Multiple Choice
bay, tidewater, swamp, tributary
tidewater
The colony of Maryland was begun as a refuge for
Quakers, Puritans, Catholics, Pilgrims
Catholics
The economy of the Southern Colonies grew mainly due to
slavery, trade, geography, climate
slavery
The Southern Colony of Georgia was begun as a refuge for
debtors, wealthy farmers, retired explorers, kings and princes
debtors
Which Souther Colony was farthest North?
Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina
Maryland
A person who owns property or a business is called a
colonist, farmer, governor, proprietor
proprietor
Most planters in the Southern Colonies lived lives of great
poverty, hardship, comfort, danger
comfort
few people lived in the South, life centered around plantations, planters had few captives, people disliked large cities
life centered around plantations
Planters began using enslaved people instead of indentured servants because
they wanted workers who obeyed orders
indentured servants depended on the farmers
enslaved people worked much harder
they could make more money using enslaved Africans
they could make more money using enslaved Africans
In which ten-year period did the population of the Southern Colonies increase the most?
1710-1720
1720-1730
1730-1740
1740-1750
1730-1740
In the Southern Colonies, very large farms were called
plantations, manors, big houses, cash crops
plantations
The Outer Banks off the coast of North Carolina are a chain of
mountains, rivers, lakes, islands
islands
Mount Vernon was the childhood home of
Thomas Jefferson, William Byrd, George Washington, Lord Baltimore
George Washington
Enslaved Africans could sometimes earn money by
working for other planters, becoming craftworkers, writing books, giving speeches
working for other planters
In 1730 the population of the Southern Colonies was slightly less than,
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
300,000
A crop grown to be sold for a profit is a
harvest, cash crop, commodity, plantation
cash crop
Most enslaved people in the Southern Colonies could expect to
become free by age 35, work hard for their entire lives, buy part of the plantation, be given their own plantations
work hard for their entire lives
Under what conditions did most enslaved people on plantations live?
sleeping on floors or benches, in elegant mansions, out in the fields, in the overseers' homes
sleeping on floors or benches
Unlike tidewater Virginia, the backcountry of Virginia was
inhabited by wealthy planters, the center of Southern trade, inhabited by rough colonists, the center of Souther Social life
inhabited by rough colonists
How many Southern Colonies does the map show?
3, 4, 5, 6
5
Which word best describes the soil found in the Southern Colonies?
rocky, barren, sandy, fertile
fertile
The Southern Colonies were good for farming because their climate is
cold all year, hot all year, coool most of the year, warm most of the year
warm most of the year
What was the intention of the men who founded Carolina?
to worship freely, to earn money, to create a new government, to become craftsmen
to earn money
A graph is a diagram that helps you
understand how a machine works, compare facts and figures, see differences in land shapes, locate the Earth's resources
compare facts and figures
To the west of the Southern Colonies lay
Appalachian Mountains, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Outer Banks
Appalachian Mountains