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American Colonies #1
Mid-Unit Assessment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is physical geography? | the land, water, and climate of a place. |
| What is religious freedom? | the right to practice a religion |
| What does diverse mean? | to be different from one another |
| What are cash crops? | crops that are grown and sold to make a profit |
| What is agriculture? | farming |
| What are plantations? | large farms |
| What is a colonist? | a person from one country who builds a settlement in another |
| What is a profit? | the money you make selling goods and services |
| What is slavery? | when some people were forced to work for free and had no freedoms |
| What does self-sufficient mean? | growing or making everything you need to survive |
| What is an indentured servant? | a person who agrees to work for free to pay for their trip to the colonies |
| What is a colony? | an area ruled by a faraway country |
| What is an artisan? | a person who knows how to make certain goods that require special skills and training |
| What does tolerant mean? | accepting of another person's beliefs, even if you disagree |
| What is an industry? | a group of businesses that produce similar goods |
| What was the main reason for settlement of the New England colonies? | religious freedom |
| What is the main reason for settlement in the New England colonies? | Religious freedom |
| What were the two main groups who moved to the colonies to escape religious persecution in Britain? | Pilgrims and Puritans |
| Which colonial region had the warmest climate? | Southern |
| What's another name for corn, tobacco, and cotton? | Cash crops |
| Which region had cotton as the main cash crop? | Southern |
| Which region had wheat as the main cash crop? | Mid-Atlantic |
| Which region ONLY had small farms that were enough to supply food for their family. | New England |
| Which regions' reasons for settlement were religious freedom and to make a profit? | Mid-Atlantic and Southern |
| Which region was not tolerant of the beliefs of others? | New England |
| Which region was called the "breadbasket" because they had so wheat? | Mid-Atlantic |
| Which region had rocky soil that was not good for farming? | New England |
| Which regions had rich soil that was good for farming? | Mid-Atlantic, Southern |
| Which region was the most tolerant of others' beliefs? | Mid-Atlantic |
| Which region had small family farms, but also large farms called plantations? | Southern |
| One colonial region was very tolerant of the beliefs of others, and another region was very strict. Which region was not very tolerant, nor very strict? | Southern |
| What made the wealthy plantation owners so wealthy? | Cotton, slave labor, and indentured servants |
| Which region had very cold climate? | New England |
| Slaves were in all three regions. Which region had the most slaves? | Southern |
| Which region had a shipbuilding and fishing industry? | New England |
| Which region had large farms and small farms, but not plantations? | Mid-Atlantic |
| Which colonial regions had to share their profits with Great Britain? | New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern |
| Which region grew tobacco, rice, and cotton? | Southern |
| Which colonial region was located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean? | Southern |
| Which colonial regions traded with Great Britain? | Mid-Atlantic, Southern, and New England |
| Which colonial region was the Quaker religion located? | Mid-Atlantic |
| Which colonial region had no significant religious group? | Southern |
| Which group of people made and sold products in the colonial regions? | Artisans |
| Which region was the most diverse because they welcomed many different religions? | Mid-Atlantic |
| Which region had a whaling industry? | New England |
| Which region had the most timber, because of the forests? | New England |
| What is economy? | How a region get its money through buying, selling, and trading goods an services. |
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