Semester 1 Review, Part 1
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- Q1What was the Mayflower Compact?a trade contract between Native Americans and colonistsa list of grievances against Englandan early attempt at colonial self-governmentthe ship's list of colonists and their supplies120s
- Q2How did the Southern Colonies make their money in the 1600s?by training apprenticesby growing cash cropsby establishing large plantationsby building ships120s
- Q3How did the Middle Colonies make their money in the 1600s?by building log cabinsby planting tobaccoby trading furwith shipping and trade120s
- Q4How did the New England Colonies make their money in the early 1600s?by building a naval fleetby growing and selling staple cropsby selling off their forestsby building and selling ships120s
- Q5Which cash crops did the Southern Colonies mostly grow?oats, indigo, and barleytobacco, wheat, and barleytobacco, indigo, and ricecorn, wheat, and rice120s
- Q6Which colonial region could not support farming as an economy?the Southern Coloniesthe Middle Coloniesthe New England Coloniesthe Northwest Colonies120s
- Q7Which colonial region used slaves as blacksmiths and carpenters?the Middle Coloniesthe Western Coloniesthe New England Coloniesthe Southern Colonies120s
- Q8What jobs did women fill during colonial times?teachers and doctorsoverseeing farming and business, and practicing medicinecraftspeople and buildersfield laborers120s
- Q9Which colonies used the most indentured servants?the Northwest Coloniesthe Middle Coloniesthe New England Coloniesthe Southern Colonies120s
- Q10Which describes the physical environment of the Southern Colonies?rich farming soil and warm climatevast open fields and harsh wintersrocky soil and a temperate climatefertile soil with many rivers, forests, and small animals120s
- Q11What was the primary role of a slave in the early colonies?farm laborercraftsmanapprenticeindentured servant120s
- Q12Which colonial region relied on family to work their small farms?the Western Coloniesthe Middle Coloniesthe New England Coloniesthe Southern Colonies120s
- Q13What was the Middle Passage?the long trail leading settlers across the Appalachian Mountainsthe dangerous part of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain and the Americasthe worst part of Triangular trade that brought slaves to the Americasthe border defining the Middle Colonies' region120s
- Q14Which war was fought over control of the Ohio River Valley?Metacomet's Warthe French and Indian Warthe War of 1812the Revolutionary War120s
- Q15How was France affected after the French and Indian War?France gained the Northwest Territory.France gained more Native American territories.France lost control of the Appalachian Territory.France lost all power in North America.120s