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- 1. Multiple ChoiceVirginia's climate was perfect for growing _________.cornwheattobaccobroccoli
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe House of Burgesses was the first law-making body in North America made up of _____________ officials.appointedelectedassigneddelegated
- 3. Multiple ChoiceLarge farms that grow just one crop are called _______________.ranchesorchardsplantationsacres
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat crops did the settlers in Carolina grow?corn and beanstobacco and ricerice and potatoestomatoes and beans
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement best describes the use of slavery in the Southern colonies?The slave population was a large part of the southern population.Slavery was forbidden in the southern colonies.Slavery only played a minor role in the south since most people felt slavery went against the Bible.Slavery was used only in the city of Charles Town because there was no need for slaves on the plantations.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe southern economy was based on what?Agriculture, Cash crops & making moneyFishing, furniture building, & rumHarvesting jewels from the Appalachian Mts. & making jewelryRaising silk worms brought from Asia to make sails for ships
- 7. Multiple ChoiceA crop that is sold for a profit is acash cropsubsistence cropcorn fieldbenefit crop
- 8. Multiple ChoiceA large farm, usually with 50 or more slaves and producing many cash crops.PlantationTidewaterBackcountryGone with the Wind
- 9. Multiple Choice
The 1st colony to be established was ______.MassachusettsVirginiaGeorgiaNone of the above - 10. Multiple ChoiceA tropical plant usually grown to be used as a dye.IndigoSugarTobaccoPersimmon
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an indentured servant?a person hired to watch the slaves as they worked and to punish them if they did not work harda person who does a job to help the community or society as a wholea person who builds and repairs shipsa person who agrees to work for someone in Colonial America for a fixed amount of time in order to pay for the ocean voyage
- 12. Multiple Choice
The Virginia House of Burgesses was significant because it set up a legislature based on:
Elected Representatives
Direct Democracy
Federalism
Monarchies
- 13. Multiple Choice
Southern economies were dependent on
the Plantation System
Shipbuilding Associations
Lumber Trade
the Fishing Industry
- 14. Multiple Choice
The geography of Southern Colonies included:
Uncleared Forests, Moderate Growing Season and Winters
Fertile Soil, Warm Climate, Long Growing Season
Harsh Winters, Rocky Soil, Jagged Coast
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the main reason people signed up to be an indentured servant?to escape a prison sentenceto gain the right to voteto pay for transportation to the coloniescontrol of the tobacco trade
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe main reason most settlers came to the Southern Colonies was that they wantedto expand their trading companieswarmer weatherto own a farmreligious freedom
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the most important cash crop in colonial Maryland and Virginia?riceblueberiescottontobacco
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