Grade 5: Social Studies Ch. 7

Question 1

James Oglethorpe

Answer 1

wealthy English leader that had an idea to send imprisoned English debtors to settle as a Georgia Colony

Question 2

The Calverts

Answer 2

family of wealthy landowners and who were Catholics

Question 3

Enslaved Africans

Answer 3

Africans that had been taken from their homes, chained together in ships, and sent to colonial cities to be sold as indentured servants

Question 4

Planter

Answer 4

plantation owner

Question 5

Overseer

Answer 5

hired by plantation owners to watch the field slaves as they worked

Question 6

Debtor

Answer 6

people who owed mone

Question 7

Broker

Answer 7

a person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else

Question 8

Ethnic Group

Answer 8

group of people from the same country, of the same race, or with a shared culture

Question 9

Constitution

Answer 9

written plan of government

Question 10

Indigo

Answer 10

blue dye that was used in the cloth making process

Question 11

Interdependence

Answer 11

depending on others for goods or services

Question 12

Backcountry

Answer 12

frontier region that was beyond, or “in back of” the area settled by Europeans; the land between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains

Question 13

Georgia

Answer 13

English colony that settled south of South Carolina; colony named in honor of King George II

Question 14

The Carolinas

Answer 14

a colony that stretched all the way from Virginia to Spanish Florida which was granted land from King Charles II

Question 15

Maryland

Answer 15

located between north of Virginia, west of Delaware and south of Pennsylvania

Question 16

Virginia

Answer 16

located south of Maryland and north of North Carolina

Question 17

Charles Town

Answer 17

Charles Town is located in southeastern South Carolina; located where the Ashley and Cooper Rivers join and empty into a deep harbor

Question 18

Baltimore

Answer 18

Baltimore is a major seaport in Maryland; located on the Patapsco River, which flows into Chesapeake Bay

Question 19

Norfolk

Answer 19

Norfolk is a city located in southeastern Virginia; located on the Elizabeth River

Question 20

Savannah

Answer 20

Savannah is located in southeastern Georgia, near the Savannah River

Question 21

Wilmington

Answer 21

located along the Cape Fear River; in southeastern North Carolina

Question 22

Why did the Calverts found the Maryland Colony

Answer 22

the Calverts, who were Catholics, could not worship as they wished, so they wanted to build a colony in North America that not only made money, but also provide a refuge for Catholics

Question 23

How did African slaves find joy even through the hard times in their lives

Answer 23

Enslaved Africans would tell stories about Africa and sing African songs to preserve their African culture;
Christian religion also became their source of strength

Question 24

What was the Toleration Act and what colony made it law

Answer 24

Maryland Colony that passed a law that allowed religious freedom in the colony to all Christians

Question 25

What was the relationship between the colonists and the American Indians like

Answer 25

There were conflicts between the Indians and the colonists, because colonies kept pushing Indians away from their lands as they continue to settle south and some Indians were not treated fairly. Anger grew which caused the Indians to attack settlements which led to war. Many Indians died or were captured, sold into slavery and worked in plantations.

Question 26

What region was also referred to as the “backcountry” ?

Answer 26

the land between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains

Question 27

Where did enslaved Africans work? Where did they go if they escaped?

Answer 27

enslaved Africans worked on plantations in one of the Southern Colonies;
enslaved Africans escaped to Spanish Florida where the Seminole Indians provided them with food and shelter. They were given land to grow crops and in return, they agreed to give 1/3 of their crops to the Indians.

Question 28

What were the “cash crops” for the different regions of the Southern Colonies? (Hint: what made their economies go?)

Answer 28

Maryland, Virginia and northern North Carolina grew tobacco;
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia grew rice & indigo;
Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina grew corn and wheat