Geography
Name the imaginary line of reference located at 66.5 N.
Arctic Circle
The Triangular Trade involved 3 continents. Name these continents.
What was another name for a poor, white, European who signed up to work for 5-7 years in the colonies as a way to pay for the journey across?
indentured servant
This strict religious group landed in Massachusetts Bay in 1629.
False. The Middle Colonies were very diverse compared to the New England and Southern colonies.
What is another name for 180 degrees?
The International Dateline.
Why was labor needed in the colonies?
Labor was needed on the large farms called plantations. These cash crops were the main economy in the south.
Why did Europeans want to come to the "New World" from Europe in the 1600s?
Europe was nasty. Europe was experiencing a lot of war, crime, disease, and famine.
The Pilgrims were not supposed to land in Massachusetts. Where was the original landing spot of the Pilgrims?
Virginia
What was the nickname given to the Middle Colonies?
The bread basket colonies.
How many time zones are there in the world?
24 time zones.
What were some of the items the African tribal chiefs wanted from Europe?
guns, alcohol, cloth, iron products, gunpowder
What is another name for the large farms in the South?
plantation
False. The land was not good for farming. Poor soil and rocky.
What European power first settled in the land known as New York?
Netherlands ( Dutch )
No, Brazil is in the Southern Hemisphere.
6 million.
Name three cash crops that grew well in the South.
Tobacco, Rice, and Indigo
How did the New England colonies make money?
fishing, shipbuilding, and trading. They exported lumber to Europe.
What were two main crops in the middle colonies?
wheat and corn
What imaginary line of reference runs through Botswana?
Tropic of Capricorn
What do you call the journey African people took across the Atlantic Ocean?
The Middle Passage
Which Southern Colony was a buffer between the Spanish and English and was also a colony of debtors?
Georgia
What was the name of the period when nearly 14,000 Puritans left England and settled in Massachusetts?
The Great Migration
Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn. Why was William Penn given this land by Charles II?
Charles II owed Penn's father a lot of money, so he gave William Penn the land in the New World as payment.