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WorksheetsMiddle and Southern Colonies
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which statement about the Southern colonies is true?
a)
It had very cold winters and rocky soil that prevented the planting of many crops.
b)
It had the warmest climate, the longest growing season, and excellent soil that were good for growing cash crops
c)
It lacked rivers and streams that hurt crops and trade
d)
It had long winters which was good for trapping animals for their fur
2.
What colonial area was known as the "Breadbasket Colonies"?
a)
Southern Colonies
b)
New England Colonies
c)
Middle Colonies
3.
People in the American colonies had to grow or make most of the products they used. There were also people who were blacksmiths, gunsmiths, or silversmiths. These people were known as_________
a)
indentured servants
b)
artisans
c)
farmers
d)
large landowners
4.
What group of people ran business and did most of the trading between the colonies and Europe?
a)
merchants
b)
large landowners
c)
slaves
d)
indentured servants
5.
Why were blacksmiths important as colonial craftsmen?
a)
They made horseshoes, nails, and other farm tools that were made with metal.
b)
They fought with the Native Americans and taught them how to shoot.
c)
They grew wheat and corn in the New England Colonies.
d)
They carved canoes so the colonists could travel by river.
6.
Why did colonists grow tobacco in Virginia?
a)
Tobacco was a plant that grew well in the sandy soil.
b)
John Rolfe wanted people to start smoking.
c)
Growing tobacco discouraged growth in Virginia.
d)
Nothing else would grow in that region, so they planted tobacco.
7.
Which colonial region grew MOSTLY tobacco, rice, cotton, and indigo?
a)
Middle Colonies
b)
Southern Colonies
c)
New England Colonies
8.
Fishing, farming, and hunting were industries of which colonial region?
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
9.
Which colony was started as a safe place for Catholics?
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Delaware
c)
Maryland
d)
North Carolina
10.
Rivers, wildlife, and forests were natural resources of what colonial region?
a)
Middle Colonies
b)
New England Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
11.
Georgia was started as a colony for which group of people?
a)
planters
b)
debtors
c)
artisans
d)
shipbuilders
12.
A person who owes money but is unable to pay it back
a)
indentured servant
b)
slavery
c)
debtor
d)
patroon
13.
The practice of treating people as property and forcing them to work
a)
cash crop
b)
patroon
c)
slavery
d)
indentured servant
14.
A crop that farmers grow to sell
a)
cash crop
b)
debtor
c)
patroon
d)
slavery
15.
Wealthy Dutch men who agreed to bring 50 people to a colony
a)
indentured servants
b)
debtor
c)
cash crop
d)
patroon
16.
A person who agreed to work with pay for a certain number of years in return for their passage to America; after that time was up they were free
a)
indentured servant
b)
cash crop
c)
debtor
d)
patroon
17.
people who worked as craftsmen; they made items for people to use
a)
proprietor
b)
artisans
c)
Quakers
d)
indigo
18.
a religious group of people who settled in Pennsylvania
a)
artisans
b)
plantation
c)
proprietor
d)
Quakers
19.
a very large farm where cash crops were raised; the fields were worked by slaves and indentured servants
a)
indigo
b)
plantation
c)
Quakers
d)
artisans
20.
a plant used to make blue dye
a)
indigo
b)
plantation
c)
proprietor
d)
artisans
21.
a person who owned and controlled the land in a colony; they appointed governors to run the colonies for them
a)
artisans
b)
Quakers
c)
proprietor
d)
indigo
22.
Which colonies make up the Middle Colonies?
a)
North Carolina, Delaware, Georgia, South Carolina
b)
New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania
c)
Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina
d)
New York, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina
23.
Which colonies make up the Southern Colonies?
a)
North Carolina, Delaware, Georgia,
b)
New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania
c)
Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina
d)
New York, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina
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