5th - SS Chapter 6 Lesson 1&2

Question 0

Why did children become apprentices?

Answer 0

They gained skills by working as apprentices.

Question 1

Name three advantages of an apprentice.

Answer 1

1. A way to become an artisan
2. Could learn a skill
3. Could be trained

Question 2

Name five colonial jobs.

Answer 2

Shoemaker, blacksmith, fisherman, cooper, printer, surveyor, miller, merchant, and dressmaker

Question 3

What was the economy of the New England colonies based?

Answer 3

The New England economy was based on products from the forests and the sea. Timber, fishing and whaling

Question 4

Name three ways the New England colonies used timber.

Answer 4

To build houses, ships, and barrels

Question 5

What was the economy of the Middle Colonies based?

Answer 5

The Middle Colonies was based on farm products and valuable minerals such as iron.

Question 6

Why were the Middle Colonies called the breadbasket colonies?

Answer 6

Because the Middle Colonies grew so much wheat.

Question 7

What was the economy of the Southern Colonies based?

Answer 7

The Southern Colonies economy was based on farming.

Question 8

Name three cash crops of the Southern Colonies.

Answer 8

1. Tobacco
2. Rice
3. Indigo

Question 9

How were the first (1st) and second (2nd) legs of the triangular trade route different?

Answer 9

The first leg (from England to Africa) carried iron products such as guns and the second leg (from Africa to West Indies) or Middle Passage carried captive Africans and gold.

Question 10

Name four things started by Ben Franklin.

Answer 10

1. He started Philadelphia’s first newspaper
2. He established the city’s first public library
3. He established the city’s first hospital
4. He started first volunteer fire department in the 13 colonies.

Question 11

Describe a colonial town.

Answer 11

Colonial towns were generally self-sufficient. The food came from the fields surrounding the town. Families who lived in town owned small plots of land where they grew crops and raised animals. Workshops belonging to the blacksmith, cooper, and shoemaker were often found around the town common - an open space where cattle and sheep could graze. The meeting house was the most important building in town - where ordinary people could help make decisions at town meetings and attend church on Sunday’s.

Question 12

What was the most important building in a colonial town?

Answer 12

Meeting House

Question 13

What was a large southern farm called?

Answer 13

Plantation

Question 14

Name three crops grown on a Southern plantation.

Answer 14

Tobacco, rice and indigo

Question 15

Who is a young person who learns a skill from a more experienced person?

Answer 15

Apprentice

Question 16

What is a skilled worker who makes things by hand such as a rope maker, blacksmith, or carpenter called?

Answer 16

Artisan

Question 17

What were the shipping routes between the colonies, England, and Africa known as?

Answer 17

Triangular Trade Routes

Question 18

What was the second leg of the voyage called?

Answer 18

The Middle Passage - from Africa to West Indies.

Question 19

What is relying on themselves for most of what they need?

Answer 19

Self-sufficient

Question 20

What was the open space where cattle and sheep could graze called?

Answer 20

Town Common

Question 21

What was the role of the overseer on a plantation?

Answer 21

The day-to-day work on the plantation was directed by the plantation manager or overseer.

Question 22

Who did most of the work on plantations?

Answer 22

Enslaved Africans