Colonies and Slavery: Unit Test

The New England colonies supported many ________ that provide certain goods or services.​

• economy
• assembly
• grant
• West Indies
• industries

A body of lawmakers is called a(n) __________. ​

• assembly
• economy
• West Indies
• industry
• grant

Europeans called the islands between southeastern North American and northern South America the ____________.​

• West Indies
• assembly
• grant
• industry
• economy

The way people use their resources to meet their needs and wants is called a(n) ________.. ​

• economy
• assembly
• West Indies
• grant
• industries

Plantations specialized in producing

• A. fine food

• B. cash crops

• C. dairy cattle

• D. wood furniture

The economies of the colonial regions differed because they had different

• A. governments

• B. languages

• C. origins

• D. resources

Someone who agreed to work for an employer for a set period of time in order to pay off a debt was called

• a person who was enslaved

• a colonist

• an apprentice

• an indentured servant

Which of these was NOT part of New England's economy?

• A. fishing

• B. weaving

• C. lumbering

• D. shipbuilding

During the colonial period, who did the hard work on plantations in the Southern Colonies?

• A. religious leaders

• B. family members

• C. enslaved Africans

• D. volunteer teenagers

A public sale where enslaved people were sold to the highest bidder is called a(n) ________.

• overseer

• auction

• Triangular Trade

• Middle Passage