Day 4 Colonization. Lesson. SS. 8th Grade

Multiple Choice

What are plantations?

• Plantations are small family-owned farms.
• Plantations are areas where wild plants grow naturally.
• Plantations are large farms that grow a cash crop for commercial sale.

• Plantations are factories that produce agricultural equipment.

Multiple Choice

How did English colonists attempt to address the labor shortage?

• By employing indentured servants and enslaved Africans.
• By increasing wages for workers.
• By importing more livestock.
• By relying solely on local Native American labor.

Multiple Choice

Which religious group settled in Maryland?

• Protestants
• Jews
• Buddhists
• Catholics

Multiple Choice

Why was the colony of Georgia established?

• To serve as a penal colony for political prisoners.
• To serve as a buffer against Spanish Florida and to provide a new opportunity for debtors.
• To create a religious refuge for Puritans.
• To establish a trade route to Asia.

Multiple Choice

What economic activities were common in the New England colonies?

• Lumber milling, shipbuilding, fishing, and fur trapping

  
  

• Cattle ranching
• Large-scale plantations
• Mining and metallurgy

Multiple Choice

How did winters in the Southern colonies differ from winters in the New England colonies?

• Winters in the Southern colonies were similar in length and severity to those in the New England colonies.
• Winters in the Southern colonies had heavy snowfall like in the New England colonies.
• Winters in the Southern colonies were colder and longer than in the New England colonies.
• Winters in the Southern colonies were milder and shorter than in the New England colonies.