Vocabulary
Different Groups
Making a Living
Vocabulary
100

True or False: 

A person who buys and sells goods for money is an artisan.

True

100

This group of immigrants contributed to stone walls.

The Germans

100

Why did certain groups come to New York?

To practice their religion freely

100

A landowner who brings settlers to work is land is a patroon. True or False?

True

200

A person who works for an experienced person to learn a skill.

apprentice

200

What types of things did the Native Americans introduce?

Corn, pumpkins, lacrosse

200

How were manors different than small farms?

Manors had more fields and buildings.

200

A place that is ruled by another country is a ______. 

colony, governor, or economy?

Colony

300

An indentured servant worked for what?

an exchange for payment for a boat trip to America

300

The Dutch introduced hockey. True or false?

False: They introduced Ice Skating

300

Why were shipping and shipbuilding important to the colonial New York?

Shipping boosted the economy with imports and exports.

300

Samuel De Champlain discovered which lake?

Lake Champlain

400

What is a service?

a job that helps people, a service that people can purchase. 

400

The English introduced

Tennis

400

How was life different for girls and boys in colonial New York?

Girls: less schooling, housework and chores. 

Boys: more schooling, apprentices, reading and writing

400

Henry Hudson discovered what river?

Hudson River

500

What is the difference between import and export?

Import means to bring them in from another place. Export means to them them to another place. 

500

This group introduced stone and wood houses

Huguenots

500
Describe New York under the English rule. 

The English were governed by the English King and were loyal to him. 

500

What is the triangular trade?

The trade route that describes that Africans were brought to America and goods were sent to England.