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13 Colonies Vocab

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A plant grown to sell, instead of the farmer using it himself.

a)

artisan

b)

terrain

c)

cash crop

d)

dissenter

2.

A person under contract to work for another person for a certain amount of time, usually without being paid but in exchange for freedom.

a)

artisan

b)

indentured servant

c)

slave trade

d)

town crier

3.

Trade routes between Africa, the Americas, and Europe, in which ships carried cash crops, manufactured goods, and enslaved people were known as

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Triangular Trade

4.

Mayflower Compact

a)

An agreement to form a government

b)

A list of questions for a judge

c)

Something used by women to apply makeup

5.

A group of Protestants who opposed war and believed in the equality of all people.

a)

Quakers

b)

Catholics

c)

Puritans

d)

Pilgrims

6.

Economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the "mother" country.

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Representative Government

c)

Charter

d)

Plantations

7.

Match the following terms to their definitions

a)

subsistence farms

1.

a type of agriculture in which people lived on what they grew themselves

b)

cash crops

2.

a crop grown for sale to make a profit (examples: wheat, corn)

c)

plantations

3.

a large farm dedicated to growing substantial amounts of crops for profit, uses enslaved labor

8.

A type of farming in which most of the produce is consumed by the farmer and his or her family, leaving little or nothing to be marketed in.

a)

Subsistence Farming

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Virginia House of Burgess

9.

Pilgrims were different than Puritans because they

a)

Had no opinion about the Church of England

b)

Were happy to belong to the Church of England

c)

Wanted to purify the Church of England

d)

Wanted to completely separate from the Church of England

10.

Which religious group wanted to "purify the church of England"?

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Puritans

c)

Separatists

d)

Quakers