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Chapter 2 Quiz 3
Switched-On Schoolhouse 2012 edition
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History
8th Grade
02/28/2013

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The vocabulary word meaning management of the money, materials, and resources of a government or community is
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economy
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Family farms grew ____ for making cloth.
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flax
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New England's most profitable industries were fishing and _______.
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shipbuilding
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Which animal was hunted to make such products as oil and corsets?
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whale
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Name one of four main exports of New England.
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Fish, Lumber, Furs, Ships

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Name one of four main exports of New England.
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Fish, Lumber, Furs, Ships

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Name one of four main exports of New England.
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Fish, Lumber, Furs, Ships

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Name one of four main exports of New England.
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Fish, Lumber, Furs, Ships

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Name two reasons why agriculture was not very profitable in New England.
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The winters were long, the soil was not very fertile
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Name two reasons why industries grew slowly in New England.
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There was not much money to invest in the industries

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The king did not encourage industries in the colonies

 

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A school taught by a woman in her home.
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dame school
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A piece of needlework on which a girl showed the stitches she knew.
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sampler
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A social gathering for work.
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bee
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A wooden frame with holes for a person's hands and feet.
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stocks
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Any ban on a practice or on the use of something; prohibition
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taboo

 

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A mixture of animal fats, refined for use in making candles
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tallow
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The Puritan life centered around the______.
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Church
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Puritan chose to live in ___________, rather than in __________ _____.
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Communities -not- Individual Farms
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Because of persecution, the Puritans held ______ ______ ________
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Secret church services
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Were large projects, like house building, were done together by the community or alone?
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Community
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Education was or wasn't important to Puritans-
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It Was Important
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What is one who repairs or makes clothes to order.
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Tailors
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The main occupation of the Middle Colonies was:
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Farming
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What provided cheap movement of goods to market?
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Many natural waterways
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A main port city of the Middle Colonies was:
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Philadelphia
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The Middle Colonies hadtwo things differnt about New England that were better what were they?
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Land was more fertile and winters were shorter
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The main product of the Middle Colonies was
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Grains
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Skilled craftsmen traveled around the countryside offering
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their services.
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Why was money scarce when crops produced a good profit?
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because whenever money was made it was given to England to pay debt

 

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The People of -________________- practiced different lifestyles of different nations.
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the Middle Colonies
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______________-homes were one-story homes with Dutch doors and large yards.
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New Amsterdam
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Philadelphia had canals leading-_______ ___ _____
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Throughout the city
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What 2 cities were port cities?
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New Amsterdam and Philadelphia
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Philadelphia's market days brought people from-______________- together.
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many other countries
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The Dutch enjoyed what 3 activities;
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bowling , ice skating, and sledding
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Philadelphia was known for its country atmosphere because of the
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many large parks.
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Farmers knew how much beyond agriculture.
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Little
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________is a plant from which blue dye is made.
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Indigo
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What crop did John Rolfe first successfully plant?
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Tobacco
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What are three surplus crops of the South:
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tobacco, rice, indigo
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Since tobacco required space, the land was divided into large farms called:
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plantations
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Europeans working in exchange for their passage were:
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indentured servants
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African captives who were forced to work were called:
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slaves
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Some slaveowners justified their use of slaves by claiming that the African slaves were accustomed to the
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warm weather
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What 3 things characterize the geographical advantages of Southern farming?
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mild climate, many waterways, level fertile land
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The plantation waterway provided the what services
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transportation of products to the city, travel to church, travel to neighboring plantations
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The plantation included what workshops
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carpentors shop, blacksmith, meat-curing room
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Plantation families got together for what events
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church, visits, sports events
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Plantation children might be instructed by what  people
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an indentured servent, mother, teacher
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The Southern family enjoyed what events
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fox hunts, the arrival of the ship from england, market day
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Plantation residents included what people
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indentured servants, field managers, black slaves
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Southerners enjoyed what sports
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cockfights, horce racing, fox hunts
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The master's home had what  features
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balconies, front porch, gardens
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