New England's thin rocky soil and short growing season made large cash-crop plantations impractical. Which economic activity grew there instead?

The Middle Colonies' rich soil and longer growing season let farmers there export more food than any other region, and the region earned a nickname for it. What was that nickname?

Planters in Virginia and Maryland built their colonial economy around one cash crop that was packed into barrels and shipped to England. Which crop was it?

South Carolina's Lowcountry had swampy, low-lying land that could be flooded on purpose. Which cash crop did planters there build their economy on starting in the 1690s?

Indigo plants were grown on Southern Colony farms and then processed. What product did colonists make from them?

North Carolina's huge pine forests supplied tar, pitch, and turpentine. What were these products mainly used for?

An indentured servant signed a contract agreeing to work for a colonial master for a set number of years. What did the servant receive in exchange for signing?

Most indentured servants in the English colonies worked under contracts that lasted about how long?

In the English colonies, how did the condition of an enslaved African differ from that of an indentured servant?

The first enslaved Africans brought to an English mainland colony arrived in 1619. Which colony was it?

In the triangular trade, ships carried rum and manufactured goods from the colonies to West Africa. What did those ships carry on the next leg of the voyage?

The Middle Passage was the forced voyage that carried enslaved Africans from West Africa to the Americas. Which ocean did those ships cross?

During the 1700s, one New England port sent out more transatlantic slave-trading voyages than any other port in the mainland colonies. Which port was it?

One colonial region had thin rocky soil and a short growing season, so its farms stayed small and family-run rather than becoming large plantations. Which region depended least on enslaved labor as a result?

Why did large plantations worked by enslaved Africans develop in the Southern Colonies far more than in New England?

Most New England families farmed mainly to feed themselves and traded only a small surplus. What is this kind of farming called?

New England shipped dried cod and lumber south, and the Southern Colonies sent back rice and tobacco. Which economic idea does this exchange between regions show?

By the time of the American Revolution, enslavement was legal in all thirteen English colonies.

New England built ships, the Middle Colonies grew grain, and the Southern Colonies grew cash crops like tobacco. What economic term names each region focusing on what it does best?

Enslaved Africans brought rice-growing knowledge from West Africa to the colonies. Which colony's economy did that knowledge help build?

Ships from Nantucket hunted large sea animals for an oil that colonists burned in lamps and candles. What was this New England industry called?

Most early Southern plantations grew up on the flat, low coastal land of Virginia and Maryland, cut by rivers that rose and fell with the tides. What is this region called?

True or False: Most enslaved people in the English colonies lived in New England.

When an indenture ended, the master usually had to give the freed servant freedom dues. What did freedom dues often include?

Which crop did Middle Colony farmers grow most to sell to other colonies and overseas?

What is a cash crop?

Which factor best explains why New England colonists turned to fishing and shipbuilding instead of large-scale farming?

Growing tobacco year after year caused a problem for Virginia and Maryland planters. What was it?

What did colonial artisans usually do?

Which statement best describes many colonial economies?

True or False: The Middle colonies had farms, busy ports, and a variety of workers and craftspeople.

What was one reason rivers were important to colonial economies?

Which labor system became most connected to large Southern plantations by the 1700s?

Under Britain's colonial trade policy, what were colonies mainly expected to do for the mother country?

True or False: Colonial apprentices learned a trade by working with a skilled craftsperson.

Which goods were commonly produced or gathered in New England?

Why did port cities like Boston, New York, and Philadelphia grow during the colonial period?

Which best describes the rights and freedoms of workers in the colonies?

What was one effect of the transatlantic slave trade on the colonies?

Ships brought molasses from the West Indies to New England. What product did New Englanders make from that molasses to sell?