SS.8.A.2.3: Colonial Regions Economies Question Preview (ID: 20992)


SS.8.A.2.3: Differentiate Economic Systems Of New England, Middle And Southern Colonies Including Indentured Servants And Slaves As Labor Sources. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

In which region(s) are merchants and skilled craftspeople a part of the economy?
a) New England and Middle Colonies
b) Middle Colonies
c) Southern Colonies
d) Middle and Southern Colonies

In which region(s) is trade a part of the economy?
a) All regions
b) Middle and New England Colonies
c) Southern Colonies
d) New England and Southern Colonies

Crops that are always needed and typically grown in the middle colonies are called
a) Cash Crops
b) Subsistence Crops
c) Staple Crops
d) Basic Crops

In which region(s) are indentured servants mostly used?
a) Southern Colonies
b) All regions
c) Middle and Southern Colonies
d) Middle Colonies

In which region(s) is whaling a part of the economy?
a) Middle Colonies
b) Southern Colonies
c) Middle and New England Colonies
d) New England Colonies

In which region(s) is shipbuilding a part of the economy?
a) New England Colonies
b) Middle Colonies
c) Southern Colonies
d) Middle and New England Colonies

Farming enough crops to feed yourself and your family is referred to as
a) Plantation farming
b) Subsistence farming
c) Sharecropping
d) Reliant farming

In which region(s) is mining and iron a part of the economy?
a) Southern Colonies
b) Middle Colonies
c) Southern and Middle Colonies
d) New England Colonies

Crops that are sold for a profit, such as tobacco, are known as
a) Staple crops
b) Cash crops
c) Plantation crops
d) Money crops

In which region(s) is the headright system a part of the economy?
a) Southern Colonies
b) Middle Colonies
c) New England Colonies
d) Northern Colonies

People who work for free for a certain period of time in order to pay off their debt are called
a) Slaves
b) Indentured servants
c) Debtors
d) Debtor servants

In which region(s) are plantations a part of the economy?
a) New England colonies
b) Southern Colonies
c) Middle Colonies
d) All regions

In which region(s) is slave labor very important?
a) All regions
b) Southern Colonies
c) Middle Colonies
d) Southern and MIddle Colonies

In which region(s) are cash crops a part of the economy?
a) Southern Colonies
b) Middle Colonies
c) New England Colonies
d) New England and Southern Colonies

In which region(s) is slave trade a part of the economy?
a) Middle Colonies
b) Southern Colonies
c) New England Colonies
d) All regions

In which region(s) are fishing and whaling a part of the economy?
a) New England Colonies
b) Middle Colonies
c) New England and Middle Colonies
d) New England and Southern Colonies

In which region(s) is lumber/timber a part of the economy?
a) New England Colonies
b) Southern Colonies
c) All regions
d) Middle and Southern Colonies

In which region(s) is subsistence farming primarily used?
a) All regions
b) Middle Colonies
c) New England Colonies
d) Southern Colonies

What is term that explains how England makes money by creating colonies?
a) Triangle Trade
b) Mercantilism
c) Economization
d) Headright System

In which region(s) is fur trapping/trading a part of the economy?
a) Middle Colonies
b) New England Colonies
c) Middle and New England Colonies
d) New England and Southern Colonies

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