Life in the American Colonies 4-1

Which of the following means producing just enough to meet the family’s needs, with little left over to sell or exchange?

• tidewater farming

• cash cropping

• harvesting

• subsistence farming

The plantation bosses who kept the enslaved Africans working hard were called

• overseers

• supervisors

• employers

• slaveholders

Where were most of the large Southern plantations located?

• flatlands

• backcountry

• coastal areas

• tidewater

Which group controlled the economic and political life of the Southern Colonies?

• merchants

• plantation owners

• teachers

• farmers

The most inhumane aspect of the triangular trade was the

• merchant trade route

• Southern Route

• Middle Passage

• fishing trade

important New England industry

• ship building

• cash crops

• cloth

• weaving

rules created to control enslaved people

• slave laws

• slave codes

• slave rules

• slave guidelines

cultural variety

• indifference

• variety

• diversity

• difference

area near the Appalachian Mountains

• tidewater

• backcountry

• beach

• lowlands

crops that sold easily

• backcountry

• diversity

• subsistance crop

• cash crop