Colonial Economies

Which of the colonies had the right climate for growing indigo, tobacco, and rice?

• Middle colonies
• Southern colonies
• New England colonies
• all of the colonies

Which of the colonies had an abundance of forests which provided lumber for shipbuilding?

• Southern colonies
• All of the colonies
• Middle colonies
• New England colonies

True or False. Export means to send goods to other countries.

• True
• False

Another word for agriculture is _______________.

• fishing
• farming
• lumber
• cooking

Tobacco was a major cash crop of Virginia. The price of tobacco went up and down based on ____________________________________,

• soil quality
• work ethic of colonists
• supply and demand
• advertising

What does supply mean?

• amount of goods available
• corn
• how many consumers want the goods
• sending goods to other countries

An industry is __________________________. 

• goods
• all businesses that make the same product or provide the same service
• any public building
• businesses that provide the same service only

Free enterprise means ________________________________,

• the amount of goods you have
• whether any consumers want your goods
• freedom to start any business you want
• all of the above

Most colonists were farmers, but the least amount of farming occurred in this region due to rocky land and forests.

• Middle colonies
• Southern colonies
• New England colonies
• Farming happened in all colonies equally.

In the triangular trade, which ports in the 13 colonies were used to trade with the West Indies and Africa?

• Plymouth and Boston
• New York and Boston
• New York and Charles Town
• Charles Town and Boston