13 Colonies Map Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which colony was centered around Narragansett Bay, between Connecticut and Massachusetts?
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Delaware
New Jersey
2. A map label points to Cape Cod and the coast immediately south of New Hampshire. Which colony should receive the label?
New Jersey
Maryland
Massachusetts
Connecticut
3. Which colony occupied part of the Delmarva Peninsula, lying south of Pennsylvania and east of Maryland?
New Jersey
Delaware
Rhode Island
Virginia
4. A blank map location lies south of Maryland, north of North Carolina, and along Chesapeake Bay. Which colony fills the space?
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Delaware
5. Which colony included the Outer Banks and lay directly north of South Carolina?
Virginia
North Carolina
Maryland
Georgia
6. Which pair of colonies occupied the two main sides of Chesapeake Bay and shared the Potomac River area?
Delaware and New Jersey
Maryland and Virginia
Pennsylvania and Maryland
Virginia and North Carolina
7. A missing colony on a map lies south of Massachusetts, east of New York, and west of Rhode Island. Which is it?
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Connecticut
8. Which colony contains the Hudson River valley and Long Island?
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Jersey
9. A colony is shown west of New Jersey across the Delaware River. It has river access but no Atlantic Ocean coastline. Which colony is it?
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
10. A map key needs the complete set of Middle Colonies. Which group should it list?
New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland
11. Which option contains only the four New England Colonies?
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut
New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
12. On the northern side of the Potomac River and around the upper part of Chesapeake Bay, which colony would a map show?
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Delaware
Maryland
13. Which colony was the southernmost of the 13 and was separated from South Carolina in part by the Savannah River?
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Maryland
14. Charleston appears on a coastal map between North Carolina and Georgia. Which colony should be labeled there?
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
South Carolina
15. On a north-to-south map of the original colonies, which colony belongs at the northern end, above Massachusetts?
New Hampshire
Connecticut
New York
Rhode Island
16. Starting in New York and traveling south along the Atlantic coast, which colony would you enter before reaching Delaware?
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
Connecticut