Southern Colonies Review

Which colonies make up the Southern colonies?

• Virginia, Delaware, North & South Carolina, Georgia

• Virginia, Maryland, North & South Carolina, Georgia

• Virginia, North & South Carolina, Georgia

• North & South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland

The economy of the Southern colonies was based primarily on what industry?

• Mining

• Fishing

• Agriculture

• Lumber

The colony of __________ was a refuge for _________ seeking freedom.

• Virginia, Puritans

• Maryland, Puritans

• Virginia, Catholics

• Maryland, Catholics

In Southern colonial government, the representatives of the people were called

• Colonial governors

• House of Burgesses

• Governor's Council

• House of Representatives

What is the term for when someone agreed to work for a certain number of years in order to receive food, shelter, and freedom dues at the end of their term?

• Slavery

• Chattel slavery

• Indentured servitude

• Plantation servitude

Match the following

• to get

• involuntary

• a person who pledges his or her labor to an amount of time in exchange for some payment

• indentured servant

• without choosing, against a person's will

• obtain

Match the following

• to pull or draw out of

• refugee

• one who owes money

• debtor

• one who flees his or her home to see refuge or safety from some danger or ill

• extract

Georgia was founded to provide an escape and a haven for

• English debtors/criminals

• English Catholics

• enslaved Africans

• religious refugees

A large farm on which crops are raised by workers who live on the farm

• plantation

• cash crop

• Jamestown

• indentured servant

The joint-stock company that started the settlement of Jamestown

• Virginia Company

• Jamestown

• House of Burgesses

• charter