Colonies Review

A person living in a colony is known as

• slave

• colonist

• colony

• apprentice

A large farm that used slaves to grow crops is called a

• apprentice

• hornbook

• slave

• plantation

An area of land owned by another country is called a

• colonist

• plantation

• colony

• state

A hornbook is

• a book that was filled with recipes

• a wooden slab with lessons pasted to it

• a tool used on a plantation

• something made from buffalo

An apprentice is

• a young person who is learning a specific skill from someone who is really good at it

• a young person in school

• someone who works at a plantation with slaves

• a colonist working for a slave

Which colonial region was best known for having plantations?

• the Southern Colonies

• the New England Colonies

• the Middle Colonies

• all of the colonies had plantations

Mark all statements that are FALSE about colonial schools in America.

• There were no schools in colonial America.

• There were large schools with many students and teachers.

• Girls didn't have as many opportunities in schools as boys did.

• Children were required to go to school until they were 15.

The meeting house would have been used for:

• making shoes

• school

• community gatherings

• buying and selling things

Whose job was it to do the following: plowing the fields, building homes, and hunting?

• teens

• women

• the entire colony worked together

• men

Mark all reasons that colonists came to America.

• European countries wanted to claim land for themselves.

• European countries were becoming too crowded, so they needed to send people to live in other places.

• Some colonists were forced to come to America as slaves.

• Many wanted to be able to have freedom to worship how they wanted to.