Building of the 13 Colonies Quiz

What is subsistence farming?

• Farming for export

• Farming for industrial use

• Farming for personal needs

• Farming for commercial purposes

What was the triangular trade?

• Trade between the 13 colonies

• Trade between North and South America

• Trade between Europe and Asia

• Trade between New England, the West Indies, and Africa

What is a cash crop?

• A crop grown for medicinal purposes

• A crop grown for personal use

• A crop grown for animal feed

• A crop grown for export or profit

What were the slave codes?

• Laws that protected enslaved people

• Laws that freed enslaved people

• Laws that restricted enslaved people

• Laws that regulated trade

What was the Albany Plan of Union?

• A proposal for creating separate governments for each colony

• A plan for agricultural development

• A plan for military expansion

• A proposal for creating one government for the 13 colonies

What is a speculator?

• A person who invests in agriculture

• A person who invests in healthcare

• A person who invests in education

• A person who invests in real estate

What does the term 'export' mean?

• To bring a product into a country to be sold

• To produce a good or service in the home country and sell it in another country

• To consume a product domestically

• To buy a product from another country

What were charter colonies?

• Colonies owned by the British monarchy

• Colonies established by a group of settlers with a royal charter

• Colonies owned by private individuals with a royal charter

• Colonies established by a group of settlers with a private charter

What were royal colonies?

• Colonies owned by the British monarchy

• Colonies established by a group of settlers with a royal charter

• Colonies owned by private individuals with a royal charter

• Colonies established by a group of settlers with a private charter

What was the Iroquois Confederacy?

• A league of 5 tribes that was the strongest army in the colonies

• A league of 13 tribes that was the strongest army in the colonies

• A league of 13 tribes that was the weakest army in the colonies

• A league of 5 tribes that was the weakest army in the colonies