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WorksheetsThe Southern Economy (S.S./7.3)
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Why were seaports like Charles Town important to the economy of the Southern Colonies?
Plantations produced tons of cash crops each year and those crops needed to be shipped to markets in England and the West Indies to be sold.
Seaports like Charles Town are where indentured servants were sent after they signed up to work for a master and had sailed across the Atlantic Ocean.
Charles Town is one of several colonial towns where all the colony's gold was sent to be stored and protected from thieving Native Americans.
Seaport towns were right on the ocean and supplied all the workers needed to trap, sell, and transport lobsters, the colonies main export.
What cash crops were grown in the Southern Colonies?
tobacco
rice
indigo
corn
In southern North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, the climate was too warm and wet for tobacco to grow well. So, many farmers and plantation owners began growing rice. Rice became such a major cash crop in South Carolina that it was often called "_________________."
Carolina gold
white gold
Carolina poppers
golden grains
When Eliza Lucas Pinckney set her mind to something, she stuck with it until the very end. Because of her hard work and determination, what did Eliza discover she could grow in her very own garden in South Carolina.
indigo
hot house tomatoes
English cucumbers
Rice-A-Roni
Depending on one another for economic resources is called ____________.
interdependence
counterdependence
outerdependence
independence
As plantations got larger, more cash crops were exported. The owners of large plantations often sold their crops through a ____________.
broker
merchant
planter
overseer
Location affected how well plantations did. The most successful plantations were...
... on rivers or near ports.
... on the sides of cliffs.
... in major cities.
... deep within the forest.
Over time, shipbuilders developed the Baltimore clipper. What made the Baltimore clipper special?
It was one of the world's fastest sailing ships.
It was one of the world's largest sailing ships.
It was one of the world's smallest sailing ships.
It was one of the world's first motorized ships.
In what colony was Baltimore located?
the Maryland colony.
the North Carolina colony.
the Boston colony.
the Virginia colony.
Which cash crop grew well on warm, wet land?
rice
tobacco
wheat
corn
Wilmington, North Carolina, became an important shipping center for what kinds of goods?
forest
river
prairie
valley
Which city became the largest in the Southern Colonies?
Charles Town
Wilmington
Jamestown
Philadelphia
What kind of animal do you see?
monkey
donkey
turkey
hippopotamus
