Crossword Study Guide

Question 1

___________________ was the name of the ship that Gabriel Thomas sailed on

Answer 1

John and Sarah

Question 2

Ben franklins father was named _____________

Answer 2

Josiah Franklin

Question 3

___________ were French Protestants of the 16th and 17th century. They were persecuted in their own country

Answer 3

Huguenots

Question 4

________ is a trade or type of work that requires a special skill

Answer 4

Craft

Question 5

_______________ was Ben Franklin’s wife

Answer 5

Deborah Reed

Question 6

Pamphlet used to develop interest in something is __________________

Answer 6

Promotional literature

Question 7

The farthest unsettled edge of a country is called a _________

Answer 7

Frontier

Question 8

One of the leading newspapers in the English colonies was called __________________

Answer 8

The Pennsylvania Gazette

Question 9

_______________ was a young Welshman that wrote a well known promotional literature

Answer 9

Gabriel Thomas

Question 10

A ___________________ is a rapid increase in number of people in an area

Answer 10

Population explosion

Question 11

__________ is woven fabric or cloth

Answer 11

Textile

Question 12

A person under contact is an ________________

Answer 12

Indentured servant

Question 13

An _____________ was a person bound by contract to a skilled worker to learn a skill

Answer 13

Apprentice

Question 14

_________________ was a male born in Boston In 1706. He was an apprentice to his brother in a printing business

Answer 14

Benjamin Franklin

Question 15

An _____________ is a contract by which a person agrees to work for a certain period of time in exchange for free passage to a foreign land

Answer 15

Indenture