The Southern Colonies

A ________________ is a crop grown mainly to be sold.

• annual crop

• late crop

• cash crop

How many colonies made up the southern colonies?

• 5

• 6

• 7

These workers would work for 7 years in exchange for a voyage, or trip, to the New World. They would later become farmers.

• farmers

• indentured servants

• slaves

Which colony is not one of the Southern colonies?

• Delaware

• Maryland

• Virginia

Four of the main crops grown in the Southern Colonies were: Tobacco, Indigo, Cotton, and _____________________.

• Corn

• Wheat

• Rice

Many farmers liked the Southern Colonies __________ weather.

• hot

• mild

• cold

Which of the following is a person who was kidnapped, taken to the New World, and forced to work?

• Slave

• Indentured servant

The first colony in the new world was a Southern colony founded in 1607. Which colony is it?

• North Carolina

• Virginia

• Maryland

Which of the crops grown was used to dye clothes blue?

• Cotton

• Tobacco

• Indigo

Which of the following were the wealthiest citizens of the Southern colonies?

• large land owners

• farmers

• indentured servants