Grade 5: Social Studies Ch. 6

Question 1

Apprentices

Answer 1

a person who lived and worked with artisan’s family for several years to learn a skill

Question 2

Immigrants

Answer 2

a person who comes into a country to make a new home there

Question 3

Justice

Answer 3

fairness

Question 4

Proprietor

Answer 4

owner

Question 5

Refuge

Answer 5

safe place

Question 6

“Breadbasket”

Answer 6

Middle colonies known in producing so many crops used in making bread

Question 7

Gritsmill

Answer 7

ground the farmer’s grain into flour

Question 8

George Whitefield

Answer 8

a minister during the Great Awakening.
He would travel long distances to preach new ideas emotionally to people they haven’t met. Large prayer meetings were attended by everyone including poor people, women, free and enslaved Africans.

Question 9

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 9

A famous Philadelphian who helped improve Philadelphia.
He setup the first trained firefighting company.
He raised money to to build the city’s first hospital.
He setup a militia to protect the city and the colony.
He founded the city’s first college and public library.

Question 10

William Penn

Answer 10

An English Quaker who is the proprietor (owner) of Pennsylvania and Delaware. He wanted Quakers and non-Quakers to live together peacefully in Pennsylvania. He gave citizens of Pennsylvania freedom of speech & religion and the right to a fair trial by jury.

Question 11

Tamanend

Answer 11

Tamanend belonged to the Lenni Lenape tribe. He met with Pennsylvania’s colonial leaders 5 times to sell land in exchange with guns, clothing, tools and other items. Tamanend would divide these equally to his tribe members. He would honor the peace made between his tribe and Pennsylvania

Question 12

Powhatan

Answer 12

Indian tribes of the Virginia that belonged to the Powhatan Confederacy; Chief Powhatan is the father of Pocahontas, who she saved Captain Smith from being executed from the Powhatan tribe

Question 13

Tisquantum

Answer 13

Tisquantum (or Squanto) is an American Indian who spoke English. He worked as an interpreter between the Plymouth colonists and the Indians. He showed them to fish, plant squash, pumpkins & corn. He helped the colonist trade metal and cloth for furs with other Indians. Indians used metal to make tools and jewelry

Question 14

Explain what an artisan is and be able to give several examples

Answer 14

Artisans are craftworkers that use raw materials to make products.
Blacksmith use iron to make horseshoes and tools.
Coopers use wood to make barrels.
Carpenters and shipbuilders use wood to build houses and ships.
Masons and bricklayers use stone and clay to pave streets and construct buildings.
Tailors use wool, linen and cotton to make clothing.

Question 15

What was the Great Awakening and be able to list several impacts it had on the people

Answer 15

Great Awakening was a new religious movement in 1720s which changed the way that many people practiced their religion and helped bring people together.
Ministers would travel long distances to preach new ideas emotionally to people they haven’t met. Large prayer meetings were attended by everyone including poor people, women, free and enslaved Africans.

Question 16

Do you think New York City is a good place for a port? Explain why

Answer 16

New York City is a good place for a port, because the Hudson River helped make trade easier. Farmers, fur traders and lumber workers would be able float their goods down the river to New York City. Also the deep harbor in the East River made it a good place for ships to dock.

Question 17

What role did religion play in the founding and settlement of the Middle Colonies

Answer 17

Many religious group lived in the Middle Colonies. Many churches, synagogue & meetinghouse were a few blocks away from each other. Religion became a major part of social life. After religious services, neighbors would exchange news. Some religious groups believed slavery was wrong. There would also be social events among religious groups like barn raising, dances, plays, and concerts.

Question 18

What were the costs and benefits from immigrants who came to the Middle Colonies

Answer 18

Middle Colonies became the home to a mixed of people, cultures and religions. Diversity made Middle Colonies an interesting place to live in. Philadelphia is a city known as “brotherly love”, because people of diverse backgrounds could live peacefully together

Question 19

How did people in the Middle Colonies learn to do the skilled jobs

Answer 19

Young people learned to do skilled jobs by becoming apprentices, who lived and worked with artisan’s family for several years, learning a skill in order to earn a living.

Wealthy young colonists went to college to become lawyers, bankers, ministers, or leaders in government.

Question 20

Compare and Contrast the Middle Colonies and the New England Colonies

Answer 20

Both New England Colonies & Middle Colonies were formed by immigrants.
All trade from both colonies were with England or with other English colonies. Both exported same goods but Middle Colonies exported more wheat and other grains.

New England leaders had strict control over people’s live and did not welcome people who had different beliefs from their own. Middle Colonies accepted religious differences.

Settler did farming in both New England Colonies & Middle Colonies, but Middle Colonies had lots of fertile soil compared to New England.