The 13 Colonies Unit Quiz

What are debtors?

• People who owe money to others

• People who lend money to others

• People who save money

• People who invest money

What does the term 'debt' refer to?

• Money owed

• Money earned

• Money saved

• Money invested

What are cash crops?

• Plants grown for sale or profit

• Plants grown for personal use

• Plants grown for decoration

• Plants grown for research

The colonists in North America had a religious renewal, or revival, called _______?

• The Great Awakening

• The Renaissance

• The Middle Ages

• The Religious Freedom

Why was the land west of the Appalachian Mountains called the frontier or "backcountry"?

• The land west of the Appalachian Mountains was wilderness and difficult to settle.

• No one lived there.

• The land west of the Appalachian Mountains were easy to settle and farm.

• The land west of the Appalachian Mountains was not called the frontier.

What is indigo?

• A plant that can produce blue dye

• A plant that can produce red dye

• A plant that can produce yellow dye

• A plant that can produce green dye

What are plantations?

• Very large farms that require many workers

• Small farms that produce crops for personal use

• Farms that produce crops for decoration

• Farms that produce crops for research

Which colonial region depended on subsistence farms (small farms)?

• New England Region (because they had rocky soil and short growing seasons)

• Middle Atlantic Region (they grew wheat as a cash crop and became known as the "breadbasket" of the colonies)

• Southern Region

  (grew cash crops like tobacco, indigo, rice, and cotton)

• cash crops (tobacco, rice, cotton, indigo)

What continents could be stops on the Triangular Trade routes during American colonization?

• Europe, North America, Africa

• Africa, Asia, Australia

• North America, Antarctica, Australia

• North America, South America

What is mercantilism?

• An economic system in which a country makes money, or profit, from resources in their colonies

• An economic system in which a country gives money to their colonies

• An economic system in which a country does not make any profit from their colonies

• An economic system in which a country does not have any colonies