ch 5 test

Question 1

environment

Answer 1

our surroundings

Question 2

subsistence

Answer 2

only growing enough for you your family and your cattle (little surplus)

Question 3

agriculture

Question 4

plantation

Answer 4

large farms with many workers (slaves) growing cash crops

Question 5

manufacturing

Question 6

tidewater

Answer 6

low lying area of rich soil along the atlantic coast

Question 7

piedmont

Answer 7

region of rolling hills west of tidewater mostly small farms growing cash crops (some plantations)

Question 8

fall line cities

Answer 8

Town/cities that develop at the base of a mountain and at the edge of a waterfall that stops traffic

Question 9

off shoot businesses

Answer 9

when a major business helps little business flourish & prosper ( Barrels, sails wheels wick lamp harpoon row boat boat maker rope lumberjack and lumbermill )

Question 10

other

Question 11

main jobs

Answer 11

fishing, ship building, lumber, whaling, triangle

Question 12

cash crops

Answer 12

to be sold on the world market

Question 13

frontier

Answer 13

the edge of settled land (subsistence farming)