Life in the American Colonies chapter 5 lesson 1

Which of the following means "producing just enough to meet the families' needs, with little left over to sell or exchange"?

• harvesting

• cash cropping

• subsistence farming

• tidewater farming

Which of the following was the worst leg of the triangular trade route?

• fishing trade

• merchant trade route

• Middle Passage

• Southern Route

Where were most of the large Southern plantations located?

• in the backcountry

• in the coastal areas

• in the flatlands

• in the Tidewater

What were the plantation bosses who kept the enslaved Africans working hard called?

• employers

• overseers

• slaveholders

• supervisors

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

• farmers

• merchants

• plantation owners

• teachers

an important New England industry

• cash crops

• backcountry

• slave codes

• shipbuilding

• diversity

rules governing enslaved people

• cash crops

• backcountry

• slave codes

• shipbuilding

• diversity

grain and vegetables sold for profit

• cash crops

• backcountry

• slave codes

• shipbuilding

• diversity

another word for cultural variety

• cash crops

• backcountry

• slave codes

• shipbuilding

• diversity

region between the Appalachian Mountains and the Tidewater

• cash crops

• backcountry

• slave codes

• shipbuilding

• diversity