Colonial Times Review

What is a colony?

• a person living in a colony

• an area of land owned by another country

• a large farm

• a small country

What is a plantation?

• an area of land owned by another country

• a person living in a colony

• a large meeting house

• a large farm that used slaves to grow crops

What is a hornbook?

• a small schoolhouse

• a person living in a colony

• a wooden slab with lessons pasted to it

• a large farm

What is an apprentice

• a young person learning a specific skill from someone who is a master at it

• a school student

• a wooden slab with lessons pasted to it

• a punishment

Which was NOT a reason that colonists came to America?

• Some colonists were brought over as slaves

• European cities were too crowded so they had to send people over to America

• Some people wanted religious freedrom

• European countries wanted to claim new land and become wealthier

What were schools like in colonial America?

• All children went to school through college.

• Schools were very large and had a lot of teachers.

• There were no schools in America

• Schools were one room buildings

What colonial region was best known for having plantations?

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Southern Colonies

What building in a colonial village would be used for meetings?

• The Meeting House

• The Blacksmith's shop

• The Tailor's Shop

• The Cobbler's Shop

How many original colonies were there?

• 10

• 50

• 12

• 13

What country owned the original 13 colonies?

• England

• Spain

• Germany

• France