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Colonial Social Roles

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Most landowners lived in what colonies

a)

New england

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

2.

Large land owners are_____

a)

Well educated

b)

Get no education

c)

Drop out of school

d)

Focus on owning there land

3.

Who did large landowners depend on

a)

Their neighbors

b)

Indentured/enslaved

c)

Women

d)

Gentry

4.

Large land owners are often known as

a)

Middle class

b)

Enslaved people

c)

Gentry

d)

Lower class

5.

Who did Farmers mostly rely on

a)

Enslaved people

b)

Themsleves

c)

Neighbors

d)

Family members

6.

Farmers in the north struggled with

a)

Not having money

b)

Poor land

c)

Competition

d)

No support

7.

Farmers in the south struggled with

a)

Land competition

b)

Poor land

c)

No support

d)

Not having enough money

8.

Farmer are ____

a)

Well respected

b)

Get no respect

c)

Enslaved people

d)

Upper class-Gentry

9.

Who are artisans

a)

The upper class

b)

People who work on farms

c)

Worked as craftsmen

d)

Military workers

10.

Where did artisans work

a)

Underground

b)

In villages

c)

In there mansions

d)

In big cities

11.

Some artisans are___

a)

Balcksmiths

b)

Enslaved people

c)

Millener

d)

Seamstress

12.

Who are apprentices

a)

Watched artisans as they work so they can gain skills and do it themselves one day

b)

Hard workers who are underpaid and treated unfairly

c)

Lived with the gentry and gained lots of money through social connections

d)

People who sit around and bother people for no reason failing to do there jobs and living on the streets

13.

Artisans are

a)

poorly respected

b)

respected

c)

hated

d)

worshiped

14.

What was a woman's job

a)

They were the caretakers

b)

They had to provide all the necessities for the family

c)

To control the village so nothing out of control happens

15.

Wealthy woman had enslaved people do most of their work

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

16.

Could woman own property

a)

No they couldn't

b)

Yes they could

c)

If there husbands allowed it

17.

Woman could vote and they got great education

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

Free African americans lived mostly

a)

In the South

b)

In the North

c)

In the East

d)

In the West

19.

They were allowed to own land but they could not vote

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

Did they get economic freedom

a)

They did

b)

They did not

c)

They never earned money in the first place

21.

Who are indentured servants

a)

People who borrowed money to travel a passage that they then worked years to repay

b)

Scammers who scammed people by taking there money to travel across a passage

c)

People who were not very well respected but were free at the end of their contract

22.

Were indentured people safe from people harming them

a)

No people were mean

b)

Yes, they had laws to protect them

c)

No, people often broke laws