5th - SS Chapter 6 Lesson 1,2,3 &4

Question 0

Name things that colonial children did in their free time.

Answer 0

Games, sports, danced, played hide-and-seek, tag, climbed trees, swam, flew kites, ice skating, sledding

Question 1

What is a movement in the 1730s in which people again became interested in religion?

Answer 1

Great Awakening

Question 2

What was the main thing that schools in colonial times had in common with schools today?

Answer 2

Students learned the basics - reading, writing, and arithmetic.

Question 3

What book sold the most copies during these colonial times?

Answer 3

The Bible

Question 4

What is a book with facts and figures about many topics?

Answer 4

Almanac

Question 5

What are some of the foods colonists enjoyed?

Answer 5

Breads, puddings and pancakes made from corn; stews made of fish or meat with vegetables and seasoned with salt and pepper; desserts such as ice cream, donuts and fruit pies

Question 6

Why were some of the English colonies home to people of many different religions?

Answer 6

Several of the colonies were founded as a place where people could enjoy religious freedom. And some colonies continued to be refuges for religious groups that faced persecution in Europe.

Question 7

What are some of the differences between school in colonial times and now?

Answer 7

1. Most schools had only one room.
2. Students of different ages worked together.
3. Schools taught students how to be polite.
4. Most students left school to work once they became teenagers.

Question 8

What was one of the most popular books in the 13 Colonies?

Answer 8

Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack

Question 9

What group led the Great Awakening?

Answer 9

The Protestants

Question 10

What was the next college to open after Harvard?

Answer 10

The College of William and Mary which opened in 1693 in Williamburg, Virginia

Question 11

What was another important activity for colonist?

Answer 11

Writing letters because it helped them stay in touch

Question 12

What are two things that the Great Awakening do?

Answer 12

Revived interest in religion again and inspired people to help others

Question 13

What is one oldest college in the United States?

Answer 13

Harvard, established near Boston in 1636

Question 14

Who was one of the leaders of the Great Awakening?

Answer 14

George Whitefield

Question 15

Why was reading important in the colonies?

Answer 15

It was a form of entertainment

Question 16

What was the first newspaper in the 13 Colonies?

Answer 16

The Boston News-Letter - started in April 1704

Question 17

Strict laws limited the rights of enslaved people in most northern colonies. Why?

Answer 17

To make it more difficult for enslaved people to escape

Question 18

What were some of the restrictions on enslaved people in the North?

Answer 18

Slaves could not travel or go onto a ship without permission

Question 19

What was an advantage to being a slave in the Northern colonies?

Answer 19

The slaves in the North usually had more opportunities to improve their lives than slaves in the south.

Question 20

Where did most of the slaves in the North work?

Answer 20

In stores, inns, and in people’s homes

Question 21

What was an event in 1739 in which enslaved people fought with slave owners?

Answer 21

Stone Rebellion

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Artisan

Question 23

Why were the Middle Colonies called the breadbasket colonies?

Answer 23

Because the Middle Colonies grew so much wheat.

Question 24

What was the economy of the New England colonies based?

Answer 24

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

Question 25

What was the role of the overseer on a plantation?

Answer 25

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

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Apprentice

Question 27

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

Answer 27

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 28

What is the middle part of a slave's journey from Africa to the Americas called?

Answer 28

Middle Passage

Question 29

Name three ways the New England colonies used timber.

Answer 29

To build houses, ships, and barrels

Question 30

Name three cash crops of the Southern Colonies.

Answer 30

1. Tobacco 2. Rice 3. Indigo

Question 31

Name three advantages of an apprentice.

Answer 31

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

Question 32

What was the economy of the Southern Colonies based?

Answer 32

The Southern Colonies economy was based on farming.

Question 33

What was the economy of the Middle Colonies based?

Answer 33

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

Question 34

What was the most important building in a colonial town?

Answer 34

Meeting House

Question 35

What was the second leg of the voyage called?

Answer 35

The Middle Passage - from Africa to West Indies.

Question 36

Describe a colonial town.

Answer 36

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 37

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

Answer 37

Triangular Trade Routes

Question 38

What was a large southern farm called?

Answer 38

Plantation

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Self-sufficient

Question 40

Name five colonial jobs.

Answer 40

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

Question 41

Name four things started by Ben Franklin.

Answer 41

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 42

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

Answer 42

Town Common

Question 43

Name three crops grown on a Southern plantation.

Answer 43

Tobacco, rice and indigo

Question 44

Who did most of the work on plantations?

Answer 44

Enslaved Africans

Question 45

Why did children become apprentices?

Answer 45

They gained skills by working as apprentices.