Southern Colonies

Who was the founder of Maryland?

• Lord Baltimore
• John Berkley
• Larry Carteret
• Richard Castle

What was the Toleration Act?

• a law that allowed Native Americans to live in Maryland
• a law the required every one to be Catholic
• a law that allowed religious freedom in Maryland
• a law that banned Christianity in Maryland

What crops did the settlers in Carolina grow?

• corn and beans
• tobacco and rice
• rice and potatoes
• tomatoes and beans

James Oglethorpe created a colony for ______.

• business owners
• Germans
• debtors
• governors

What does debtor mean?

• a plant that produces blue dye
• a person who owns land in a colony
• a person who has a lot of money
• a person who owes money to another

Name the Southern Colonies.

• Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida
• Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, North Carolina and South Carolina
• Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
• Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina and georgia

Which statement best describes the use of slavery in the Southern colonies?

• The slave population was a large part of the southern population.
• Slavery was forbidden in the southern colonies.
• Slavery only played a minor role in the south since most people felt slavery went against the Bible.
• Slavery was used only in the city of Charles Town because there was no need for slaves on the plantations.

The southern economy was based on what?

• Agriculture, Cash crops & making money
• Fishing, furniture building, & rum
• Harvesting jewels from the Appalachian Mts. & making jewelry
• Raising silk worms brought from Asia to make sails for ships

A crop that is sold for a profit is a

• cash crop
• subsistence crop
• corn field
• benefit crop

A large farm, usually with 50 or more slaves and producing many cash crops.

• Plantation
• Tidewater
• Backcountry
• Gone with the Wind