Exploration and Colonization Test Review

What aspect of New England geography made farming a challenge for the English settlers?

• Numerous large swamps that made farming impossible.

• Short growing season and cold winters.

• Hot, dry land with very few rivers for irrigation.

• The land was too flat to farm.

Which one of these crops was NOT a main cash crop in the southern colonies?

• Rice

• Wheat

• Indigo

• Tobacco

What was a major advantage of the Middle Colonies over the Southern and New England Colonies?

• They were economically self-sufficient.

• They practiced religious tolerance in some of their towns.

• They grew tobacco, indigo, and rice.

• They had an abundance of slave labor.

Which colonial region has plantations?

• The New England colonies

• The Middle colonies

• The Southern colonies

Which region did Quakers predominantly live in?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• All regions

How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

• By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have

• By requiring colonists to enlist in the military

• By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

• By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries

Mercantilism:

• a system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade

• a series of laws to support limiting colonial trade

• an unofficial policy of ignoring laws

Navigation Acts:

• a system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade

• a series of laws to support limiting colonial trade

• an unofficial policy of ignoring laws

Salutary Neglect:

• a system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade

• a series of laws to support limiting colonial trade

• an unofficial policy of ignoring laws

 What did the climate allow for in the Middle Colonies?

• Growing staple crops

• Building complex high rise buildings

• Fishing and Shipbuilding

• A need for indentured servants