History Quiz 3 Unit2 AOA- 8th

Philadelphia's market days brought people from many countries together. T or F?

True

Puritans chose to live in communities rather than on individual farms. T or F?

True

Skilled craftsmen traveled around the countryside offering their services. T or F?

True

Some slave owners justified their use of slaves by claiming that the African slaves were accustomed to the warm weather. T or F?

True

The Dutch enjoyed bowling, ice skating, and sledding. T or F?

True

The Puritan life centered around the church. T or F?

True

The many natural waterways provided cheap movement of goods to the market. T or F?

True

The people of the Middle Colonies practiced different lifestyles of different nations. T or F?

True

Select the main exports of New England:

fish, lumbers, furs, ships

Family farms grew ____ for making cloth.

flax

The main product of the Middle Colonies was

grains

Europeans working in exchange for their passage were:

indentured servants

Southerners enjoyed all of the following sports except:

lawn bowling

The Southern family enjoyed all of the following events except:

market day

Which of the following characterizes the geographical advantages of Southern farming?

mild climate, many waterways, level fertile land

The plantation included the following workshops except:

mill

The Middle Colonies had ______ soil and ______ winters than New England.

more fertile, shorter

Since tobacco required space, the land was divided into large farms called:

plantations

Plantation residents included all of the following people except:

preachers

A piece of needlework on which a girl showed the stitches she knew.

sampler

New England's most profitable industries were fishing and _______.

shipbuilding

African captives who were forced to work were called:

slaves

A wooden frame with holes for a person's hands and feet.

stocks

Any ban on a practice or on the use of something; prohibition.

taboo

A ______ is one who repairs or makes clothes to order.

tailor

A mixture of animal fats, refined for use in making candles.

tallow

What crop did John Rolfe first successfully plant?

tobacco

Select the three surplus crops of the South:

tobacco, rice, indigo

Plantation children might be instructed by the following people except:

village schoolmaster

Which animal was hunted to make such products as oil and corsets?

whale

Because of persecution, the Puritans held secret church services. T or F?

False

Education was not important to Puritans. T or F?

False

Farmers knew little beyond agriculture. T or F?

False

Market day was strictly for business. T or F?

False

Middle Colony farms were very close together for visiting. T or F?

False

New Amsterdam homes were one-story homes with Dutch doors and large yards. T or F?

False

Philadelphia had canals leading throughout the city. T or F?

False

Puritans lived in communities for convenience to their businesses and protection from attack. T or F?

False

Sunday was a time for church, fellowship, and cooking. T or F?

False

The main reason the London Company sponsored Jamestown was to form a colony allowing religious freedom. T or F?

False

_______ is a plant from which blue dye is made.

Indigo

A main port city of the Middle Colonies was:

Philadelphia

The main occupation of the Middle Colonies was:

farming

Select the reasons why agriculture was not very profitable in New England.

The winters were long, the soil wasn't very fertile.

Select the reasons why industries grew slowly in New England.

There was not much money to invest in industries, The king didn't encourage industries in the colonies

Both Philadelphia and New Amsterdam were port cities. T or F?

True

Large projects, like house building, were done together by the community. T or F?

True

Philadelphia was known for its country atmosphere because of the many large parks. T or F?

True

Why was money scarce when crops produced a good profit?

When profit was made from selling crops, it was given to England to pay debt. (put in your own words)

The master's home had all the following features except:

an inside kitchen

A social gathering for work.

bee

The plantation waterway provided the following services except:

commercial fishing

A school taught by a woman in her home.

dame school

The vocabulary word meaning management of the money, materials, and resources of a government or community is

economy

Plantation families got together for the following events except:

exporting tobacco