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WorksheetsLife in the South (S.S./7.2) + Video
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The iron devices, used to bind the hands and feet of enslaved Africans, were called __________.
shackles
handcuffs
iron sleves
wrist rings
The first Africans in the English colonies most likely arrived in __________ in 1619.
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
Pennsylvania
By the mid 1700s, slavery was legal in every colony. The laws said that children born to enslaved people were also enslaved.
True
False
In the colonies, the slavery laws also stated that enslaved families were not to be broken up. If a mother or father is sold at a slave auction, the children of the sold parent had to be bought as well in order to keep the family together.
True
False
In the Southern Colonies, where did most enslaved Africans work?
On plantations
In grist mills
On the docks of port cities
In silversmith shops
Enslaved people were not free to speak out against slavery, but they still resisted it. Which of the following were ways slaves resisted their enslavement?
They broke tools on purpose.
They would pretend to be sick and unable to work.
They would work slowly.
The would run away.
Enslaved people tried to deal with their hardships by keeping their culture alive. In what ways did enslaved Africans perpetuate their customs and traditions?
They told familiar stories.
They sang traditional songs.
They played music on African instruments like the gourd banjo or finger piano.
The prepared and cooked food similar to meals they would prepare in Africa.
The economy of the Southern Plantations was based mostly on...
plantations.
fishing.
ship building.
whaling.
The cash crops produced by enslaved workers made some __________ the richest people in the Southern Colonies.
planters
overseers
farmers
sailors
Plantation owners often hired a(n) __________ to watch enslaved people as they worked.
overseer
planter
house slave
apprentice
The economy of the Southern Colonies depended mostly on the crops from large plantations. However, most colonists lived and worked on small farms and had no or only a few slaves.
True
False
A few enslaved Africans were able to buy their freedom and start small farms.
True
False
What does the fact that some runaway slaves found safety in Spanish Florida or with Native Americans (like the Seminole Tribe) suggest about the Spanish and the Seminoles?
The Spanish and Native Americans were not to be trusted and were likely to return runaway slaves back to their masters.
The Spanish and Native Americans were more accepting of Africans and had different views on slavery than the English colonist.
Why is the town of Fort Mose historically important?
It was the first settlement in North America for free Africans.
It was the first plantation in the southern colonies to allow slaves to learn to read and write.
It was where Olaudah Equiano grew up and learned to read and write.
It was the first fort built in the Georgia colony and was used to protect England's claims in the southern parts of the New World.
What made Olaudah Equiano different from other enslaved Africans of his time?
He was able to earn enough money from trading to buy his freedom.
He attended school in London and later worked as a sailor.
He published a popular autobiography.
He gave speeches around the world trying to convince people to end slavery.
He could hold his breath for seven minutes without passing out.
Many plantations in the Southern Colonies were self-sufficient. Which of the following is NOT an example of self-sufficiency?
Workshops where enslaved people made nails, bricks, barrels, and other items used on a plantation.
Small hospitals stocked with medicines, ointments, bandages, and other items to treat minor injuries.
Personal gardens tended to by slaves after working the planter's land.
Teachers hired by planters to educate their children.
Carriage rides to the nearest town to buy cloth, sugar, and other needed necessities.
The Calvert family founded the __________ Colony along Chesapeake Bay. The colony's government passed the __________, which gave religious freedom to all Christians. The Lord Proprietors founded Carolina and adopted a __________, or plan of government, for it. __________ founded Georgia to offer a new life to English debtors. In the mid-1700s, settlers began to move inland to a region they called the __________. (7.1 Review Question)
Maryland, Toleration Act, constitution, James Oglethorpe, backcountry
Georgia, charter, constitution, Peter Stuyvesant, backcountry
Carolina, Toleration Act, charter, James Oglethorpe, backcountry
Maryland, Homestead Act, constitution, George Calvert, The Great Wagon Road
In 1808, a law passed, which was heavily enforced, that stated no new slaves were to be brought into North America.
True
False
In 1808, a law passed, which was not heavily enforced, that stated no new slaves were to be brought into North America and all existing slaves were to be sent back to Africa.
True
False
How man legs did the Carolina mutant chicken have?
10
12
8
9
