5th Grade Thirteen Colonies Test

The Puritans came to the New World in search of?

• a route to the New World

• Lumber

• Religious Freedom

• Gold

Why was it difficult to grow crops in New England?

• It was very cold in the region

• The winters were long

• The soil was poor

• the ground was made of M&M's

What did the New England Colonists become well known for?

• The unusual farming methods

• expert shipbuilders

• large slave population

• migrating to warm colonies during the winter months

In what region did the Quakers mainly live?

• Mid-Atlantic Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• New England Colonies

• All Three of the colonies

What did farmers use to dig up their feilds during colonial times

• a shovel

• a plow

• a bucket

• a hammer

Why were market towns built near a waterway or river?

• it took a long time to build a bridge

• To transport crops and goods to the market easily

• To have protection from England

• To get away from invaders quickly

What is a cash crop?

• Crops grown for money and not for personal use

• crops grown during the winter

• crops that are grown to be given away to the poor

• only crops grown in hot and humid climates

What are the three main cash crops in the Southern Colonies?

• squash

• Tobacco

• indigo

• cotton

Who did most of the hard labor in the Southern Plantations?

• The plantation owners worked in the fields

• Slaves were forced to work in the fields from sunup to sundown

• Indentured servants worked to repay for their passage to the new World

• their friends from Germany

Life in the Southern Colonies mainly focused on

• Building cities

• Farming and raising crops

• Exploring land in South Africa

• Traveling across the Atlantic Ocean