Question

Question 1 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

[1.05]Cotton was mainly grown in the Georgia and Carolina colonies, rather than the colonies of New England. Which of the following is the best explanation of why cotton was grown in the southern colonies?

The southern colonies had nutrient-rich dense soil and mild weather.

The New England colonies did not have enough land to grow cotton.

The southern colonists enjoyed farming cotton more than other crops.

The New England colonists were more highly educated than the south.

Answer 1

01.05 Economics and Slavery
Introduction

In colonial times, just like today, people worked in specialized fields. Blacksmiths, cobblers, bakers, and carpenters were all essential to the success of their communities. Let’s learn how one colonial family depended on the services of others.
01.05 Economics and Slavery—The Smith's Household

Image shows a colonial family in their kitchen. Beneath the family is a list of professions. When you click on the name of the profession, the items produced by those individuals disappear from the colonial scene. As items are removed, the colonists’ expression changes until they look destitute without any of the items they need. See below the items as they relate to each profession.

Blacksmith (remove all metal)
Fur trapper (remove fur)
Glassblower (remove glass)
Tanner (remove leather)
Carpenter (remove table and chairs)
Fisherman (remove fish)
Baker (remove bread)

Just as individuals in communities relied on each other for goods and services, colonists relied upon neighboring colonies as well. The New England, Middle, and Southern colonies grew different crops and created different products. They also relied on trade with European countries for products not available in America. In this lesson, you will explore the ways colonists were able to obtain goods and services, focusing on the jobs performed by slaves in colonial America.

Answer 2

It all Depends

Try the Change Over Time activity to practice the map skills needed for success in this lesson.

During colonial times, the role of each community member was valuable. Families like the Smiths needed the services of the tanner, blacksmith, and carpenter. This is called domestic interdependence. Colonists also depended on products from other countries, such as manufactured goods from Europe and sugar from the Caribbean. A system of international interdependence developed because other countries also relied on the colonies for raw materials grown in the Americas.
Slave Trade
Triangular Slave Trade Map
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Because of the demand for cotton and tobacco in Europe, the colonists needed more workers in their fields and help at home. They depended on the transatlantic slave trade (also called “triangular trade” for the triangle formed by the trade routes) to supply manual labor. Having proven themselves capable workers on sugar plantations in the Caribbean, enslaved Africans were a commodity that colonists bought and sold. Stripped of their rights and freedom, slaves were beaten, separated from their families, and worked continually. While some slaves worked as butlers, sailors, and launderers, others held jobs as carriage drivers and grooms. Slaves were also artisans such as carpenters, stonemasons, blacksmiths, and weavers.

Answer 3

well I don't know much about cotton as a plant...but from what I'm reading, cotton is a plant "native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world"


So basically the plant grows in warm climates

Answer 4

Extra! Extra!

“Musician” was the most frequently reported occupation during the colonial era among New York slaves. Enslaved Africans created spiritual music, which later gave rise to blues music. They were two original African-American musical forms.

Answer 5

The south has a warm climate while the north doesn't

Answer 6

A large number of enslaved Africans in the Southern colonies worked in the fields harvesting cash crops such as tobacco, cotton, and rice. Crops grown for profit were common in the South, while crops grown and used by the farmer’s family, called subsistence crops were more common in the North or among poor families in the South.

Answer 7

01.05 Economics and Slavery—The Slave Plantations of Colonial Times Text Version

Slavery first appeared on American plantations very early in colonial times Jamestown, Virginia, America’s first English Colonial settlement, was founded in 1607. Just 12 years later, the first Africans were sold here to work on tobacco plantations. As the smoking habit spread, tobacco became the most valuable export of the colonies of Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina. As that happened, the number of tobacco plantations increased and more slaves were imported, so that by 1750, about 200,000 black slaves were living In the English colonies of America. In the colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, most slaves were forced to work in huge flooded fields, like this one where rice was raised, or on plantations where indigo plants were cultivated, from which a valuable blue dye was made. In colonial times, the lands along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, from Texas to Florida, were ruled by Spain or France. In this area the majority of slaves worked on large sugar cane plantations similar to those in the West Indies. Cotton, the plant most people associate with slavery did not become an important crop until well after American independence.

