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Vocabulary #1
Vocabulary #2
Plantation Life
Frontier Life
Variety
100
A person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else.
What is a broker.
100
An important cash crop on plantations.
What is rice
100
What was used instead of money on plantations?
What is crops.
100
How were frontier families self-sufficient?
They hunted, farmed and made almost everything they needed.
100
What would you find in a plantation house?
What is expensive furnishings, ballrooms, libraries, etc.
200
A public sale.
What is a auction.
200
A person who was "owned" by another and forced to work.
What is a slave.
200
These type of people could be found working on a plantation.
What is slaves, indentured servants, brokers, skillsmen.
200
Why did they have lofts?
To provide space since they were mostly one room.
200
What did girls on plantations learn?
What is housekeeping skills.
300
The place between the ceiling and the roof where the children slept.
What is a loft
300
A person who works for a certain amount of time and is then given their own land.
What is an indentured servant.
300
How did planter's children learn?
What is a tutor that came to the house and boys went to a university somewhere else.
300
The name of the road that was used to get to the backcountry.
What is the Great Wagon Road
300
What were plantation owners responsibilities?
What is keeping record of everything planted, harvested and sold.
400
The area where the land suddenly drops.
What is a fall line
400
Another name for a plantation owner.
What is a planter
400
How did Africans keep their heritage alive?
What is through the passing of stories through generations and singing songs.
400
Why did the British and French settle the Ohio River Valley?
What is to run the fur trade.
400
This person learned the skill of a craftsman and lived in their house.
What is an apprentice.
500
The land between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains
What is backcountry
500
also known as "runners of the woods" helped with trading furs.
What is coureur de Bois
500
Could slave children go to school?
No, it was illegal for slaves to learn to read or write.
500
The mode of transportation settlers used to get to the backcountry
What is a conestoga wagon
500
Why did people not want to settle the backcountry?
What is they were in danger and scared of what they did not know.