Southern Colonies Plantation Quiz

What was the primary function of Southern plantations in the Southern Colonies?

• To serve as small cities for community gatherings

• To grow and export cash crops

• To provide education for children

• To manufacture industrial goods

Who was responsible for supervising all matters of the home on a plantation?

• The planter

• The overseer

• The planter's wife

• The indentured servant

What role did artisans play on large plantations?

• They worked as cooks and nannies

• They supervised the plantation

• They provided needed items like tools and barrels

• They educated the planter's children

Who were most of the laborers on large plantations?

• Planters and their families

• Overseers and managers

• Enslaved workers and indentured servants

• Local community members

Which one is NOT an example of a job and Artisan worker might do?

• blacksmith

• cooper

• wig maker

• farmer

It was easy in the Southern Colonies for children to be transported to school daily.

• True
• False

How did many planter's children become educated?

• They went to public schools daily.

• They were educated with the enslaved workers' children.

• Private tutors were hired to educate them.

• The went to private religious schools.

Sometimes enslaved workers labored in planters' homes as cooks, personal assistants, or tutors for the children.

• True
• False

The Southern Colonies were very strict about their religion, and everyone was required to attend church.

• True
• False

Religious freedom was the standard in the Southern Colonies.

• True
• False