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