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Lesson 4 - Colonial Life

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Question 1

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What was an apprentice supposed to learn?

reading, writing, and arithmetic

farming skills

good manners

a trade or craft

Question 2

2.

__________ had their passage to the colonies paid for in exhange for five to seven years of work.

indentured servants

Puritans

Pilgrims

enslaved Africans

Question 3

3.

Some colonists settled in the backcountry because _________.

they wanted to fight in the Yamasee War

life was easy.

land was cheaper than on the Atlantic Coastal Plain.

they wanted to live in large trade ports

Question 4

4.

Which of the following was a cause of the Yamasee War in Carolina?

The Yamasee said the colonists took too much land and broke their promises.

The death of Metacomet upset the Yamasee.

The colonists said the Yamasee took too much land and broke their promises.

The colonists did not want to trade with the Yamasee.

Question 5

5.

Everyone in the colony had to work hard to survive. Which of the following types of work did the MEN do in the colony? (Select two.)

garden

clean

sew

hunt

harvest crops

Question 6

6.

Everyone in the colony had to work hard to survive. Which of the following types of work did the WOMEN do in the colony? (Select two.)

hunt

cook

garden

collect eggs

sew

chores

Question 7

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Everyone in the colony had to work hard to survive. Which of the following types of work did the CHILDREN do in the colony? (Select two.)

clean

collect eggs

cook

harvest crops

chores

Question 8

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Vocabulary Review

Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word. USE YOUR GLOSSARY to check the definition of the word before selecting an answer.

A colonial ____________ was a young person who learned a trade or craft by working with a skilled adult.

Great Awakening

apprentice

growth rate

backcountry 

Question 9

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Vocabulary Review

Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word. USE YOUR GLOSSARY to check the definition of the word before selecting an answer.

During the ________ the colonists became increasingly interested in religion.

slave trade

apprentice

Great Awakening

growth rate

Question 10

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Vocabulary Review

Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word. USE YOUR GLOSSARY to check the definition of the word before selecting an answer.

The _________ was the business of buying and selling people.

apprentice

growth rate

backcountry 

slave trade

Question 11

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Vocabulary Review

Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word. USE YOUR GLOSSARY to check the definition of the word before selecting an answer.

The area between the Appalachain Mountains and the Atlantic Coastal Plain is known as the _____________.

slave trade

Great Awakening

backcountry

apprentice

Question 12

12.

Vocabulary Review

Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word. USE YOUR GLOSSARY to check the definition of the word before selecting an answer.

A ___________ will show how much a colony grew from year to year.

apprentice

Great Awakening

growth rate

backcountry