Southern Colonies

Which colony was established as a place English Catholics could escape religious persecution?

• Maryland

• Georgia

• The Carolinas

• Virginia

Who created and governed the Maryland colony?

• Lord Baltimore

• King Charles I

• James Oglethorpe

• Lamar Jackson

TRUE/FALSE: Religion played a major role in the lives of the Southern Colonies

• TRUE

• FALSE

How did colonists meet the demand for agricultural labor?

• They advertised their colony to potential settlers in England

• They forced enslaved Africans to work in their fields

• They worked twice as hard to complete the work

Carolina split into how many colonies?

• 2

• 3

• 4

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

• Mining

• Fishing

• Agriculture

• Lumber

The motivation for settling most of the Southern colonies was

• Religious freedom

• Profit/trade

• Glory for the king

• Safety

Which of the following is not a cash crop grown in the southern colonies

• Wheat

• Sugar Cane

• Tobacco

• Indigo

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

• plantation

• cash crop

• Jamestown

• indentured servant