The Three Colonial Regions: Economy, Geography & Variation — Drills · Grade 7 Social Studies
Chapter: Colonial Worlds & New YorkWhat these drills covers
By the end of The Three Colonial Regions: Economy, Geography & Variation you should be able to:
- I can explain how growing season and soil pushed each region toward a different economy.
- I can trace the chain from climate to crop to labour system to society.
- I can say why this was strong pressure rather than destiny.
4 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.
Vocabulary used: context, primary source, interpretation, cash crop, hinterland.
Problem 1
Answer and explanation
Massachusetts is a New England example; New York is a Middle-colony example; Virginia is a Southern example.
Problem 2
Answer and explanation
Cargo quantities, types, prices, and accounting definitions for comparable intervals would help; shipment counts alone are insufficient.
Problem 3
Answer and explanation
Farming occurred across regions, while other activities also existed. Compare crops, scale, labor, transport, and dates rather than using an absolute division.
Problem 4
Answer and explanation
Yes. Shipping, financing, selling, processing, and local enslaved labor can connect a port to coerced production elsewhere.