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5th Grade
11/27/2016

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What major landform might you find in a southern colony like South Carolina?
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Plantation
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Which region's economy is made up of the following: lumbering, trading, shipbuilding, and fishing.
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New England
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What book had a cultural influence in the New England region mainly because people learned to read from it?
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The bible
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What book had a cultural influence in the NEw England region mainly because people learned to read from it?
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The bible
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Which religious group could be described as: Society of Friends founded by George Fox, did not believe in fighting, equality between men and women.
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Quakers
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Who would most likely do the following types of work: cut wood for furnace, buy silver, make a teapot, and engrave a silver spoon?
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craftsman
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What influenced the agricultural economy in the south?
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climate
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Which colony was settled by James Oglethorpe for debtors and prisoners?
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Georgia
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Which religious group escaped religious persecution in England, settled in the Massachusetts Bay colony, and wanted to make the Church of England more pure?
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Puritans
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Who started the Pennsylvania colony because he wanted to provide a safe place for Quakers and offer religious freedom to others?
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William Penn
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What type of job might be offered to a freed slave?
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Carpenter
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Who might make clothes, cook, bake, and spin thread?
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colonial women
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Lord Baltimore (Cecilius Calvert) founded which colony to make money and a refuge for the Catholics?
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Maryland
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Which colony used town hall meetings as an important form of government?
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Massachusetts
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Through the triangular trade route, what was one import that came from Africa across the Middle Passage?
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African slaves
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Why was King Philip's War (Metacomet Rebellion) fought?
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English colonists taking Native American lands in the NEw England region.
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Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson founded which colony for religious freedom?
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Rhode Island
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Why were the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies mainly established?
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to allow settlers religious freedom
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Which region was home to a diverse mix of cultural groups?
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Middle colonies
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In the Middle colonies ________were important because they were major trade centers for exporting grain, many imports were shipped here from England and Africa, and it gave merchants a place to sell their products.
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port cities
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England, Africa, West Indies, and the English colonies were the places where the _________________ were connected.
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Triangular Trade Route
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Which region is known as the breadbasket colonies?
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Middle colonies
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Which region had soil that was more fertile and a better climate?
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Middle region
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Who was the leader of the Puritans?
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John Winthrop
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Who improved Philadelphia by setting up the 1st fire fighting company, raising and building Philadelphia's 1st hospital, and found Pennsylvania's first library.
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Ben Franklin
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Which colonies were in the New England region?
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Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire
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Which colonies were in the Middle region?
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New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania
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Which colonies were in the Southern region?
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Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
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