Name:
Period:
Part A:
Part B:
Item
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Geography and the 13 Colonies
Match the pictures to the descriptions by writing the letter for each picture next to the statement that is the
best match for the picture.
Find the appropriate term for each correctly match picture and description. Write the term in the
corresponding box. (Use the Word Bank provided)
Letter
(A – P)
Descriptive Statement
1.
An agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit
2.
Something, usually money, that is owed or due
3.
A geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on
the Earth’s surface
A person who came to America and was placed under contract to work for
another over a period of time, usually seven years
A person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another
4.
5.
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7.
A great circle of the earth passing through the poles and any given point
on the earth’s surface
A document signed by the Pilgrims in 1620 in which they pledged to
govern themselves
8.
The first representative assembly in colonial America, established in 1619
9.
A settler or inhabitant of a colony
10.
A group of English Protestants which sought to purify the Church of
England
A cash crop in the Southern colonies used for dye
11.
12.
An economic system where few restrictions are placed on business activities and
ownership
13.
A group of separatists who founded the Plymouth Colony
14.
15.
The stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were
shipped to the New World as a part of the Atlantic slave trade
A government under the control and direction of its own people
16.
The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth’s equator
Term
Name:
Period:
Geography and the 13 Colonies
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Cash Crop
Colonist
Debt
Debtor
Free Enterprise
House of Burgesses
Middle Passage
Indentured Servant
Part C:
WORD BANK
• Indigo
• Mayflower Compact
• Pilgrim
• Puritan
• Self-government
• Latitude
• Longitude
• Meridian
Categorize each of the terms in the Word Bank into one of the following 3 categories. Justify your
answer with evidence.
POLITICAL
SOCIAL
ECONOMIC