Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
Mercantilism
The New World
100

This was the first permanent settlement by the English in North America.

Jamestown/Virginia Colony

100

Due to the climate, these were difficult or impossible to grow in the Middle colonies.

Cash crops (Tobacco, rice, indigo, sugar)

100

This was the first English settlement in New England.

Plymouth/Massachusetts Bay Co. 

100

Mercantilism is a system where a country tries to become wealthy by importing _____________ and exporting ______________.

Raw materials/cash crops

Manufactured goods

100

Explorers travelled from Spain and Portugal in the 1400s, attempting to reach ________ in order to trade for exotic goods and create colonies there. 

Asia/India

200

The climate in the South was extremely ________ and ___________, making it ideal to grow cash crops like tobacco. 

Hot, humid

200

The Middle colonies focused on growing ___________ rather than tobacco.

Food crops, such as corn and wheat.

200

Many of the early settlers were ____________, an extremely strict sect of Christianity.

Puritans

200

Nations like Spain, Portugal, France, and England created ____________ around the world, in order to giver their countries a reliable supply of cash crops and raw materials.

Colonies

200

Due to the Spanish encounter with the New World (the Americas), many new foods and products suddenly became available in different parts of the world, in a process known as the _________________.

Columbian Exchange

300

In terms of size, Southern colonies were generally much ___________ compared to the Middle and New England colonies.

Larger

300

In addition to agriculture, many people in the Middle Colonies made their living by raising __________, for food and labor.

Domesticated animals, like cows, chickens, pigs, and horses.

300

Due to the colder climate, New Englanders focused on making ____________, rather than exporting agriculture.

Manufactured goods, especially those made from lumber.

300

Colonists produced cash crops and sold them to their "mother country". The mother country then sells _________ back to the colony, at a profit.

Manufactured goods made from the raw materials.

300

____________ were brought from the Americas to the rest of the world, creating a great demand from the people who liked and needed them.

Tomatoes, potatoes, corn, tobacco, hot peppers...

400

In Virginia Colony, the ______________ was created by landholders in order to create a system of government.

The House of Burgesses, a representative assembly.

400

The Middle Colonies became an important place for ______________, due to their ports and convenient location between the New England and Southern colonies.

Trade/business

400

In addition to their own industries, New England became a center for _________ due to their good harbors.

Fishing/trade

400

Mercantilism worked for both the mother countries and their colonies because both sides made a profit. However, colonies were restricted from _______________, while the mother countries were not. 

Trading with other nations or foreign colonies.

400

____________ were brought from Europe to the Americas, changing the lives and cultures of the Native American Indians forever.

Diseases (like smallpox), domesticated animals (such as horses), and new religions (such as Christianity)

500

The names of the Southern Colonies are: (five answers)

Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland

500

The names of the Middle Colonies are (four answers):

Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York

500

The names of the New England colonies are (four answers):


(Hey, at least I'm not making you SPELL these...)

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire

500

If there are mother countries and baby colonies, are thee other siblings? Sister and brother colonies? What about father colonies?

The whole mother/baby thing is just an analogy. Countries themselves don't reproduce biologically. 

(Thank goodness!)

500

Colonists purchased  ______________, especially those who wanted to run plantations, and used them as laborers.

Enslaved people
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