Geography of the Colonies
Life in the Colonies
Colonial Fill-in-the-Blank
People in the Colonies
Economics of the Colonies
100
These colonies were called “the breadbasket” because they produced so much wheat.
What are the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?
100
This is the name of the colonies colored purple on this map.
What are the New England Colonies?
100
The __________ Colonies were founded by the Pilgrims and Puritans who wanted religious freedom.
What are the New England Colonies?
100
These were the most powerful people in the American Colonies.
Who are large landowners?
100
Artisans who make things to sell are an example of this type of productive resource.
What is a human resource?
200
These colonies used trees from their forests to build ships.
What are the New England Colonies?
200
These people were forced to live and work on plantations in the Southern Colonies.
Who are enslaved people?
200
A _________ is a large farm for growing cash crops.
What is a plantation?
200
These people taught some colonists how to farm their own food.
Who are American Indians?
200
The tools artisans use to make goods are an example of this type of productive resource.
What is a capital resource?
300
The rocky soil and cold climate of these colonies were not good for growing cash crops.
What are the New England Colonies?
300
Puritan children in these colonies went to school to learn to read the Bible.
What are the New England Colonies?
300
The ____________ Colonies had the greatest number of people from different religions.
What are the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?
300
These people had few rights and their responsibilities included taking care of the home and raising children.
Who are women?
300
The wood from trees used by shipbuilders to make ships is an example of this type of productive resource.
What is a natural resource?
400
The rich soil and warm climate in these colonies made it an ideal place to grow cash crops.
What are the Southern Colonies?
400
Most people in these colonies made their living by farming on big or small farms.
What are the Southern Colonies?
400
The __________ Colonies were founded to grow cash crops to make money.
What are the Southern Colonies?
400
These people were freed after working for a certain number of years to pay for their trip to the colonies.
Who are indentured servants?
400
A colonist who took a risk to start a shoe-making business is an example of an ____________________.
What is an entrepreneur?
500
These colonies grew cotton and traded it with other colonies and nations around the world.
What are the Southern Colonies?
500
These colonies were founded by the Quakers who were tolerant of different religions.
What are the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?
500
Many families in the New England Colonies were _____________ because they only grew enough to feed their families.
What is self-sufficient?
500
These people knew how to make certain goods that require special skills and training.
Who are artisans?
500
Colonists ________ with other colonists in different colonies in order to get goods they needed.
What is traded?