G5-C10-The Southern Colonies
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- Chapter 10
- The Southern Colonies
- A crop grown to be sold for a profit is a __________.
- cash crop
- The Southern Colony of Georgia was begun as a refuge for __________.
- debtors
- What was the intention of the men who founded Carolina?
- to earn money
- The economy of the Southern Colonies grew mainly due to __________.
- slavery
- The Outer Banks off the coast of North Carolina are a chain of __________.
- islands
- The Spanish territory of Florida was located to the __________ of the Southern Colonies.
- south
- Planters began using enslaved people instead of indentured servants because __________.
- they could make more money using enslaved Africans
- How many Southern Colonies were there?
- five
- Most enslaved people in the Southern Colonies could expect to __________.
- work hard for their entire lives
- Under what conditions did most enslaved people on plantations live?
- sleeping on floors or benches
- What was the population of the Southern Colonies in 1720?
- 200,000
- The Southern Colonies were good for farming because their climate is __________.
- warm most of the year
- Enslaved Africans could sometimes earn money by __________.
- working for other planters
- Unlike tidewater Virginia, the backwater of Virginia was __________.
- inhabited by rough colonists
- Most planters in the Southern Colonies lived lives of great __________.
- comfort
- The majority of towns in the Southern Colonies remained small because __________.
- life centered around plantations
- A graph is a diagram that helps you __________.
- compare facts and figures
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Which word best describes the soil found in the Southern Colonies?
rocky - barren - sandy - fertile - fertile
- The colony of Maryland was begun as a refuge for __________.
- Catholics
- A person who owns property or a business is called a __________.
- proprietor
- A low-lying coastal plain that is full of waterways is called a __________
- tidewater
- Mount Vernon was the childhood home of __________.
- George Washington
- Someone hired by a planter to enforce his rules was called __________.
- an overseer
- To the west of the Southern Colonies lay the __________.
- Appalachian Mountains
- In the Southern Colonies, very large farms were called __________.
- plantations
- Which Southern Colony was farthest north?
- Maryland
- Which river formed a border between the colonies of Virginia and Maryland?
- the Potomac