Social Studies Fall Semester Exam Review

Which colonial region was settled by Puritans and Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?

• New England

• Southern

• Middle

• Back country

Which colonial region was settled by people with many different cultural and religious backgrounds?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Backcountry

Which colonial region contained rocky soil and cold climate?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Backcountry

Which colonists were farmers and plantation owners who grew cotton and tobacco?

• New England

• Southern

• Middle

• Back country

Large farms, called ___________________, were spread throughout the Southern colonies.

• Trade centers

• Plantations

• Settlements

• industrial centers

Why were the Mid-Atlantic colonies nicknamed "The Bread Basket?"

• They grew many types of grain.

• Making bread was a great economic opportunity.

• They ate bread with every meal.

• They imported many types of grain

Most of the work on large, southern plantations was done by ___________ and ___________

• Native Americans and slaves

• women and children

• slaves and indentured servants

• Frenchmen and Mexicans

The people who settled in the New England colonies were looking for religious freedom

• True
• False

Which region relied mostly on cash crops to make their money?

• New England

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Backcountry

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

• Werowocomoco

• Yorktown

• Richmond

• Jamestown