WorksheetsColonization Vocab #3
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which colonists were farmers and plantation owners who grew cotton and tobacco?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
d)
Backcountry
2.
Large farms, called ___________________, were spread throughout the Southern colonies.
a)
Trade centers
b)
Plantations
c)
Settlements
d)
industrial centers
3.
1st representative governing body in the American colonies.
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Virginia House of Burgesses
d)
Congress
4.
Crop grown for profit.
a)
cash crop
b)
money crop
c)
food money
5.
What group of people had a voice in government in colonial America.
a)
women
b)
men
c)
white men who owned property
d)
women who owned property
6.
What was the main economic commodity (trading good) of the southern colonies?
a)
Corn
b)
Tobacco
c)
Soybeans
d)
Sunflowers
7.
What was the term for the slave trade that predominantly serviced the southern colonies?
a)
Colombian Exchange
b)
Triangular Trade
c)
Africa-America Exchange
d)
Plantation Economic Trade
8.
The slave trade was a major part of the southern economy. Why were slaved used in the southern colonies?
a)
Textile Manufacturing
b)
Shipbuilding
c)
Land Creation Act
d)
Plantation System
9.
The Virginia House of Burgesses was significant because it set up a legislature based on:
a)
Elected Representatives
b)
Direct Democracy
c)
Federalism
d)
Monarchies
10.
Who is someone who owes money.
a)
Slave
b)
Indentured Servant
c)
Debtor
d)
Proprietor
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