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Unit 2 CH 1 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which colonial region had an economy based on agriculture/cash crops? | Southern Colonies |
| Which colonial region had an economy based on whaling, timber, shipbuilding, and fishing? | New England Colonies |
| Which colonial region had a diverse economy based on agricultural crops like wheat, trade, manufacturing, and shipping? | Middle Colonies |
| List the Middle Colonies | New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware |
| List the New England Colonies | New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island |
| List the Southern Colonies | Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia |
| Which colonial region was nicknamed the "breadbasket colonies" | Middle Colonies |
| Which colony was created as a safe haven for Catholics? | Maryland |
| Which colony served as a buffer zone between the English Colonies and the Spanish and was a place where debtors could have a fresh start? | Georgia |
| A large farm that specialized in cash crops is called ___? | plantation |
| Which early English document, signed in 1215, was the first to limit the power of the king and establish the idea that people had individual rights? | Magna Carta |
| Which colonial region had the most religious diversity with groups such as Quakers, Lutherans, Catholics, and other Protestants living in the region? | Middle Colonies |
| People mostly lived far apart on farms in this colonial region so there was not one required religion there? | Southern Colonies |
| Which colonial region was dominated by the Puritans, reformers seeking to "purify" Christianity, who came over from England to practice religion without persecution although they were intolerant of other religions? | New England |
| What was the Mayflower Compact? | an agreement to establish a government and follow the laws in the colony of Plymouth. |
| What was the House of Burgesses? | The first legislative assembly established in Virginia. |
| Which group in colonial society was usually responsible for educating children, cooking, sewing but could not vote? | women |
| What was the name of the religious revival movement that swept through the American colonies emphasizing personal faith | The Great Awakening |