US History Ch 3 BJU

What were dame schools?

Instruction regarding Christian beliefs is called

Which of the following was not a common addition to plantation houses?

Children were an important labor source on colonial farms.

Women in America married earlier than women in Europe because

Which type of food was not considered standard fare for a colonial meal?

A major reason the Scots-Irish and the Germans came to America was to

The custom of wearing powdered wigs originally came from

Which of the following was true about education in the southern colonies?

American businessmen refused to wear wigs like the Europeans.

In education, the middle colonies and the South lagged behind New England because

The "colonial style" of architecture

The Protestant Reformation improved spiritual conditions but did not affect education.

Puritans emphasized education primarily because they wanted children to

Which of the following was not an epidemic that seriously reduced the population of New England?

Few Germans wanted to move to the backcountry.

Colonial women married at an earlier age than European women did.

Akachi was a(n)

The two largest non-English groups in America were

Which of the following was not a leisure activity in the colonies?

Epidemics in the colonies were more common during the eighteenth-century colonies than during the previous because

Infant death rates in the colonies were

Village schools were called dame schools because the teachers were generally women.

Which of the following was not characteristic of early colonial settlers?

America's population increased greatly during the eighteenth century.

Most southern planters lived in stately mansions.

The Pennsylvania Dutch were

The infant death rate in colonial America was much higher than in Europe.

Who was the author of Poor Richard's Almanac?

Which of the following was not true about education in the colonies?

Scots-Irish and German settlers

The New England Primer was a

A well known minister in the colonies

Puritans enjoyed few pleasures in their lives.

Rice was a crop in

The tobacco crop was commonly referred to as "precious stink".

The American Indians introduced many new foods to the European settlers.

Which one of the following foods was already in North America when the Europeans came to settle?

The Great Wagon Road connected the port cities along the coast.