13 Colonies

What is an example of a natural resource?

• capital

• land

• entrepreneurship

• labor

What is an example of a human resource?

• physical labor

• a new business

• machines

• factories

What is a capital resource?

• products made from nature

• items used to make goods and provide services

• starting a business

• labor used to provide service

Which is an example of entrepreneurship?

• building houses

• working in a factory

• mining

• starting a new business

Which colonial region had the following economic activities: fishing, shipping, and farming?

• New England colonies

• Middle colonies or Mid-Atlantic colonies

• Southern colonies

Why was whaling an economic activity in the New England colonies?

• The New England colonies were located near the Atlantic ocean, which is home to a lot of whales.

• Whaling was more fun than farming.

• New England colonists were more brave for whaling than the Middle and Southern colonists.

• They could only eat whale meat.

Why did the New England colonies depended on fishing and whaling instead of farming?

• Farming was too much work.

• Farming was not possible because of the rocky soil and cold weather.

• Fishing and whaling earned them more money.

• No one knew how to farm.

Why were colonists able to survive in the new land (America)?

• They brought all the necessary items to survive.

• They read about it in books.

• They already had farms there.

• They learned from the American Indians and took on their lifestyle.

A ______________ is a person who is skilled in trade and creates things with their hands.

• An artist

• An artisan

• A poet

Which of the following tasks would MOST LIKELY have been performed by an artisan in colonial America?

• smithing iron to create farm and cooking tools

• harvesting crops to sell food to the community

• chopping down trees to use as a fuel source

• gathering and milling wheat to make flour for bread