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Chapter 7 Test: Southern Colonies

Quiz by Michelle Kruse

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  • Q1
    Who founded the Maryland Colony to give Catholics a safe place to worship?
    Lord Baltimore
    King Charles II
    James Oglethrope
    Lords Proprietors
    30s
  • Q2
    Which Southern Colony did James Oglethorpe help found?
    Georgia
    Maryland
    South Carolina
    Virginia
    30s
  • Q3
    Which region does the word backcountry mean
    Chesapeake Bay
    Coastal Plain
    Piedmont
    Interior Plains
    30s
  • Q4
    Where did most enslaved Africans work in the Southern Colonies?
    In the backcountry
    On plantations
    In port cities
    On ships
    30s
  • Q5
    Where was the first settlement in North America for free Africans located?
    French Louisiana
    Spanish Florida
    Massachusetts Colony
    Pennsylvania Colony
    30s
  • Q6
    What was the main cash crop grown in the NORTHERN areas of the Southern Colonies?
    Rice
    Wheat
    Indigo
    Tobacco
    30s
  • Q7
    What was the main cash crop grown in the SOUTHERN areas of the Southern Colonies?
    Indigo
    Rice
    Tobacco
    Wheat
    30s
  • Q8
    What kind of worker did many Southern colonists hire to buy and sell good for them in England?
    Planter
    Broker
    Proprietor
    Overseer
    30s
  • Q9
    Which cash crop did many planters grow in the low, swampy lands?
    Corn
    Rice
    Indigo
    Tobacco
    30s
  • Q10
    What is the major port city of Georgia?
    Savannah
    Wilmington
    Norfolk
    30s
  • Q11
    What is the major port city of Maryland?
    Charles Town
    Baltimore
    Wilmington
    30s
  • Q12
    What is the major port city of North Carolina?
    Savannah
    Baltimore
    Wilmington
    30s
  • Q13
    What is the major port city of South Carolina?
    Baltimore
    Charles Town
    Norfolk
    30s
  • Q14
    What is the major port city of Virginia?
    Savannah
    Norfolk
    Charles Town
    30s
  • Q15
    Name the three cash crops.
    Indigo, Rice, and Wheat
    Corn, Wheat, and Rice
    Rice, Corn, and Tobacco
    Indigo, Rice and tobacco
    30s

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