“Life in the Colonies” Guided Reading



“Life in the Colonies” Guided Reading

Directions: Read pages 88-95, in the section titled “Life in the Colonies” in your textbook. Answer each of the following questions with complete sentences.

1) Look at the map on p. 67 to locate the major cities of the New England colonies. Do the locations of these colonies have anything in common? If so, what? ____________________________________________________

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2) Define subsistence farming. ____________________________________________________________________

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3) Define relied. ________________________________________________________________________________

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4) Read the “Primary Source” Graphic Feature at the bottom of page 89. How do you think geographic distance affected the unity of the American colonies? _______________________________________________________

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5) Define triangular trade. ________________________________________________________________________

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6) What role did the colonies play in the slave trade? __________________________________________________

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7) How did the coastal location of the New England colonies affect their prosperity? ________________________

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8) Define Middle Passage. ________________________________________________________________________

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9) Who is Olaudah Equiano? ______________________________________________________________________

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10) Look at the map on the bottom of p. 91. Why was the trade pattern triangular rather than direct? ___________

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11) Define cash crops. ____________________________________________________________________________

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12) In what ways were the Middle Colonies shaped by their geographic characteristics? _______________________

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13) Why were the Middle Colonies able to grow large quantities of crops? __________________________________

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14) Define principal. ______________________________________________________________________________

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15) Define surplus. _______________________________________________________________________________

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16) What was the relationship between the popularity of rice in Europe and slavery in the Southern colonies? _____

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17) Define Tidewater. ____________________________________________________________________________

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18) Define backcountry. ___________________________________________________________________________

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19) Define overseers. _____________________________________________________________________________

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20) Define slave code. ____________________________________________________________________________

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21) How did cash crops affect the development of slavery? ______________________________________________

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22) How did geography affect the economic development of the three colonial regions? _______________________

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