13 colonies Human Characteristics

Multiple Choice

What are the key human characteristics of the colonies in Colonial America?

• Economic activities

• Cultural practices

• Political structures

• All of the above

Categorize

Options (13)

Virginia

Cash Crops

Long growing seasons/fertile soil

Quakers

William Penn

Diversity

Religious Tolerance

Puritans/Pilgrims

Rocky Soil

Economy based on shipbuilding, fishing, trade

Economy based on agriculture

Economy based on trade and grain crops

Religiously intolerant

Organize these options into the right categories

Southern Colonies

Mid-Atlantic Colonies

New England Colonies

Open Ended

How did geography influence how colonists lived?

Multiple Choice

(2019) The geographic factors in this table led primarily to the

• founding of trade schools in some colonies

• development of different economies in the two regions

• establishment of import taxes in some colonies

• pattern of religious differences in the two regions

Multiple Choice

What are the main human characteristics of the New England Colonies?

• Fishing, shipbuilding, lumber

• Large plantations

• Mining and agriculture

• Urban industrial centers

Open Ended

What is one reason New England colonists hunted whales?

Multiple Choice

Discuss the strategic importance of the Middle Colonies' location for trade.

• Their location was isolated, limiting trade opportunities.

• Their central location facilitated trade between the Northern and Southern Colonies.

• Their location was too far from major trade routes.

• Their location only benefited local trade.

Multiple Choice

Analyze the influence of diverse immigrant groups on the culture of the Middle Colonies.

• They led to cultural homogeneity and uniformity.

• They contributed to a rich cultural diversity and exchange.

• They had little to no impact on the culture.

• They caused cultural conflicts that divided the colonies.

Multiple Choice

What were the main characteristics of the Southern Colonies?

• Large cities with factories

• Large plantations with enslaved labor

• Urban communities

• High population density

Multiple Choice

Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia were similar in that they were all:

• heavily dependent upon one stable crop for their income

• proprietary colonies est after the restoration of Charles II

• advocates of religious toleration

• able to establish peaceful relationships with natives

Open Ended

What clues help you decide?

Open Ended

Which region do you think each belongs to?

Categorize

Options (15)

Indigo

Cotton

Hot summers

Mild winters

Georgia

Quakers

William Penn

Breadbasket

Wheat

Pennsylvania

Shipbuilding

Dense forests

Rocky soil

Very cold winters

Lumber milling

Organize the information under the correct colonial region.

New England Colonies

Middle Colonies

Southern

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