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Colonial Life

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  • Q1
    What is an apprentice?
    a young person who learns a skill from a more experienced person
    the second leg of a voyage
    a skilled worker
    a trade route
    60s
  • Q2
    What is the middle passage?
    a skilled worker
    the second leg of a voyage
    a colonial town
    the third leg of a voyage
    60s
  • Q3
    What is an artisan?
    a person who is enslaved
    a person who teaches social studies
    a person who works on the railroad
    a skilled worker
    60s
  • Q4
    What is a miller?
    someone who runs mills where colonists grind corn and wheat
    someone who prints newspapers
    someone who makes shoes
    someone who makes dresses
    60s
  • Q5
    What is a merchant?
    made clothes from woven material
    traded goods with England and other countries
    made barrels from wood
    made maps that marked boundary lines
    60s
  • Q6
    What is a cooper?
    made and repaired iron goods
    made barrels from wood and iron
    made maps and marked boundary lines
    caught cod and other fish
    60s
  • Q7
    In which region did slaves play a role in producing goods?
    the Southern colonies
    the New England colonies
    the Middle colones
    Wyoming
    60s
  • Q8
    What are the three regions of the colonies?
    New England, Middle, and Southern
    Toronto, New York City, Philadelphia
    Roanoke, Jamestown, New Amsterdam
    New York, New Jersey, Florida
    60s
  • Q9
    Which is NOT a colony?
    New York
    Georgia
    Maine
    New Jersey
    60s
  • Q10
    What is a triangular trade route?
    a trade route across the United States to promote westward expansion
    a math problem
    trade routes shaped like rectangles
    trade routes shaped like triangles
    60s
  • Q11
    In what time period are we currently discussing in class?
    1500s
    1800s
    1300s
    1700s
    60s
  • Q12
    Who is Benjamin Franklin?
    an inventor, founder of Philadelphia's first library, helped write the Declaration of Independence
    Won key battles during the Pontiac Rebellion
    cultivated the first successful indigo crop in the United States
    a person who was enslaved in the colonies
    60s
  • Q13
    Who was Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney?
    helped write the Declaration of Independence
    helped Spain maintain control over California
    cultivated the first successful indigo crop
    named the territory of Louisiana
    60s
  • Q14
    An open space where cattle and sheep could graze
    self-sufficient
    meeting place
    middle passage
    town common
    60s
  • Q15
    News stories based on facts and recent events
    news articles
    the Declaration of Independence
    the Constitution
    featured articles
    60s

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