Chapter 6: Middle Colonies
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- Q1What happens at a gristmill?Logs were made into lumberIron was made into horseshoesGrain was made into flourThread was made into cloth30s
- Q2Which of the following did the Middle Colonies import FROM England?Enslaved workersGrainGunpowderLumber30s
- Q3Which of these workers could make finished good from farm products?BlacksmithsMasonsCoopersBakers30s
- Q4Which of the following was NOT important to the prosperity of the colonies?PortsTradeWhalesFarms30s
- Q5Which geographical advantages most helped the Middle Colonies become known as the "breadbasket" colonies?Long riversDeep harborsTropical climateFertile Soil30s
- Q6After taking control of New Netherlands from the Dutch, which two colonies did the English form in that region?Connecticut and MassachusettsMaryland and VirginiaNew York and New JerseyDelaware and Pennsylvania30s
- Q7With what Native American leader did William Penn form a long lasting peace?TamanendTisquatumMetacometPowhatan30s
- Q8Which of these colonists was a leader of the Great Awakening?Benjamin FranklinPeter StuyvesantWilliam PennGeorge Whitefield30s
- Q9Why were port cities important to the economic success?They were surrounded by farmsThey were major trade centersThey offered more freedoms to immigrantsThey gave artisans a place to sell their products30s
- Q10Which of the following made an economic choice to pay to use a grist mill?A craft workerA farmerA fisherA rancher30s
- Q11What word means safe place?ProsperityArtisanRefuge30s
- Q12What word means owner?ProprietorMilitiaProsperity30s
- Q13What word means fairness?JusticeArtisanMilitia30s
- Q14What word means volunteer army?JusticeMilitiaProprietor30s
- Q15What word means economic success?ProprietorProsperityRefuge30s