Speed Reading Weekly Quiz

1. How much did settlers need to come to American to live, in today's dollars?
about one thousand dollars
about three thousand dollars
about five thousand dollars
about ten thousand dollars

 

2. Which was not a way in which settlers tried to repay their debt to the company?
farming
making materials for clothes
producing raw materials
mining

 

3. What was the profitable product in the south?
 
cotton
wheat
tobacco
pork

 

4. What did settlers from New York to Pennsylvania not export to England?
 
grain
lamb
beef
pork

 

5. What did settlers in New England not do to make a profit?
 
They used lumber and natural resources.
They built ships.
They became teachers.
They engaged in trading.