Southern Plantations

Question 1

Three important cash crops grown on plantations were

Answer 1

tobacco, rice, and indigo

Question 2

Planters would sell their cash crops for things they needed such as shoes, lace, thread

Answer 2

farm tools, and dishes

Question 3

they would hire a _____ to sell their crops in England and buy things to bring back for the to use

Answer 3

broker

Question 4

after just a few years, planters would move to higher land because tobacco______ the soil

Answer 4

grew

Question 5

at first, plantation workers were_______ servants. after they worked off the money they owed, they were_____.

Answer 5

indentured, free

Question 6

the practice of ______ began when it was realized that people could be kidnapped from Africa and forced to work against their will.

Answer 6

slavery

Question 7

because it cost a lot to hire all the workers a _______ needed, slavery seemed to be the economical answer

Answer 7

plantation

Question 8

slaves might work in the _______or in the ______

Answer 8

fields, house

Question 9

house slaves who were women did the washing,_____, cleaning, and_____ while men drove ______, took care of ______, and did some ______.

Answer 9

cooking, sewing, carriages, horses, carpentry

Question 10

field slaves might be beaten by an ______ if they were shirking.

Answer 10

overseer

Question 11

depending on the owner, a slave might be treated kindly or_____

Answer 11

cruel

Question 12

it was against the law for a slave to learn to ______

Answer 12

read and write

Question 13

_________gave a slave hope for his or her miserable life

Answer 13

christianity

Question 14

living on a plantation was a ______life

Answer 14

lonely

Question 15

planters’ children attended_____ on the plantation and in Europe.

Answer 15

school

Question 16

part of a planter’s duty was to work in the community doing _______

Answer 16

public service