. Who founded Georgia?
___________________________________________
12. Who left Roanoke to go to England for supplies, but did not get back in time?
___________________________________________
13. Who was the famous Quaker of Pennsylvania?
___________________________________________
14. Who started the Roanoke Colony?
___________________________________________
15. Who was the leader of Jamestown that said “He who does not work will not eat.?”
___________________________________________
True/False – Determine whether the statement is true or false and write a “T” for true and an
“F” for false in the blank.
16. ______ Frequent occupations for people living in the Southern Colonies were farming
and owning plantations.
17. ______ Tobacco was known as the cash crop for the Jamestown colony.
19. ______Self- Government is when people get together to pass laws for themselves that
everyone can agree upon.
20. ______Artisans are people who ran businesses in the colonies and did most of the
trading.
22. Choose one of the 13 colonies to describe and give a summary of how it was founded.