Chapter 4, Lesson 1 Review

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Why was farming difficult in New England?

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The weather and soil made it hard to farm

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Subsistence farming is

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Growing just enough to feed your family

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_______________ was an important New England industry

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Shipbuilding

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Which answer would best explain why New England was good for shipbuilding and fishing?

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New England colonies were located right on the ocean so fish were easy to find and ships were important.

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Most people in the middle colonies were _______

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Farmers

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Two cities that grew because of cash crops were: New York and Philadelphia, Charlestown and Jamestown, Plymouth and Boston.

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New York and Philadelphia

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Other than farming, the Middle Colonies also had what kinds of jobs?

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Industry

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Compared to New England, the Middle Colonies were

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More diverse (different groups of people)

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In order to deal with the labor needed on plantations, Southern farmers relied on

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Slave Labor

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The "Middle Passage" was

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A slave's long difficult journey across the ocean