Vocabulary
The New England colonies supported many ________, or groups of businesses that provide certain goods or services.
a. assembly
b. economy
c. grant
d. industries
a. assembly
The way people use their resources to meet their needs and wants is called a(n) ________.
a. assembly
b. economy
c. West Indies
d. grant
b. economy
The British included people from
a. Germany
b. Holland
c. Ireland
d. Scotland
d. Scotland
Massachusetts Bay was founded to protect
a. Baptists
b. Catholics
c. Puritans
d. Quakers
Which of these was a disadvantage of Maryland as a place to colonize?
a. crops did not grow well
b. forest trees were scarce
c. Mosquitoes spread disease
d. People did not stay long
c. Mosquitoes spread disease
A body of lawmakers is called a(n) _________.
a. assembly
b. economy
c. grant
d. West Indies
a. assembly
King Charles II decided to _______, or give land, in North America to William Penn.
a. assembly
b. economy
c. West Indies
d. grant
d. grant
The economies of the colonial regions differed because they had different
a. governments
b. languages
c. origins
d. resources
d. resources
Why was Rhode Island founded?
a. to be a trade center
b. to offer religious freedom
c. to have large tobacco farms
d. to home many poor people
b. to offer religious freedom
Why was Georgia founded?
a. to help poor debtors avoid jail
b. to trade with Spanish colonies
c. to raise taxes from new colonies
d. to shelter people who had been enslaved
a. to help poor debtors avoid jail
a. assembly
b. economy
c. plantation
d. grant
c. plantation
Someone who agreed to work for an employer for a set period of time in order to pay off a debt was called _________.
a. an enslaved person
b. a colonist
c. an apprentice
d. an indentured servant
d. an indentured servant
Plantations specialized in producing
a. fine foods
b. cash crops
c. dairy cattle
d. wood furniture
b. cash crops
Why were Quakers mistreated in England?
a. They refused to obey laws
b. They often received special favors from the king
c. They taught that people should overthrow kings by force
d. They practiced a different religion from most English people.
d. They practiced a different religion from most English people.
The Middle colonies had a _______ population.
a. similar
b. diverse
c. limited
d. large
b. diverse