Answer 8

so which one would it be?

Answer 9

well my guess is "The southern colonies had nutrient-rich dense soil and mild weather." because that's the closest thing to saying that cotton needs warm weather climates to grow

Answer 10

the north certainly had land, so "The New England colonies did not have enough land to grow cotton." is out...

Answer 11

"The southern colonists enjoyed farming cotton more than other crops."...that doesn't make any sense (surely the norther colonists would have enjoyed farming it too...as it made a ton of money)

Answer 12

so that's out

Answer 13

"The New England colonists were more highly educated than the south." ... may be true, but people aren't stupid enough to turn away good money


So that's out

Answer 14

yea i also thought it was A.

Answer 15

yeah I'm not sure about the soil types, but the mild weather (which means warm/tropical weather?) sounds like it's the answer

Answer 16

During colonial times, a system of domestic interdependence developed between members of a community. Which of the following correctly illustrates this relationship?

A baker relies on a farmer for grain, the farmer relies on the blacksmith for tools, and the blacksmith relies on the baker for bread.

A farmer relies on a fur trapper for fur, the fur trapper relies on a tanner for leather, and the tanner relies on the farmer for tools.

A glassblower relies on a tanner for fur, the tanner relies on a baker for grain, and the baker relies on the glassblower for tools.

A cobbler relies on a fur trapper for fur, the fur trapper relies on the farmer for tools, and the farmer relies on the cobbler for shoes.

Answer 17

well I've eliminated the last two because those are just nonsense

Answer 18

eg: a glassblower doesn't need fur to blow glass

Answer 19

lol

Answer 20

ok he may need it to stay warm through the winter, but to do his primary job, he doesn't need it

Answer 21

so it's between the first two

Answer 22

oh the second one is also nonsense (I didn't see it til now)

Answer 23

a baker does rely on a farmer for grain!

Answer 24

yes so you are correct...it's the first one

Answer 25

yaay!! :)

Answer 26

nice work

Answer 27

thanks

Answer 28

yw

Answer 29

How did slaves help to grow the colonial economies?

by developing new land

by producing art and music

by producing raw materials

by producing manufactured goods

Answer 30

well B is out for sure

Answer 31

D as well (I think)

Answer 32

oh C is out because you can't produce raw materials (unless you can create elements and create gold, silver, etc...)

Answer 33

you can only mine or harvest raw materials...you can't make them

Answer 34

So it's probably A or D...but D may be false

Answer 35

so do i put a?

Answer 36

hmm why not, I don't think slaves helped produce manufactured goods...but I know they worked the cotton fields (which in a way is like developing the land)

Answer 37

alright ill put that one

Answer 38

then again, I could be wrong...now that I think about it, the north had slaves too in colonial america...hmm

Answer 39

alright

Answer 40

mmmmmmm

Answer 41

yeah not too sure on this one

Answer 42

which one would u put? its a pre test so whatever lol

Answer 43

I'd do A

Answer 44

alright :)

Answer 45

Which answer provides the best explanation of the phrase "domestic interdependence"?

Homes were cared for by all members of the family.

Each member of the family was a vital part of the whole.

Families needed other families and local businesses to survive.

Family members were responsible to each other for financial support.

Answer 46

hmm this sounds like an analogy

Answer 47

it's a tossup between B and C

Answer 48

i have to go to my acting class now but when i come back then ill keep on doing this exam! Thnks for helping!!!!!

Answer 49

but probably C is the best explanation

Answer 50

alright cya later

Answer 51

ill put c then :)

Answer 52

I think A is the best choice.