US HIstory Chapter 3: Colonial Life STUDY GUIDE

Who was the author of Poor Richard’s Almanack?

The New England Primer was a

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

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

the ability to read and write

The “colonial style” of architecture was

Instruction regarding Christian beliefs is called

The custom of wearing powdered wigs originally came from

A well-known minister in the colonies

The two largest non-English groups in America were

Rice was a crop in

The Pennsylvania Dutch were

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

Women in America married earlier than women in Europe because

Infant death rates in the colonies were

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

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

What were dame schools?

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

became the foundation on which others built compulsory public education

Puritans emphasized education primarily because they wanted children to

filled with witty sayings, some that we still use today

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

Scots-Irish and German settlers

Akachi was a(n)

standard text throughout the colonial period

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

included the alphabet and the Lord’s Prayer

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

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

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