Chapter 4, Section 1: “Life In the Colonies” - Review
Vocabulary
1. subsistence farming
a. Definition:
b. Your Own Words:
2. triangular trade
a. Definition:
b. Your Own Words:
3.
cash crop
a. Definition:
b. Your Own Words:
4. Diversity
a. Definition:
b. Your Own Words:
5. Tide-water
a. Definition:
b. Your Own Words:
6. Backcountry
a. Definition:
b. Your Own Words:
7. Overseer
a. Definition:
b. Your Own Words:
Chapter 4, Section 1: “Life In the Colonies” - Review
Review Questions
8. List the various economic activities carried on in the New England colonies.
9. What does the term “Middle Passage” refer to?
10. What were the “West Indies and where were they located?
11. What did the colonies export to Africa?
12. What did they import from the West Indies?
13. What was triangular trade?
14. Which part of the triangle—import or export—do you think was most important to
colonists? Why?
15. Which set of colonies was primarily utilized for shipping imports and exports?
16. List the various economic activities carried on in the Middle colonies.
17. Explain, in your own words, supply and demand.
18. How were the settlers of the Tidewater different from those of the backcountry?
19. What were slave codes and what did they do?
20. Where would you be more likely to find enslaved African laborers—in the Tidewater or
backcountry? Why?
21. How do you think plantation owners in the Southern Colonies justified their use of
enslaved Africans?
22. List the states that made up the New England colonies.
23. List the states that made up the Middle colonies.
24. List the states that made up the Southern colonies.
25. How did farming in New England compare with farming in the Southern Colonies?
a. Use a chart like the one below to answer the question.
Similarities
New England
Southern
Differences