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People who lived in the New England colonies built ships, traded, and fished because
a) their parents had passed those skills on.
b) it was so much fun.
c) the King required them to do so.
d) they lived near the ocean.

In the Southern colonies, plantations developed because
a) there weren't enough people to make cities.
b) the King required it.
c) that was how the colonists had lived in England.
d) the climate and flat land was good for growing cash crops.

What products were traded by Southern colonists?
a) fish and deer
b) Pokemon cards
c) tobacco and rice
d) corn and wheat

The Puritans established which group of colonies?
a) Middle Colonies
b) New England Colonies
c) Southern Colonies
d) None of the Above

Why were some colonies called proprietary colonies?
a) Those colonies were owned by a person.
b) Those colonies' main business was proprietting.
c) Those colonies were not doing well.
d) The colonies were run by the king

One way that people changed the natural environment is
a) trading with other countries
b) blocking rivers to increase the flow of water
c) inventing furnaces and air conditioning
d) shipbuilding and fishing by the ocean

Which of the Middle colonies was founded by someone who was a Quaker?
a) Pennsylvania
b) Delaware
c) New York
d) New Jersey

One example of how people adjusted to the natural environment is
a) shipbuilding and fishing by the ocean
b) inventing furnaces and air conditioning
c) trading with other countries
d) blocking rivers to increase the flow of water

What does the word proprietor mean?
a) someone who propriets
b) someone who is voted to lead a colony
c) someone who owns land or property
d) someone who trades with others to make a living

What was the purpose of damming, or blocking, rivers and streams?
a) to make the scenery more beautiful
b) to increase the flow of water
c) to catch more fish
d) to make swimming pool

Which Southern colony was known for its good relations with the Native Americans?
a) South Carolina
b) North Caroline
c) Georgia
d) Virginia

Why did England pass laws limiting colonists' trade with other countries?
a) to protect its industries
b) to show that it didn't like the other countries
c) to keep the Natives from getting restless
d) to protect the colonists

The name of the journey that enslaved Africans took to the Americas
a) Slave Trade
b) Slave Passage
c) Slave Route
d) Middle Passage

A product bought from another country
a) FedEx
b) Import
c) Export
d) Trade

Breaking tools, learning to read and write, and stealing food are all examples of...
a) ways slaveholders punished enslaved people.
b) enslaved people resisting slavery.
c) how teachers act in the teachers' lounge.
d) reasons why people were put into slavery.

A product sold to other countries
a) FedEx
b) Import
c) Export
d) Trade

Which of the following is an example of an artisan?
a) Sailor
b) merchant
c) blacksmith
d) clerk

There were more slaves in the Southern colonies than in the Northern because...
a) They preferred the South because it was warmer.
b) The large farms in the South needed many workers.
c) Slavery had been outlawed in the North.
d) The slaves were seasick before they got to the North.

African Americans affected life in the American colonies in the following ways:
a) using knowledge to help grow rice better
b) working the fields
c) both of these
d) none of these

Which of the following traveled on the triangular trade route from Africa to the colonies?
a) iron products
b) textiles
c) raw materials
d) enslaved Africans

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