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5th grade · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 11

The Thirteen Colonies

New England, Middle and Southern colonies

What your child practices

Why the colonies were founded, how land and climate shaped the three regions, the people who founded them, and early self-government such as the Mayflower Compact and the House of Burgesses.

California Content Standards learning standard: 5.4.1; 5.4.2; 5.4.7 · how location shaped the founding of the colonies, their founders, and early democratic ideas and practices

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    John Rolfe's tobacco helped Jamestown survive because…

    • People ate it
    • It was used to build houses
    • It kept away disease
    • It sold for high prices in England

  2. Question 2

    Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn. Which religious group was he part of?

    • The Quakers
    • The Puritans
    • The Vikings
    • The Catholics of Spain

  3. Question 3

    Jamestown, founded in 1607, was the first lasting English colony. Where is it?

    • Massachusetts
    • Pennsylvania
    • Georgia
    • Virginia

  4. Question 4

    The Southern Colonies had a long growing season and rich soil. Which crops did they grow for sale?

    • Wheat and oats only
    • Tobacco, rice and indigo
    • Nothing; they only fished
    • Apples and pears only

  5. Question 5

    Why did the Jamestown colony nearly fail in its first years?

    • Too many farmers
    • It was too cold for anyone
    • Too much gold
    • Disease, hunger and poor planning

  6. Question 6

    Charter, proprietary and royal colonies differed in…

    • What time zone they used
    • Who controlled the colony's government
    • Which ocean they faced
    • What language they spoke

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