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Growing Colonies

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Manufacturing, especially shipbuilding, was very important to the people in this region.

a)

New England

b)

Mid-Atlantic

c)

Southern

2.

In which region would you find plantations?

a)

New England

b)

Mid-Atlantic

c)

Southern

3.

This colonial region was founded mostly for religious freedoms, except New Hampshire where they settled for economic reasons due to fishing and shipping.

a)

New England

b)

Mid-Atlantic

c)

Southern

4.
The mild winters and long summers made it possible to have long growing seasons in this region. 
a)
New England
b)
Mid-Atlantic
c)
Southern
5.

Which statement about the Southern Colonies is true?

a)

The cold, dry winters prevented the planting of many crops.

b)

The warm, wet summers were good for growing tobacco.

c)

The lack of rivers and streams hurt crops and trade.

d)

The area was good for farming grains.

6.

Which statement about the New England Colonies is true?

a)

The cold, dry winters prevented the planting of many crops.

b)

The warm, wet summers were good for growing tobacco.

c)

The lack of rivers and streams hurt crops and trade.

d)

The area was good for farming grains.

7.
Who could've said, "I feel so hopeless because I'll never gain my freedom?"
a)
a slave
b)
a large landowner
c)
an indentured servant
d)
an artisan
8.

Who could've said, "I watch as more and more people arrive by boat and move onto the land that my tribe has hunted and lived on for years. I wonder how many more will come?"

a)

American Indian

b)

a large landowner

c)

farmer

d)

an artisan

9.

Who could've said, "I spend my time cooking, cleaning, and raising my children?"

a)

woman

b)

farmer

c)

indentured servant

d)

an artisan

10.

Which colonial region was known as the "Breadbasket" because of the amount of wheat it grew?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

11.

In which colonial region were cash crops such as rice, indigo and tobacco grown and sold?

a)

Southern

b)

Middle

c)

New England

12.

In which colonial region was slave labor used for producing cash crops?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

13.

Religious revival in the colonies?

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Great Awakening

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Holy Awakening

14.

First college in the Colonies

a)

Yale

b)

Harvard

c)

Penn

d)

Brown