SS726 Word Scramble
|
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Question | Answer |
In the Colonial Period, percentage of colonists who made their living through farming | 90% |
Bread Basket | Middle colonies |
Primary grain grown in the Middle Colonies | wheat |
Tools used bycolonial farmers | spades, sickles, hoes, plows |
The region of the colonjies which had the worst soil and the longesrt growing season | New England |
The region of the colonies with the best soil and the longest growing season | Southern Coloniws |
Region of the American colonies known as the bread basket | Middle Colonies |
In the Colonial period where most American farmeers lived | Atlantic Coastal Plain |
Ways Colonial farmers improved their farmland | 1. Rotated their crops--plant different crops every tear 2. Added fertilizer to the soil |
Two most important economic activities in the New England Colonies | fishing and shipbuilding |
cropsraised to be sold | cash crop |
Where rice was a cash crop | Georgia and South Carolina |
Blue dye | Indigo |
Used a metal alloy, consisting mostly of tin, to make cheap household utensils | pewterer |
made barrels | cooper |
forged iron into various items | blacksmith |
turned animal skins into leather | tanner |
schooners, brigs, sloops | types of ships |
builder of ships | shipwright |
grinds grain into flour | miller |
turned valuable metal into bowls, candlesticks, coffee pots, tea services, and flatware | silversmith |
made candles | chandler |
built furniture from wood | joiner |
made two-wheeled vehicles used in transportation | cartwright |
Created by:
marthell
Popular U.S. History sets