Southern Colonies Review

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

• Mining

• Fishing

• Agriculture

• Lumber

In 1619, the first slaves from Africa arrived in which colony?

• Maryland

• Virginia

• South Carolina

• Delaware

Lord Baltimore established the colony of Maryland for ____________________ fleeing persecution in England.

• Catholics

• Protestants

• Jews

• Quakers

The Mason-Dixon Line established the border between which two colonies?

• North Carolina and South Carolina

• Virginia and Maryland

• South Carolina and Georgia

• Pennsylvania and Maryland

Maryland's 1646 Act of Toleration protected freedom of _____________________ in the colony.

• speech

• the Press

• religion

• expression

In 1676, this man led attacks against Native American villages in western Virginia and burned Jamestown to the ground because he didn't believe the governor of Virginia respected the concerns of former indentured servants.

• William Pitt

• Nathaniel Bacon

• Samuel Adams

• Dred Scot

Which city was South Carolina's most important port?

• Charleston

• Willmington

• Savanah

• Richmond

What were the two main cash crops grown in the Carolinas?

• Cotton and Wheat

• Corn and Wheat

• Corn and Rice

• Rice and Indigo

Which colony was viewed by the British as a buffer from Spanish attacks from Florida?

• South Carolina

• North Carolina

• Georgia

• Virginia

Why did the New England region practice subsistence farming?

• Because of the region's short growing season and thin/rocky soil.

• Because of the region's long growing season and excellent soil.

• Because the region had the perfect climate to grow grain products.

• Because of the region's wet coastal areas.