Southern Plantations

What is the definition of 'Planter'?

• Low-lying land along a coast

• A pot with plants

• A plantation owner

• A job someone does to help the community or society as a whole

What is the definition of 'Tidewater'?

• Water used for the plantation

• A plantation owner

• Water along the coast line

• Low- lying land along a coast

What is the definition of 'Broker'?

• A person which is paid to buy and sell for someone else.

• A public sale.

• A job someone does to help the community or society as a whole.

• Someone who has no money

What is the definition of 'Auction'?

• A person which is paid to buy and sell for someone else.

• A religious song based on Bible stories.

• A public sale.

• A plantation owner.

What is the definition of 'Overseer'?

• A religious song based on Bible stories.

• A hired person who watched field slaves as they worked.

• A job someone does to help the community or society as a whole.

• A plantation owner.

What is the definition of 'Spiritual'?

• A plantation owner.

• A public sale.

• A job someone does to help the community or society as a whole.

• A religious song based on Bible stories.

What is the definition of 'Public service'?

• A job someone does to help the community or society as a whole.

• A hired person who watched field slaves as they worked.

• A plantation owner .

• A person which is paid to buy and sell for someone else.

Which of the following explains why the earliest plantations benefited from the southern tidewater?

• The planters could bathe in the waters.

• The soil was rich.

• It was easier for colonists to fish for food.

• The many waterways made it easy for boats to get crops to the market.

Many people in the Southern Colonies raised crops _______ .

• On small plantations with flat land.

• On large plantations with flat land.

• On large plantations with lots of hills.

• To give away for free.

How did plantations change as more workers were needed?

• Plantation owners used slaves to do the work.

• Plantation owners did the work themselves.

• The plantations did not change.

• Some plantations had schools.